GLOE Youth & Family
Celebrating LGBTQ Parents, Kids,
Teens, Couples and Families of all Kinds
•Our EVENTS for LGBTQ Youth and Families
•Letter from the Directors
•Resources
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GLOE Youth & Family Events
Sun, March 31 - National Rainbow Seder
Sat, June 8 - Capital Pride Parade
Sun, June 9 - Capital Pride Festival
(See GLOE's full calendar of programs and events)
Letter from the Directors:
Family Enrichment and Community Outreach
and
GLOE - GLBT Outreach & Engagement
Dear Families,
Welcome! First, we want to start off with a definition of "families." Or rather, a lack of one. We believe families come in so many beautiful forms that if we tried to define who we mean, we'd be leaving out too many of ourselves and other people we want around. At GLOE Youth & Family Programs, we know families are made up of people who care about each other - they are younger or older, have kids or don't, are married or not, and many other combinations.
If you want to be part of our programs that are geared towards LGBT youth and families, you are welcome.
At the Washington DCJCC, LGBT people are part of the life of the Center, in all areas and departments, just as it should be in all Jewish life. We also know that LGBT people also have experiences unique to our community. That's why we want to host programs and events specifically geared towards LGBT youth and families, and provide opportunities to create community. Further, we've heard from many parents who've said that they felt like they lost their queer community after having kids - and we knew there was no reason this had to happen.
As directors, we saw that in our two separate departments, there was a great opportunity to work together where we overlap, which brought about GLOE Youth & Family! And we are so excited to be doing just that - working together and building community.
We hope you'll join us many future events!
Sincerely,
Sarah Rabin Spira
Director, Family Enrichment and Community Outreach
sarahr@washingtondcjcc.org or (202) 777-3267
Halley Cohen
Director, GLOE - GLBT Outreach & Engagement
halleyc@washingtondcjcc.org or (202) 777-3253
Resources
•GLOE Youth & Family Announcements
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•Other LGBT Events and Resources in the Community
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All resources below are listed for your convenience and interest, but each has been created by independent organizations or individuals. GLOE is not responsible for the content or information they provide.
•LGBT Family Books
10 Books Every LGBT Parent Should Read - From Mombian: "Books about LGBT parenting are few and far between, but here are ten that I recommend for all LGBT parents and prospective parents. I chose works that each showcase a variety of voices, rather than single-person memoirs, so each one would resonate as widely as possible. I also chose books that focus on the emotional side of parenting rather than medical and legal how-to works, since the latter tend to be specific to particular segments of the LGBT community."
Multiple lists of LGBT-related books, many with Jewish content, curated by a friend of GLOE. Lists include:
-Jewish LGBT/Queer/Gay & Lesbian Books (Books on being both)
-My Favorite Gay Teen Books
-Children's Books with LGBT Families in Spanish & French
-Children's Books with Diverse Families (Including LGBT Families)
-Children's Books with LGBT Themes & Celebrating Difference
-Children's Books with LGBT Families & Characters
New U.S. Young Adult (YA) LGBT books published in 2012, curated by Malinda Lo: "By 'LGBT YA novels' I mean young adult novels with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning main characters. That means many books that include secondary or supporting LGBTQ characters are not going to appear on this list. While supporting LGBT characters can indeed be significant, I chose to focus on MAIN characters, as I do believe there is a difference between being the star of the story and being the sidekick."
-January-March, 2012
-April-June, 2012
10 Outstanding LGBT Teen Reads (from the last 10 years) - From Lambda Literary's Alex Sanchez: "When I wrote my first novel, Rainbow Boys, I was writing the book I wished had been available when I was a teen—a book that would’ve told me: “It’s okay to be who you are.” I never imagined that with its 2001 my book would set off an ever-growing parade of LGBT-themed books for and about teenagers."
Categories: Girls Who Like Girls, Boys Who Like Boys, Trans Interest, Middle School/Pre-Teen, Bi Interest
•For Jewish LGBTQ Teens and their Teen Allies
FAIRFAX OPEN HOUSE: Monthly Meeting (Currently on hold)
Fairfax Open House is a monthly support group for LGBT Jewish teens that meets the second Monday a month at the JCC in Northern Virginia. For more information friend us on Facebook, Twitter or check us out on the web at www.fairfaxopenhouse.org
ROCKVILLE OPEN HOUSE: Monthly Meeting (1st Thursday each month)
Rockville Open House (ROH) is a supervised, safe gathering space for lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, queer, questioning,or intersex (LGBTQQI) Jewish teens, and their friends and allies, between the ages of 13-18 yrs old. ROH is open once a month, from 6:30-8:30 pm at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington Youth Lounge - 6125 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD. For more information, please visit us at rockvilleopenhouse.org or facebook.org/rockvilleopenhouse.