BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Family Equality - ECPv6.17.3.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://familyequality.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Family Equality REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250702T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250702T200000 DTSTAMP:20250626T202048Z CREATED:20250626T202045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250626T202048Z UID:10001070-1751482800-1751486400@familyequality.org SUMMARY:Biweekly Trans\, Non-binary\, and Gender Non-Conforming Parents Meetup DESCRIPTION:This peer support space is a place for any and all parents & caregivers who identify as transgender\, non -binary\, gender nonconforming or anywhere on the genderqueer spectrum. This space is meant for folks to connect\, build community and engage in conversation with peers. Feel empowered to bring your frustrations\, your joys\, your tools for coping\, etc – this group is meant to be whatever participants need it to be! \n*Please note: This event is for trans\, non-binary\, and gender non-conforming folks only. \nASL interpretation is available if needed. Please email us to request it!  \nRSVP TO RECEIVE LOG-IN INFORMATION FOR THIS EVENT\n\n\n \n \n "*" indicates required fields \n \n Name*\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email*\n \n Click on the event you'd like to RSVP for...*\n \n TTC/Fertility VIrtual Peer Support Space\n \n \n Trans\, Nonbinary\, & Gender Nonconforming Parents Peer Support Space\n Select AllYou can check multiple boxes to RSVP for more than one event. CAPTCHA\n Submit URL:https://familyequality.org/event/biweekly-trans-non-binary-and-gender-non-conforming-parents-meetup-4/2025-07-02/ CATEGORIES:Peer Support,Trans,Virtual Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://familyequality.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2.png LOCATION: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250708T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250708T190000 DTSTAMP:20250611T195928Z CREATED:20250528T000709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250611T195928Z UID:10001020-1751997600-1752001200@familyequality.org SUMMARY:Boyhood Reimagined: A Reading and Q&A DESCRIPTION:What is it like to be a queer mom raising a son in America today? Join us for an inspiring virtual reading and discussion with the authors and contributors of Boyhood Reimagined: Stories of Queer Moms Raising Sons. Together over Zoom\, we’ll discuss the joys and challenges of trying to raise sons with healthy relationships to gender and masculinity amidst accelerating challenges to LGBTQ+ families. \n\n\n\nAll are invited to attend this free event\, although registration is required.  \n\n\n\n\nregister today!\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAbout Boyhood Reimagined: Stories of Queer Moms Raising Sons\n\n\n\nA family with two moms and a son seems pretty ordinary to many Americans in 2025. But with a Republican majority in all three branches\, the rise of Christian nationalism\, and the ultra-conservative Supreme court\, queer moms face ongoing and accelerating challenges to their families. The personal essays in Boyhood Reimagined ask particular questions about parenting and feminism during a time when traditional male dominance continues to shape societal expectations\, limit opportunities for women and non-binary individuals\, and influence political and economic power structures. Do queer moms practicing feminist parenting raise sons with a healthy relationship to gender and masculinity? Are sons of queer moms protected from a culture of misogyny? And what important lessons do queer moms of sons have to teach other progressive parents? \n\n\n\nPre-order Boyhood Reimagined from your local bookstore today! \n\n\n\nAbout Our Guests\n\n\n\nGail Marlene Schwartz is a queer mom\, a dual citizen\, and the pickleball champion of her household. Her adult novel\, Falling Through the Night (Demeter Press)\, won the National Indie Excellence Award for LGBTQ fiction and was a finalist for an Independent Publishers of New England book award. Other titles include My Sister’s Girlfriend\, The Loudest Bark and Clementine in Quarantine. She is the co-editor of Boyhood Reimagined: Stories of Queer Moms Parenting Sons and a founding member of the magazine\, Hotch Potch Literature and Art. She also hosts the Substack Writers in Relationship. Gail lives and writes in Ottawa Ontario with her partner\, visual artist Erin Needham\, and their occasional roommate Alexi\, who is 15. Check out her website for more info. \n\n\n\nJune BlueSpruce lives with her