Stacey Stevenson, the recently hired CEO of Family Equality, is serious about the work ahead. “This isn’t about a job for me; this is about survival,” she told me in an interview. “Through all of the adversity I have faced over the years, I feel I have been preparing for this role my entire life.”
This Saturday is the start of the 25th Annual Family Week in Provincetown, the world’s largest gathering of LGBTQ+ families. At a time when LGBTQ families are still fighting to be recognized as families, the event offers not only vacation, but also encouragement and inspiration.
Sixty-three percent of LGBTQ millennials—up to 3.8 million people—are considering becoming first-time parents or adding more children to their families, according to a new report from Family Equality Council.
I’m very pleased to bring you not only a guest post by Robin Fox, a mother of two who shares her family’s experience at Family Week in Provincetown, but also a special discount for Mombian readers who are not yet registered for the event! Read on for details.
Last night, at Family Equality Council’s Night at the Pier, I was honored to receive the Hostetter-Habib Family Award, while Katie Couric was honored for her work on the National Geographic film Gender Revolution.
I’m humbled and proud to share that Family Equality Council is honoring me with the 2018 Hostetter-Habib Family Award, given in honor of Alex Habib, Mark Hostetter, and their entire family to “an individual who has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to our core values of love, justice, family, and equality.” If I’ve been unwavering, though, it’s because my family—and all of you, readers—have been right there with me.
Time-sensitive action alert: Older children of LGBTQ parents are needed to lend their voices to an amicus brief for the U. S. Supreme Court in a case seeking to overturn an Arkansas decision that denied same-sex parents the right to be on their children’s birth certificates.
Everyone’s first week on the job should be like Stan Sloan’s. The new executive director of Family Equality Council, the national organization for LGBTQ families, began the role on the first day of Family Week in Provincetown, the organization’s signature event and the world’s largest gathering of LGBTQ families.
I’ve often argued that the history of LGBTQ families is longer than many think. One milestone of this history is that Family Week, an annual gathering in Provincetown, turns 20 years old this Saturday.
Yes, it’s that time of year again, and you’re all invited to join me for the 9th Annual Blogging for LGBTQ Families Day! (We’ve added the “Q” this year for extra queerness.) In addition to the blogging event on Monday, June 2, I have a special treat this year: an in-person LGBTQ Families Celebration on Sunday, June 1, for anyone in the Boston area. Anyone who wants to show their support for LGBTQ families is welcome. Details after the jump.
