{"id":53511,"date":"2025-09-23T16:09:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T23:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/?post_type=speaker&#038;p=53511"},"modified":"2025-09-23T16:09:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T23:09:57","slug":"lisa-brodoff-and-lynn-grotsky","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/lisa-brodoff-and-lynn-grotsky\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisa Brodoff and Lynn Grotsky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Lynn Grotsky and Lisa Brodoff<\/strong> have been in a committed lesbian relationship for 44 years. Lisa is an emerita professor of law at Seattle University. She specializes in elder and disability law and has actively worked on expanding the rights of LGBTQ+ people for over 40 years. 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