myth: Valentine’s Day is for everyone
Family Pride on Feb 14th 2007
This morning as I packed heart-shaped Valentine’s Day cookies for my four-year-old twins, I thought about what really matters to me - my family and the love we share. It saddens me to know that our love is under attack.
On Valentine’s Day, we’re inundated with messages of what our love “should be.” We are Hallmarked, Godiva’ed and 1-800-flower’ed to the point of nausea. But on a day that is supposed to celebrate the bonds of love, where are our families? Why aren’t lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer-parented families openly included in this celebration? Why can’t we even find a Hallmark eCard that accurately reflects the depth and breadth of love and family?
There are so many small things that we as parents can do to make the world a better place for our children. We can donate inclusive books to libraries, attend school board and PTA meetings and support the work of Family Pride.
For the price of a small box of chocolates or a few roses, you can help us make schools safe for your children. You can help us train parents to be advocates. You can help us distribute toolkits to local parents groups in your community.
Last week, we told you about an exciting opportunity to take part in Family Pride’s fundraising campaign through sixdegrees.org. Kevin Bacon will award a gift of $10,000 to the 6 organizations that get the highest number of donations.
If each of our members gives just $10, there is no doubt that we will secure $10,000 from Kevin Bacon. We need to solidify our leading position in this campaign. This donation will fund the next wave of OUTSpoken trainings across the country, arming families in your community to fight for equality.
It’s not about how much we raise-it’s about the total number of donations. That’s why we’re asking you to donate $10 now in honor of your family on Valentine’s Day. We need all of our members to participate in this amazing campaign.
I’ve made my donation for Tim, Tom and Cheryl. Will you make yours?
From my family to yours, Happy Valentine’s Day.
Best wishes,
Jennifer Chrisler
Executive Director
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