LGBTQ families gather on ProudParenting.com
David on Oct 5th 2007
We’d like to thank David for inviting us to introduce ourselves to the Family Pride blog community. I’m Jeff Bennett, community editor for ProudParenting.com and father of a toddler.
Proud Parenting is a new community gathering space for lesbian and gay men questioning the prospect of – or currently experiencing - parenthood.
We offer opportunities for our members to blog, post family pictures, and comment on 15 different areas of interest to the parenting community – including fostering, adoption, and surrogacy.
My illegal husband - of 17 years - and I started Proud Parenting to help spread helpful information and connect people with similar interests. We know that sharing and connecting is very empowering for our community (and sub-communities) - and this isn’t the first time Mark and I have helped lesbians and gay men connect online. We founded Gay.com in 1995, and worked on that project until we were ready to try other things.
We noticed the need for an online gathering place like Proud Parenting when our surrogate became pregnant with Chloe. Suddenly, we were searching everywhere online to find other people like us.
Proud Parenting is definitely a passion project for us. It’s sort of an extension of our love for our own family. You’ll see pics of us and our friends - and you’ll find other families sharing their own stories and photos.
Please take a moment and say “hello” if you want. I know that we helped many others make love connections via Gay.com. Women and men from all over the word have emailed to tell us they are in long-term relationships as a result of our first project. Now we’re curious to see if any babies have resulted from our matchmaking!
We look forward to getting to know you all at ProudParenting.com.
