Caring For Lesbian Icon Phyllis Lyon, With Love And Deceit

Published: June 25, 2020, 12:18 a.m.

San Francisco lost one of its most influential queer elders this year. Phyllis Lyon was a lesbian activist and trailblazer. She died in April at the age of 95. Phyllis developed dementia in her final years and was able to live independently in her own home. Or so she thought. A community of lesbian, queer, and trans people supported her with kindness... and deceit.