In Conversation with Robert Ashworth and Betty Desire: Unboxing a Local Queer History, 1975-1995

Dr. A Longoria, Chair of Secondary Education in the Woodring College of Education at WWU and recipient of the James W. Scott Regional Research Fellowship, will facilitate a conversation with long-time community members Robert Ashworth and Betty Desire about the history of local LGBTQ+ activism and Queer community in Bellingham from 1975-1995. “In Conversation with Robert Ashworth and Betty Desire: Unboxing a Local Queer History, 1975-1995,” will be at Western Washington University Libraries in the Reading Room, Wilson 4th Floor Central, on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at 4pm. The event is free and open to the public. Key artifacts from the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies (CPNWS) and WWU Archives will be discussed. This talk is co-sponsored by Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections, Woodring College of Education, and LGBTQ+ Western. For more information about this event, please contact CPNWS Archivist Ruth Steele, Ruth.Steele@wwu.edu, (360) 650-7747.