Out in Hollywood (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Gay weddings are taking place everywhere in California today! But the ceremnoies actually began at 5:01 PM, yesterday and a couple of tjem were extra special. In Los Angeles County, Robin Tyler and Diane Olson were first to be...
Feminist Daily News (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Same-sex couples were legally married in California on Monday, as the state's Supreme Court ruling overturning California's ban on gay marriage took effect. Longtime partners and original plaintiffs in the 2004 lawsuit challenging the ban, Diane Olson and Robin Tyler, were among the first couples to...
bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Truthfully, it felt more like an event than a marriage, as a huge swarm of media - me included - descended on Robin Tyler and Diane Olson after they got out of their white stretch limo in front of the Beverly Hills Courthouse in the late afternoon of June 16. Everyone was acutely aware that this was history in the making. And everyone wanted to get the shot . Not knowing what the shot would be - every...
Blue Oasis (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
They deserve special treatment, though, as it was their case that started the whole thing! Congratulations, Robin and Diane! (Photo courtesy of Americablog)
BBC News (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
The marriage of Robin Tyler and Diane Olson in California became the focal point of a very public campaign for gay rights, the BBC's Rajesh Mirchandani says.
LAist (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
The two women who challenged California's law denying same-sex couples the right to marry that ultimately led to the state's Supreme Court ruling , were one of the first to receive a marriage certificate in the state early this evening. Diane Olson and Robin Tyler have attempted to marry at the Beverly Hills courthouse for the past eight years , each time being denied. The two, who live in Los Angeles'...
Mombian (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Video of Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, the first same-sex couple to marry legally in California, just after their ceremony in San Francisco. The video also features Mayor Gavin Newsom, who performed the ceremony. Robin Tyler and Diane Olson, also among the plaintiffs in the case that won same-sex couples the right to marry: More after the [...]
Towleroad (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
We know who's getting married first up in San Francisco, but what about southern California? Robin Tyler and Diane Olson will be the first couple in Los Angeles to be married today, at the Beverly Hills courthouse just after 5...
