Family Pride’s Blog

Yesterday, we asked for family photos in our eNewsletter and the response was overwhelming! So, I decided to share some of the many photos with all of you in this heartwarming slideshow. Enjoy - and keep those pictures coming!

Yesterday’s guest blog from Sara Whitman sounds like an oddly familiar story - traffic jams, long distance, kids in the back and their unending fascination with poop and pee (always a favorite). But, what stood out for me was the comment about driving a Volvo wagon. Volvo has been a long time supporter of LGBTQ families and committed to the work of Family Pride. While Sara’s joke about all lesbians driving Volvos was funny, it is a reminder that our community is loyal to those companies that support our issues and our organizations.    

So, we are looking for your help so that we can show Volvo that our community supports companies that support us.  

As Sara’s blog mentioned, we have many a Volvo driving around in our community and we would love to send Volvo pictures and stories of our members with their Volvos - old, new, family vehicles, buses, Volvos in all of their forms! If you own a Volvo or have friends or family members that do, please send us photos of families, friends and allies with their Volvos. Send along a story as well - of a road trip, general experience, family time in the car!  We want to be visible and thank Volvo for their support!  We will be sending Volvo all of the photos and stories we receive.  And, in exchange for your effort, we’ll send you a free Family Pride t-shirt just for participating!

Please send any photos or stories to David at david.jacques@familypride.org.  We look forward to seeing your faces and reading your road tales. Be sure to include your name and address so we can send you a t-shirt.

Preparations for the biggest, best Family Week yet are underway - so we thought it was the perfect time to reflect on some of our favorite images from last years events. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, a thousand words can’t even come close to capturing the excitement, the community and the fun that is Family Week. We hope you join us in Provincetown, MA this year for Family Week.

Feel free to leave a comment and link to your own Family Week galleries. We’d love to share your pictures with the Family Pride community.

This picture was taken during the parade through the center of Provincetown - one of the highlights of last year’s festivities.

Family Pride staff Dave, Sara and Lisa; Family Pride interns Adam and Curt

Making s’mores and wearing glow sticks - a late night on the beach!

Kite flying on the beach on a picture-perfect afternoon.

More kites!

Family Pride staff borrowing Jenn’s twins, Timmy and Tommy

Another empowering image from the Parade!

The beach was a popular destination for Family Week families.

Another shot from the parade - and a sense of the tremendous
sense of community that Family Week instills.

Family Week is a transforming experience; no one is left unchanged by the week. These handful of images don’t do justice to the magnitude of the event or the power of our community. Join us at Family Week 2007. Let’s show the world that LOVE makes a family.

We were thrilled to receive so many great pictures from so many loving families. As such, we decided to re-publish our Family Photo Album.

Real faces, names and stories make a real difference. Seeing and hearing from our families is believing. When non-LGBTQ Americans can’t associate our faces and our voices with the need for family equality, our families remain abstract and stereotyped. Let’s change that. Let’s make it personal. Check out our album below, and take a moment to submit your family photo.

Family Pride’s Family Photo Album