COMMUNITY EVENT: The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Adoption Rights

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COMMUNITY EVENT: The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Adoption Rights

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

12:00 PM

1:20 PM

Online (Zoom) and in person at WWU Fairhaven Auditorium
516 High Street
Bellingham, Washington, 98225
United States
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Online: Zoom
In-Person at WWU Fairhaven Auditorium

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In 1986, Lisa and her partner Lynn had a baby via donor insemination, but Lynn’s legal parenting rights as the non-biological mother were not guaranteed.

Hear their story: a two-year court battle that won parenting rights for themselves and same-sex couples across Washington. Follow their journey from state law to D.C., and their ongoing fight for LGBTQ+ equality today.
The World Issues Forum series is free and open to the public. Talks are held in Fairhaven College Auditorium, on the top floor of the Fairhaven College main building to the rear (east) side. If you enter from the west entrance (halfway between the second and third floor facing parking lot 12A), take the half-flight of stairs to the left and continue to east side of the building from there. You'll see the door to the auditorium a little to your left.
Join us at WWU or online on Zoom!
World Issues Forum updates are available online.
The views expressed in the World Issues Forum do not necessarily reflect those of Western Washington University.

Source: https://foundation.wwu.edu/event/struggle-gay-and-lesbian-adoption-rights

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