Families Turn Out in High Numbers for Family Pride Workshops
Dustin on Aug 1st 2007
Even in a week devoted to rest, relaxation and family fun, Family Weekers make time in their days to learn and grow together as a community. We know that Family Week and other family gatherings started as a way for families with LGBTQ parents to get together, provide safe spaces for their kids to play, and build community around issues that matter–parental rights, marriage equality, finding and making safe schools. We continue this tradition with Provincetown Family Week 2007, providing workshops on topics from getting active in schools to building better relationships as LGBTQ parents. You can see a full list of workshops on the Family Pride website, at www.familypride.org/familyweekcomingsoon.html.
Yesterday morning I had the privilege of presenting on the Rainbow Report Card and other tools Family Pride provides to parents to make their schools safer and more inclusive of all loving families. We had a large crowd, about 70 parents, sitting in rows with note pads out and pens in hand, ready to learn. We talked about how lasting change starts from the ground up, that every situation is different, and that all parents need to be as out as they safely can be–with their children, within their school community, etc.–in order to create open, honest dialogue about the challenges they face.
Bay Windows, New England’s LGBT community newspaper, was there, taking photos at the workshop and talking to families. Check out their website to see if Family Week coverage is up!
Sadly, I’m going to have to wrap this one up more quickly than I thought, as I now have to set up at the pier for another workshop–The Toughest Questions You’ll Get Asked as an LGBTQ Parent (or “Toughest Questions,” as we like to call it). You can find out more about Toughest Questions by downloading the OUTSpoken Families Speaker’s Toolkit here.
Sorry for the lack up updating yesterday. Much like on the cruise, our Internet keeps going in and out! Twenty-first-century roughing it, I like to say 
Cheers,
Dustin
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Thank you so much for doing such amazing work this week, Family Pride staff and volunteers! I miss you all tremendously and have been checking the website every day this week — looking at the new photos (nice orange t-shirts!) and reading the great stories.
I know first-hand that Family Week is an exhilarating, exhausting, unforgettable week every single year. So, thanks again for all that you have done and are continuing to do to share information, build community and make the world a better, more open place for our families.
I am so proud and honored to still get to call Family Pride a very dear part of my family.
Re-apply your suncreen, get the sand out of your hair and have a great rest of the week! You deserve it.
what the heck?! Trina has joined the 21st century, and not only reads the blog… but comments on it?! Holy cow.
i miss you guys too, a whole bunch. and i’m jealous of the new shirts (but adam walker says he is not). i hope i get to see you all soon! Have a gay-riffic family week