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2009 Pride and Joy Families Weekend Conference April 24-26, 2009 |
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| The Lesbian and Gay Family Building Project, with cosponsors Family Equality Council (formerly Family Pride Coalition) and COLAGE (Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere), is planning the 2009 Pride and Joy Families Weekend Conference for LGBT* parents, prospective parents and their children in Utica, NY on April 24-26, 2009. Learn more... |
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| Keynote Speaker for this event: Jennifer Chrisler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New! Spring 2008 Newsletter |
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| A seasoned advocate for LGBT rights, Jennifer Chrisler is Executive Director of the Family Equality Council (formerly Family Pride Coalition). The Family Equality Council is dedicated to working at the national level for equality for families headed by lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer (LGBTQ) parents. It connects LGBTQ families nationwide to assist parents in dealing with discrimination so they may better support and advocate for their children at all phases of life. Jennifer was honored for her work in the LGBT community in 2002 by the Massachusetts Freedom to Marry Coalition and in 2001 by the Human Rights Campaign. In May, she was named 2008 Fellow by the prestigious Rockwood Leadership Program. Jenn and her spouse, Cheryl Jacques, reside in Weston Newton, MA with their twin sons. |
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| Complete the online RSVP to express your interest (no commitment yet!) in attending the 2009 Pride and Joy Families Weekend Conference | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The new 2008 Directory is here! The Lesbian and Gay Family Building Project, a program of Ferre Institute, Inc., is pleased to provide its Directory of Family Building Services for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) People. The Directory is designed to assist LGBT people in upstate New York find health and human service providers that will help them build and strengthen their families. Each of the organizations and providers listed here is either explicitly LGBT-affirming or has signed a consent stating that “listing in the Directory makes a statement to LGBT individuals and couples that they deserve and can expect caring and sensitive service from my/our organization.” Obviously, however, the Family Building Project cannot guarantee that consumers will be satisfied with their experience with a given provider. Nor can we state that the Directory is a complete list of LGBT affirming practices. Providers can list directly. Interested individuals can search the directory for providers who will meet their needs. Here is the link for the directory: http://lgbtservicesdirectory.com/ Find a PDF version of the LGBT Services Directory here. |
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Promoting an Awareness of Family Health History and Future Health in LGBT Families LGBT families are created in many unique ways. Our identified families share history, traditions and values and common medical backgrounds. This website was created to help LGBT families to understand how health, family history, health beliefs, healthy living and genetic background are an important part of future health. |
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The Community Centered Family Health History Program Award enables us to survey LGBT families about their attitudes concerning the importance of family health history and from that information, create a customized toolkit. This toolkit will contain LGBT sensitive materials for health history information collection and organization to be used in an effort to create a healthier LGBT community. The toolkits: A Guide to Family Health History and A Guide to Understanding Genetics and Health will be finalized and mailed to everyone who participates in taking our survey "Understanding LGBT Family Health History". We will also be providing the services of a genetic counselor, who is knowledgable about the unique structures of LGBT families to answer questions that may come up then collecting family health history. In order to help us and be a part of this groundbreaking program please complete this short survey. Thank you for participating in this innovative program which will help pave the way to better health futures for LGBT families! |
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