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:20250916T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250916T190000 DTSTAMP:20250624T204436Z CREATED:20250618T202210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250624T204436Z UID:10001496-1758045600-1758049200@familyequality.org SUMMARY:Baby Making for Everybody: Reading and Q&A with Marea Goodman\, LM\, CPM DESCRIPTION:Want to have kids but don’t know where to start? You’ve come to the right place! Join us for a virtual reading and discussion with Marea Goodman\, queer millennial midwife\, founder of PregnantTogether\, and co-author of Baby Making for Everybody. \n\n\n\nTogether over Zoom\, we’ll discuss the winding and glorious LGBTQ+ path to parenthood\, answer your burning questions\, build community\, and empower you with the information you need to get started growing your family. \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\nMarea’s organization\, PregnantTogether\, is hosting a special virtual conference in November! Join us November 4–5\, 2025 for a two-day event featuring workshops and panels on fertility\, legal rights\, emotional wellness\, and more. Get $5 off by registering with Family Equality’s special link! \n\n\n\nAbout Our Guest\n\n\n\nMarea Goodman\, LM\, CPM (they/them) is a licensed midwife who specializes in supporting the LGBTQ+ community throughout conception\, pregnancy\, birth\, and the postpartum period. They are the co-author of the book\, Baby Making for Everybody—Fertility and Family Building for LGBTQ+ and Solo Parents\, and the founder of PregnantTogether— the (virtual) community supporting queer folks & solo parents from preconception through parenting. \n\n\n\nMarea is deeply passionate about empowering people with the information they need and deserve to grow their families\, and fighting against the isolation endemic in our culture. Their work has been featured in Cosmopolitan\, Vogue\, Autostraddle\, USA Today\, Huffington Post\, ParentaData.org\, and others. What they are most proud of is getting to be a parent for their awesome kids. \n\n\n\nAbout Baby Making for Everybody: Fertility and Family Building for LGBTQ+ and Solo Parents\n\n\n\nThis inclusive\, straightforward guide to fertility is What to Expect Before You’re Expecting for families outside the heterosexual nuclear family model—perfect for LGBTQ+ and solo parents who want to have kids but don’t know where to start. In Baby Making for Everybody\, queer millennial midwives Ray Rachlin and Marea Goodman use their professional expertise to demystify the dizzying process of pursuing parenthood as queer and solo people\, offering detailed\, gender-affirming\, body-positive advice on topics including: \n\n\n\n\nFertility tracking for people with uteruses\n\n\n\nChoosing a sperm donor\, egg donor\, or surrogate\n\n\n\nLegal considerations for LGBTQ+ families\n\n\n\nNavigating pregnancy and gender identity\n\n\n\nIUI\, ICI\, and IVF procedures\n\n\n\nFoster parenting and adoption\n\n\n\nMiscarriage and infertility\n\n\n\n\nThe result is a much-needed compassionate step-by-step guide for every aspect of the complicated\, messy\, and glorious process of building a family. Combining practical information with personal narratives and first-person community wisdom\, this book provides prospective parents with the information they need to grow their families. \n\n\n\nOrder Baby Making for Everybody from your local bookstore today! URL:https://familyequality.org/event/baby-making-for-everybody-reading-and-qa-with-marea-goodman-lm-cpm/ CATEGORIES:Author Talks,Virtual Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://familyequality.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Author-Talk-2025-Thumbnails-1280-x-620-px2.webp LOCATION: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250917T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250917T210000 DTSTAMP:20250626T201942Z CREATED:20250626T201940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250626T201942Z UID:10001506-1758135600-1758142800@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 \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-12/2025-09-17/ 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;TZID=America/New_York:20250921T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250921T150000 DTSTAMP:20250829T135520Z CREATED:20250821T003804Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250829T135520Z UID:10001523-1758459600-1758466800@familyequality.org SUMMARY:Friend and Fundraiser in Katonah\, New York DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\nBring your family\, your friends\, and your neighbors to Sam Green and Chris Lacovara‘s beautiful horse farm for community\, connection\, and purpose. We are calling on the Lower Hudson Valley + Northern Westchester communities to come together for equality\, and all allies are welcome! \n\n\n\nThere will be activities for all ages\, light refreshments\, and opportunities to support Family Equality in a especially critical time for the LGBTQ+ rights movement. \n\n\n\nHear directly from Family Equality CEO\, Darra Gordon\, about our next steps in the fight for equality for LGBTQ+ families and those who wish to form them. URL:https://familyequality.org/event/friend-and-fundraiser-in-katonah-new-york/ LOCATION:Katonah\, New York\, Katonah\, United States CATEGORIES:In-Person Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://familyequality.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/House-Party-Fundraiser.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR