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Charlene Strong

by Published: Nov 19, 2011

Charlene Strong, a gay rights activist, spoke at the Williams Auditorium advo­cat­ing for mar­riage equal­ity. Strong, who lost her part­ner for nine years dur­ing a flash flood and was denied access to see her in the hos­pi­tal due to Washington State not rec­og­niz­ing domes­tic part­ner­ships, recounted her story in har­row­ing detail. She con­tin­ued to dis­cuss how she got the state of Washington to pass a domes­tic part­ner­ship and now, Strong trav­els around the coun­try dis­cussing the issue.