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Help Shape Family Equality — and See Some Films About Our Families

The Family Equality Council wants your help in shaping what the organization will do in the future. I hope you’ll take a few minutes and take their 2014 survey to share your experiences and priorities with them. Then read on to hear about some of the films about lesbian and gay families that they’re involved in developing and promoting.

Send Your Family Photo to Sochi, With Love

The Olympics start tonight, and I am going to be watching with mixed feelings: the love of a sports fan, and the concern of a member of the LGBT community. I shudder when I think that Russia may soon pass a bill that would allow the state to take children from parents for no reason other than that the parents are LGBT. The Family Equality Council is taking action, however, and asking people to send a message of love and support to LGBT people in Russia through the “To Sochi With Love” campaign.

“The Call” Video About Adoption Will Bring Tears to Your Eyes

This touching new video from the Family Equality Council’s “Allies for Adoption” campaign is the most poignant thing I’ve seen online in quite some time. Anyone who has ever waited for that call from an adoption agency should be able to relate.

Tonight: Twitter Party on LGBT Family Travel

It’s tonight! Please join me from 9 to 10 p.m. EST. for a travel-focused Twitter party for LGBT families and friends. Over 600 people have preregistered for the event, and it should be a great evening of stories, tips, and fun.

Great Prizes! Great Fun! Join Our Twitter Party on LGBT Family Travel, 11/6

If you haven’t yet registered for the travel-focused Twitter party for LGBT families on Wednesday, November 6, please do! You can just join in at 9 p.m. ET — but if you register first and then leave a tweet during the party (with the hashtags #TMOM and #RIFamily), you’ll be eligible to win one of two signed copies of Iron Chef and lesbian mom Cat Cora’s Classics with a Twist: Fresh Takes on Favorite Dishes cookbook, or the GRAND PRIZE: a Residence Inn gift card valued at $250.

What “The Fosters” Means for Real LGBT Families: Tweet About It

I had high expectations for The Fosters when it debuted on ABC Family in June, the first mainstream drama to focus on same-sex parents and their kids. I’m happy to say it more than met those expectations, while also throwing in a few pleasant surprises. The show has meant a lot to me as a lesbian mom — and to many others as well. I therefore invite you to join me, the Family Equality Council, and GLAAD this week by tweeting about what the show has meant to you.

Outspoken Children of LGBT Parents Speak Out

Yes, it’s Monday, but watch this inspiring video featuring adults with LGBT parents, and it just might get you through the day. (Then you can watch fictitious children with two moms on The Fosters tonight, and be cheered yet again.)

LGBT Family Photos Wanted: From MS, NV, RI, WY

The Family Equality Council, PFLAG, and COLAGE are working on an LGBT family visibility project, covering 50 states with 50 family photos. They’re still in need of photos from families in a few more states: Mississippi, Nevada, Rhode Island, and Wyoming.

Join Us for a Twitter Townhall on Blogging for LGBT Families Day

I’m delighted to announce a special bonus event in celebration of Blogging for LGBT Families Day this Monday, June 3. In addition to submitting a blog post to the master list that I will showcase Monday, please join the Family Equality Council and me for a Twitter townhall at 3 p.m. EST (12 p.m. PST)! Family Equality’s policy team will answer questions about recent marriage equality happenings and what the future could hold for our families if the Supreme Court strikes down DOMA.

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