Save the Date: Blogging for LGBT Families Day 2007 is June 1

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Blogging for LGBT Families Day 2007You are cordially invited to participate in the second annual Blogging for LGBT Families Day on June 1. I’m especially pleased to announce that the Family Pride Coalition will be sponsoring this year’s event and working in conjunction with us to get the word out and raise visibility for our families.

Last year, over 130 bloggers participated, including lesbian moms, gay dads, adult children of LGBT parents, members of the transgender community, LGBT individuals without children, and straight allies. Countries represented included the United States as well as Australia, Canada, and the UK. Some bloggers told stories about their paths to parenthood, or tales about their children; some wrote about LGBT relatives or friends; others discussed current political events; and several spoke of why their faith obliges them to support LGBT rights. This year’s writings should be equally diverse and compelling.

Here’s how it works:

  • Blog on a topic related to LGBT families on or before June 1, 2007.
  • Any blogger who wants to support LGBT families is welcome, LGBT or not, parent or not. I especially encourage those who don’t usually post about LGBT families or LGBT issues, as well as those for whom every day is Blogging for LGBT Families Day.
  • Leave a comment on this post, or send an e-mail to lgbtfamilies@mombian.com with the permalink to your post. (If you know how, you may also add the tag “blogging for lgbt families day” to your entry.)
  • I’ll compile the posts and highlight them here on June 1. Come back and read the stories and insights of our community and allies.

In the meantime, please download a banner and promote the event on your site. The more people who participate, the more awareness we can raise.

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  16. Sarah Gogin

    I have lived my life walking in two worlds. Living in a predominantly heterosexual society and attending “traditional,” religious-based schools, I seem to be like all of my peers. However, being a mixed-raced girl adopted at birth by my two gay dads, I have cultivated a unique perspective of diversity that will remain with me during college.
    Seventeen years ago, Kevin Gogin, more commonly known as Poppy Kevin, and Dan McPherson, Daddy Dan, anxiously awaited the arrival of their newborn child. After many long months of being denied help to adopt a child because of their sexual orientation, they finally met a young woman happy to place her unborn child with them. At 11:06P.M on 8/8/88, they were blessed with a new baby girl. Poppy cut the umbilical cord, and as he loves to remind me, I’ve been attached to him by this cord ever since.
    During my early childhood, days consisted of trips to the park with Dad, shopping for clothes with Pop, and countless play dates. I was not aware of my family’s difference because neighbors, friends, and family brought us seamlessly into their world. This perspective changed when I entered kindergarten.
    As soon as I started grammar school, my parents came out to my peers and their families. Although I may have looked like many of the other mixed-raced kids in my class, I began to recognize a significant difference in our families. My dad was the only man on the Mother’s Board. There were no Happy Poppy’s Day cards, and kids used words that I had never before heard. In the schoolyard, a child can hear words and comments that would make any adult’s stomach turn. By the fifth grade, I had learned how to respond to the slang by telling my peers that their comments were derogatory and hurtful.
    Graduating grammar school meant entering into big-girl world, an exciting yet somewhat intimidating place. As my parents began to loosen the attachment between us, I felt more responsibility being placed in my hands. Knowing full well that my parents would not always be there, I decided that it was my turn to come out about my family. This proves difficult at times. Every time I come out for my family, I put my dads and myself on the line. I know who I am. I know who my family is, and I have nothing to fear; nonetheless, I do not know how others will receive me. Although living in San Francisco has blessed me with a diverse and accepting community, I know that the world at large may not be as welcoming.
    I do not plan on saving the world one homophobe at a time. I do, however, try to teach others about my family. I want people to know that we are just like any other family in the sense that we support, care for, and love each other. Being raised by two gay men has taught me more than not to wear white after Labor Day. Through my experiences of being raised by gay parents, I have learned to be more open-minded and accepting of others’ differences. I have learned that people have the capacity to be respectful of differences that include sexual orientation. This idea has allowed me to share who I am and who my family is because I am not afraid. Through my school’s community service program, I have become an advocate for COLAGE (Children Of Lesbian And Gays Everywhere.) Speaking to lawyers, social workers, the media, and students from high schools has allowed me to share my differences with the community around me, and in turn others have opened up their lives to me.
    Sharing my life has given me confidence. It has given me insight into others’ lives, and a hope that the world can be a better and more accepting place. Through community service, I have had a number of experiences that have demonstrated the importance of diversity. However, none has shaped me more than the gift of being born into my family. I walk in two worlds and I bring all of this with me.

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