enses ▁be ▁given ▁to ▁same - sex ▁cou ples ▁who ▁requested ▁them . ▁ ▁The ▁license , ▁along ▁with ▁those ▁of ▁several ▁thousand ▁other ▁same - sex ▁cou ples , ▁was ▁void ed ▁by ▁the ▁California ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁on ▁August ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁ ▁However , ▁they ▁were ▁married ▁again ▁on ▁June ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁after ▁the ▁California ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁ruled ▁that ▁same - sex ▁marriage ▁was ▁legal . ▁Once ▁again ▁they ▁were ▁the ▁first ▁couple ▁married ▁in ▁San ▁Francisco , ▁in ▁fact ▁the ▁only ▁couple ▁married ▁that ▁day ▁by ▁the ▁mayor . ▁ ▁Activ ism ▁ ▁D augh ters ▁of ▁Bil itis ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 5 , ▁Martin ▁and ▁Lyon ▁and ▁six ▁other ▁les bian ▁women ▁formed ▁the ▁D augh ters ▁of ▁Bil itis ▁( DO B ), ▁the ▁first ▁national ▁les bian ▁organization ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁Lyon ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁editor ▁of ▁DO B ' s ▁news letter , ▁The ▁Lad der , ▁beginning ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 6 . ▁Martin ▁took ▁over ▁editor ship ▁of ▁the ▁news letter ▁from ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁to ▁ 1 9 6 2 , ▁and ▁was ▁then ▁replaced ▁by ▁other ▁edit ors ▁until ▁the ▁news letter ▁ended ▁its ▁connection ▁with ▁the ▁D augh ters ▁of ▁Bil itis ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 0 . ▁ ▁Within ▁five ▁years ▁of ▁its ▁origin , ▁the ▁D augh ters ▁of ▁Bil itis ▁had ▁chap ters ▁around