Family Pride’s Blog

 Some 60 gay and lesbian families have made the commitment to attend the 2007 White House Egg Roll. Gay and lesbian families will wear rainbow colored leis to increase our visibility. Family Pride and our supporters fundamentally understand that by making our families visible, we change hearts and minds across this country.

We are thrilled to be participating in this great American tradition - a tradition, it’s worth noting, that isn’t without controversy. In 1954, Mamie Eisenhower raised eyebrows by hosting the first desegregated Egg Roll.

Is this a protest of the administration’s policy toward gay families? No. We are, however, helping the administration understand that gay families do exist in this country and deserve the rights and protections that all families need. Perhaps it’s a message that will ring louder this year given the announcement of the Vice-President’s lesbian daughter that she and her partner are pregnant.

Last year, Family Pride and gay and lesbian families attended the White House Egg Roll in masse. Our families were included in the national conversation, with coverage on every major network around the country. Let’s reintroduce our families to the nation!

This is a celebration of all families. We want to give our fellow citizens the opportunity to see us as real families, participating in a great American tradition on the White House lawn. We believe that by participating fully as American families in traditions like the egg roll, America will come to know us better and recognize that loves makes a family.

For more information about Family Pride’s 2007 White House Egg Roll (or to sing up), visit www.familypride.org/eggroll.

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