Paula L. Ettelbrick papers, 1986-1993.

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Paula L. Ettelbrick papers, 1986-1993.

Court orders and files relating to the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund's pioneering work on second parent adoption, a legal principle that makes it possible for the same sex partner of a parent to become the legal second parent. Included are files on: second parent adoption, other adoption cases, co-parenting cases, and domestic partners. Also, files on other lesbian and gay rights issues that Ettelbrick focused on while working with Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, including marital status discrimination, health, sodomy laws, violence, and a federal civil rights law.

5.6 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7918903

Cornell University Library

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Ettelbrick, Paula L.

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Ettlebrick served as staff attorney and then legal director of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund from 1986-1993. She went on to leadership positions at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, and the Stonewall Community Foundation. She was born October 2, 1955 and died October 7, 2011. From the description of Paula L. Ettelbrick papers, 1986-1993. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64751572 ...

Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund

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