For those of you in the Boston Area:
The Cambridge Center for Adult Education is hosting a panel discussion on same-sex parenting tonight from 8:00-9:30 p.m. at 56 Brattle St. The cost is $10. I’ll be covering the event for Bay Windows; if you’re going, make sure to say hi. (I’ll have red hair and a large camera.)
Here’s the event description:
Come join us for a lively evening of reflection and conversation! Kelly Lawrence, lawyer in the US attorney’s office and lesbian parent, will be moderating a panel discussion with single-sex parents of children ranging from toddlers to high school students. Panelists will include former State Senator and now President of the Massachusetts Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation Jarrett Barrios, Boston area family lawyer and GLBT activist Polly Crozier, The Boston Foundation’s Director of Public Relations, David Trueblood, and Harvard Medical School Faculty and internist at Mt. Auburn Hospital, Rick Wellisch. They will discuss the challenges unique to gay parents and their kids: helping immediate and extended families accept and understand their family unit; what to call “moms” and “dads” when there are two of one instead of one of each; how to teach their kids about their family and why they’re different; dealing with the unsuspecting, but generally friendly, public and dealing with hostility. Additionally, they will address the various ways to create a legal family and how a same-sex family is recognized, or not, by state and federal governments.