FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Corri Planck
Director of Advocacy, Communications & Support
Family Pride Coalition
(323) 848-8804
Educational, Social and Advocacy Opportunities Will Abound at Family Gathering in Dallas
Feb. 10, 2005 – WASHINGTON, DC – The Family Pride Coalition is proud to announce it will host its first-ever Texas LGBT Family Conference, which will take place on Sat., Feb. 26 in Dallas, Texas. This gathering for LGBT parents, those considering parenthood and their families and allies, will take place at the Cathedral of Hope, 5910 Cedar Springs Road.
The day-long conference will include nearly a dozen workshops on a range of family-related issues, as well as an advocacy panel focused on family-related legislation and activism in Texas. Programming for youth nine years and older will be presented by Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE), and child care for children under nine years old will also be made available by child care volunteers from the Cathedral of Hope.. The day will end with the Family Pride Coalition’s traditional Family Dance.
“We are so thrilled to gather together with the Texas community and make these advocacy, education and support activities available,” said Aimee Gelnaw, executive director of the Family Pride Coalition. “As the national LGBT family organization, we are proud to return to Texas to work together with our families and allied organizations to promote equality for LGBT parents and their families.”
In addition to the host organization, the Cathedral of Hope, other co-sponsors of the Texas LGBT Family Conference include the Lesbian/Gay Rights Lobby (LGRL) of Texas; Lambda Legal; COLAGE; Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)/Texas; the Straight Spouse Network, the ACLU of Texas; Dallas Family Pride; and Austin Rainbow Parents.
Registration is just $35 per family (an additional $10 fee per youth will be collected by COLAGE) includes breakfast, a box lunch, workshops, child care, the advocacy panel, the Family Dance, as well as a one-year membership to the Family Pride Coalition. For more information, or to register for the conference, go to www.familypride.org or call (202) 331-5015.
The Family Pride Coalition is the only national not-for-profit organization exclusively dedicated to securing equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender parents and their families.