wife in Seattle\, where they raised their two sons\, now grown. She has been an activist in movements for women’s and LGBTQ+ rights and health care justice for decades. She now focuses on protecting Seattle’s beautiful and life-giving tree canopy\, fighting environmental inequity\, and writing. Her essays have appeared in Whiteness Is Not an Ancestor: Essays on Life and Lineage by White Women; Sacred Stone\, Sacred Water: Women Writers and Artists Encounter Ireland; Catamaran Literary Reader; the chapbook Coming Home; and HerStry. Her poems have been published in Sisters Singing: Blessings\, Prayers\, Art\, Songs\, Poetry\, and Sacred Stories by Women; My Lover Is a Woman: Contemporary Lesbian Love Poems; and journals. June writes about healing\, spirituality\, and social change on her blog. \n\n\n\nLalita du Perron was born in Amsterdam and now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has a PhD in South Asian Studies (SOAS\, 2000) and is the Associate Director of the Center for South Asia at Stanford. She has published two books and a number of articles on the song texts of North Indian art music\, and is currently working on a project on consent. In a separate incarnation Lalita performs and writes comedy\, as Lalita Dee (@lalitadeecomedy). Lalita is the proud queer single mother by choice of a teenage son.  \n\n\n\nMarie Holmes is a freelance journalist and fiction writer. Her work has appeared in HuffPost\, Scary Mommy\, Good Housekeeping and The Washington Post. She has received awards from Gival Press and the Bronx Writers Center\, and was an Emerging Writer Fellow at The Center for Fiction.  \n\n\n\nKatherine Mack is a professor of rhetoric in the English department at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs\, studying a wide range of topics including truth and reconciliation efforts in South Africa\, motherhood and family in the United States\, the genre and practice of life writing\, and rhetorical pedagogy in the era of “truth decay.” Katherine has written From Apartheid to Democracy: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa and The Case for Single Motherhood: Contemporary Maternal Identities and Family Formations. URL:https://familyequality.org/event/boyhood-reimagined-a-reading-and-qa/ CATEGORIES:Author Talks,Virtual Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://familyequality.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Author-Talks-2025-Program-Graphics.png LOCATION: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250710T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250710T160000 DTSTAMP:20250625T212121Z CREATED:20250625T212120Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250625T212121Z UID:10001514-1752159600-1752163200@familyequality.org SUMMARY:Family Week: Reading and Q&A DESCRIPTION:Let’s get Family Week started early! Join us for an exciting reading and discussion with Sarah Moon\, author of the middle-grade book Family Week\, and the mastermind behind Family Week 2025\, Dejon Campbell (Senior Manager\, Program Events)! \n\n\n\nLive on Facebook and Youtube\, we’ll discuss the magic of Family Week past and present\, what’s on the agenda for Family Week 2025\, and answer YOUR burning Family Week questions! \n\n\n\n\nTune in on Youtube\n\n\n\nTune in on Facebook\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT OUR GUESTS:\n\n\n\nSarah Moon loves to write books for young people—especially queer books for young people. In her regular life\, she’s a teacher\, so she loves doing school visits and answering questions from readers. In her spare time\, she builds LEGO with her kid and thanks the heavens for her amazing wife.  \n\n\n\nDejon Campbell is the Senior Manager\, Program Events for Family Equality. In his role\, Dejon oversees the programming for Family Week and provides support for a number of other events for the organization.  \n\n\n\nPrior to joining Family Equality\, was a TV News Anchor and Reporter. Prior to that\, Dejon spent years leading programming efforts that supported families both nationally and internationally. He is excited to have the opportunity to bring both his experience and passion to an organization that focuses on advancing equality for LGBTQ+ families.  \n\n\n\nAt any given day\, you can find Dejon with a cup of coffee in his hand\, recording a TikTok\, or just trying to make someone smile with the corniest joke he can come up with.  \n\n\n\nABOUT FAMILY WEEK\n\n\n\nFour best friends spend Family Week together at an annual gathering of LGBTQ+ families in Provincetown\, MA—the largest of its kind across the world—in this middle grade coming-of-age story that celebrates identity\, acceptance\, and found family. \n\n\n\nFor as long as they can remember\, Mac\, Lina\, Milo and Avery have celebrated Family Week together in “the smallest\, gayest town in the world”—Provincetown\, Massachusetts. \n\n\n\nBut this summer\, their big rented beach house feels different. Avery’s dads are splitting up\, and her life feels like it’s falling apart. Milo’s flunked seventh grade\, which means everyone is moving on to bigger and better things except for him. Mac’s on his way to a progressive boarding school that lets transgender kids like him play soccer\, but it means leaving his twin sister\, Lina\, and his moms—and the safety of home—behind. \n\n\n\nEverything is changing\, and for Lina\, it feels like it’s happening with or without her. Avery\, Milo\, and Mac know this is going to be their last summer together. But Lina can’t accept that—and if she can make this the best summer ever\, maybe she’ll convince them that there will be a Family Week next year. Good things might not last in the real world\, but they do in P-town…. Right? \n\n\n\nOrder Family Week from your local bookstore today — the perfect read for a roadtrip to PTown! URL:https://familyequality.org/event/family-week-reading-and-qa/ CATEGORIES:Author Talks,Virtual Event,Whole Family ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://familyequality.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/FamilyWeek-Reading.webp LOCATION: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250715T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250715T190000 DTSTAMP:20250611T195928Z CREATED:20250507T230629Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250611T195928Z UID:10001019-1752602400-1752606000@familyequality.org SUMMARY:Outspoken Voices: Freedom DESCRIPTION: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrepare\, share\, and listen to five minute stories with other LGBTQ+ families from across the country!  \n\n\n\nHot off the Fourth of July\, this month’s theme is freedom. From fighting for our freedoms at statehouses or protests to experiencing small moments of freedom like gender-affirming haircuts and ambling road-trips\, we want to hear about what independence has looked like and felt like for you. What was your journey? Your inspiration? Your hope? \n\n\n\nJoin Family Equality as we celebrate and harness the power of storytelling to create change\, build bridges\, and foster connection.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister to receive the zoom link!\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAll are invited to attend this free event\, although registration is required to receive the Zoom meeting information. Note that stories will be recorded for possible use on Family Equality’s channels. No stories will be shared on Family Equality’s public channels without prior expressed consent.  URL:https://familyequality.org/event/outspoken-voices-freedom/ CATEGORIES:Outspoken Voices,Virtual Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://familyequality.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Outspoken-Voices-2025-Program-Graphics-3.png LOCATION: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250716T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250716T200000 DTSTAMP:20250626T202048Z CREATED:20250626T202045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250626T202048Z UID:10001071-1752692400-1752696000@familyequality.org SUMMARY:Biweekly Trans\, Non-binary\, and Gender Non-Conforming Parents Meetup DESCRIPTION:This peer support space is a place for any and all parents & caregivers who identify as transgender\, non -binary\, gender nonconforming or anywhere on the genderqueer spectrum. This space is meant for folks to connect\, build community and engage in conversation with peers. Feel empowered to bring your frustrations\, your joys\, your tools for coping\, etc – this group is meant to be whatever participants need it to be! \n*Please note: This event is for trans\, non-binary\, and gender non-conforming folks only. \nASL interpretation is available if needed. Please email us to request it!  \nRSVP TO RECEIVE LOG-IN INFORMATION FOR THIS EVENT\n\n \n \n "*" indicates required fields \n \n Name*\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email*\n \n Click on the event you'd like to RSVP for...*\n \n TTC/Fertility VIrtual Peer Support Space\n \n \n Trans\, Nonbinary\, & Gender Nonconforming Parents Peer Support Space\n Select AllYou can check multiple boxes to RSVP for more than one event. CAPTCHA\n Submit URL:https://familyequality.org/event/biweekly-trans-non-binary-and-gender-non-conforming-parents-meetup-4/2025-07-16/ CATEGORIES:Peer Support,Trans,Virtual Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://familyequality.