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  • "Partner Benefits Litigation: Expanding Definitions of the Family", Matthew bender Family Law Monthly (May 1987) [31]
  • The Adoptive and Foster Gay and Lesbian Parent, in Gay and Lesbian Parents, Bozett, Ed., Praeger Press (1987) [31]
  • Nicaragua's New Constitution: Report of August 1986 National Lawyers Guild Delegation to Nicaragua (May 1987)
  • Aids and Child Custody: A Guide to Advocacy, National Center for Lesbian Rights (1989) [31]
  • The Lesbian and Gay Book of Love and Marriage: Creating the Stories of Our Lives, by Paula Martinac, Roberta Achtenberg (contributor) (1998) ISBN   978-0-7679-0162-8
  • Preserving and Protecting the Families of Lesbians and Gay Men, National Center for Lesbian Rights (1986, 1990) [31]
  • Lesbian Mother Litigation Manual, Second Edition, national Center for Lesbian Rights, with Donna Hitchens (1990) [31]
  • Protecting the Lesbian Family in Our Right to Love, Vida, Ed, (1990) [31]
  • Helping Gay and Lesbian Youth: New Policies, New Programs, New Practice, by Teresa Decrescenzo (editor), Roberta Achtenberg (contributor) (1994) ISBN   978-1-56023-057-1

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    Roberta Achtenberg
    ACHTENBERG-Bio.jpg
    An official portrait of Roberta Achtenberg from the U.S Commission on Civil Rights
    Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
    In office
    1991–1993
    Political offices
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    Election was not district specific
    		 Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
    1990–1993    		Succeeded by
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