Lesbian activist Del Martin dies at 87

**FILE** In this Dec. 17, 2004 file photo, Phyllis Lyon, left, and her partner Del Martin, right, sit for a photograph at their home in San Francisco, Friday Dec. 17, 2004. Martin, 87, and Lyon, 84, longtime lesbian activists who have been together for more than five decades, have become symbols for the movement to grant same-sex couples the right to marry. The pair also were plaintiffs in the California Supreme Court case that led to the legalization of gay marriage. Mayor Gavin Newsom plans to officiate at the couple's wedding, just as he did for them in 2004. He said Monday that Martin and Lyon will be the only gay couple married at City Hall on June 16, the day when gay marriage becomes legal in California. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Del Martin (in wheel chair) and Phyllis Lyon, come out to meet the press and cut the cake with Mayor Gavin Newsom. They are the first same-sex couple to get married on this historic day for California at San Francisco City Hall in a ceremony performed by Mayor Gavin Newsom on June 16, 2008 in San Francisco, Calif. (Josie Lepe/San Jose Mercury News)

** FILE ** In this Feb. 12, 2004 file photo, Phyllis Lyon, left, 79, and Del Martin, 82, right, both of San Francisco and a couple for 51 years, hold up their marriage certificate outside City Hall after they were married in a civil ceremony in San Francisco, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2004. The city of San Francisco, two dozen gay and lesbian couples and gay rights groups sued in March 2004 after the court halted the month long wedding march that took place when Mayor Newsom opened the doors of City Hall to same-sex marriages. On Thursday, May 15, 2008, the California Supreme Court took a giant leap to ensure that everybody, not just in the state of California, but throughout the country will have equal treatment under the law," said City Attorney Dennis Herrera, who argued the case for San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)