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2.png LOCATION: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250723T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250723T210000 DTSTAMP:20250626T201942Z CREATED:20250626T201940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250626T201942Z UID:10001502-1753297200-1753304400@familyequality.org SUMMARY:Biweekly Trying to Conceive Peer Support Space DESCRIPTION:This is a biweekly peer-run support space supported by the LGBTQ+ Perinatal Wellness Center for anyone under the LGBTQ+ rainbow who are working to create children to grow their families. This group is specific to those seeking to grow their families through pregnancy\, whether they are just gathering information\, trying to conceive\, or awaiting an upcoming birth. This event will occur every other Wednesday at the listed times! \nPlease note: The last meeting of the month will always feature a Grief & Loss breakout room.  \n\nRSVP TO RECEIVE LOG-IN INFORMATION FOR THIS MEETUP\n\n \n \n "*" indicates required fields \n \n Name*\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email*\n \n Click on the event you'd like to RSVP for...*\n \n TTC/Fertility VIrtual Peer Support Space\n \n \n Trans\, Nonbinary\, & Gender Nonconforming Parents Peer Support Space\n Select AllYou can check multiple boxes to RSVP for more than one event. CAPTCHA\n Submit \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nASL interpretation is available if needed. Please email us to request it!  \nThis event is made possible with the support of our sponsor\, AllPaths Family Building. Learn more about AllPaths Family Building here. \n  URL:https://familyequality.org/event/biweekly-trying-to-conceive-peer-support-space-12/2025-07-23/ CATEGORIES:Peer Support,TTC,Virtual Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://familyequality.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/1.png LOCATION: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250726 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250803 DTSTAMP:20260311T191955Z CREATED:20250312T042136Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260311T191955Z UID:10001018-1753488000-1754179199@familyequality.org SUMMARY:Family Week 2025 DESCRIPTION:The largest annual gathering of LGBTQ+ families in the world! \n\n\n\nFamily Week in Provincetown is celebrating its 30th anniversary July 27 – August 3! Join Family Equality\, COLAGE\, and hundreds of families from around the world for this beloved annual event! \n\n\n\nLearn more and register now! URL:https://familyequality.org/event/family-week-1-2/ CATEGORIES:Family Week,In-Person Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://familyequality.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/FW-2025-Graphics-1920-x-1080-px.png LOCATION: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250730T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250730T200000 DTSTAMP:20250626T202048Z CREATED:20250626T202045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250626T202048Z UID:10001072-1753902000-1753905600@familyequality.org SUMMARY:Biweekly Trans\, Non-binary\, and Gender Non-Conforming Parents Meetup DESCRIPTION:This peer support space is a place for any and all parents & caregivers who identify as transgender\, non -binary\, gender nonconforming or anywhere on the genderqueer spectrum. This space is meant for folks to connect\, build community and engage in conversation with peers. Feel empowered to bring your frustrations\, your joys\, your tools for coping\, etc – this group is meant to be whatever participants need it to be! \n*Please note: This event is for trans\, non-binary\, and gender non-conforming folks only. \nASL interpretation is available if needed. Please email us to request it!  \nRSVP TO RECEIVE LOG-IN INFORMATION FOR THIS EVENT\n\n \n \n "*" indicates required fields \n \n Name*\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email*\n \n Click on the event you'd like to RSVP for...*\n \n TTC/Fertility VIrtual Peer Support Space\n \n \n Trans\, Nonbinary\, & Gender Nonconforming Parents Peer Support Space\n Select AllYou can check multiple boxes to RSVP for more than one event. CAPTCHA\n Submit URL:https://familyequality.org/event/biweekly-trans-non-binary-and-gender-non-conforming-parents-meetup-4/2025-07-30/ CATEGORIES:Peer Support,Trans,Virtual Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://familyequality.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2.png LOCATION: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR