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FILE - In this June 16, 2008, file photo, Del Martin, left, places a ring on her partner Phyllis Lyon, right, during their wedding ceremony officiated by then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, center, at City Hall in San Francisco. Pioneering gay rights activist Lyon, who was among the first same-sex couples to marry in California when it became legal to do so, has died at her San Francisco home. Lyon died at age 95 of natural causes Thursday, April 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Civil rights pioneer and face of gay marriage dies at 95

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In this Nov. 20, 2011 photo provided by Paul Guequierre, James Servino, right and his boyfriend Paul Guequierre pose for a photo after the Green Bay Packers defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in an NFL football game in Green Bay, Wis. When Michael Sam was drafted by the St. Louis Rams on May 10, 2014, he became the first openly gay player ever drafted by an NFL team. It is a milestone has made longtime gay fans all the more enthusiastic, and already is drawing newcomers into the fold. (AP Photo/Courtesy Paul Guequierre)

Michael Sam saga apt to expand NFL’s gay fan base

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