14TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE - RECLAIMING FAMILY VALUES
For the past 13 years, the Philadelphia Family Pride Family Matters Conference has been a valued tradition for LGBTQ+ led families and LGBTQ+ prospective parents throughout the Philadelphia region. We welcome and appreciate all kinds familial connections. We embrace a broad range of parenting experiences as well as LGBTQ+ folks seeking to become parents, wherever they are in their journey.
This conference is our biggest educational event of the year.
Our 14th Annual Family Matters Conference took place as a fully in-person, masked event on Saturday, October 14 from 9am-4pm at the School of the Future located at 4021 Parkside Avenue in Philadelphia near the Philadelphia Zoo, Please Touch Museum, and easy on/off to I-76.
The theme for this year's conference was "Reclaiming Family Values" and the keynote speaker was Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta. In the current climate of attacks on LGBTQ+ rights, PFP is focusing our efforts at this event on learning how adults and kids can advocate for our families.
Watch a video of Rep. Kenyatta's keynote speech on our YouTube channel here.
This conference is our biggest educational event of the year.
Our 14th Annual Family Matters Conference took place as a fully in-person, masked event on Saturday, October 14 from 9am-4pm at the School of the Future located at 4021 Parkside Avenue in Philadelphia near the Philadelphia Zoo, Please Touch Museum, and easy on/off to I-76.
The theme for this year's conference was "Reclaiming Family Values" and the keynote speaker was Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta. In the current climate of attacks on LGBTQ+ rights, PFP is focusing our efforts at this event on learning how adults and kids can advocate for our families.
Watch a video of Rep. Kenyatta's keynote speech on our YouTube channel here.
2023 conference schedule
Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta
8:30am - Registration Opens & Child Care Check-in Begins
9:00am-9:30am - Family Yoga Class
9:00am-9:45am - LGBTQ+ Foster Parents Affinity Group
10:00am - 11:00am
- Navigating Hard Conversations with Alexander Stefanini and Naomi Washington-Leapheart
- Trans in Athletics: Inclusion & What Does It Mean to Be 'Fair?' with Lex Horwitz
- "Yes's and No's" - How to Give and Get Consent (for kids 7-13)
11:15am-12:00pm
Keynote "Reclaiming Family Values" with Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (Watch a recording here.)
12:00pm-2:00pm - Free Legal Clinic for LGBTQ+ Parents and Prospective Parents
12:00pm-12:45pm - LUNCH
- Prospective Parent Affinity Group
12:45pm-1:45pm
- Baking the Poisoned Cookie w/ John Jarboe from the Bearded Ladies Cabaret
- Families with Neurodiverse Kiddos Affinity Group
- Family Manifestos: Building Antiracist Families with the Philadelphia Children's Movement (for kids and adults)
2:00pm-2:45pm
- Our Intersectional Lives: LGBTQ+ People with Disabilities
- Single LGBTQ+ Parents Roundtable
- Raise Your Voice with Rise Choir
- Get Up! Stand Up! (for kids 7-13)
3:00pm-4:00pm - Queerspawn in the Family: Panel of Kids with LGBTQ+ Parents
More details available on our Schedule page.
9:00am-9:30am - Family Yoga Class
9:00am-9:45am - LGBTQ+ Foster Parents Affinity Group
10:00am - 11:00am
- Navigating Hard Conversations with Alexander Stefanini and Naomi Washington-Leapheart
- Trans in Athletics: Inclusion & What Does It Mean to Be 'Fair?' with Lex Horwitz
- "Yes's and No's" - How to Give and Get Consent (for kids 7-13)
11:15am-12:00pm
Keynote "Reclaiming Family Values" with Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (Watch a recording here.)
12:00pm-2:00pm - Free Legal Clinic for LGBTQ+ Parents and Prospective Parents
12:00pm-12:45pm - LUNCH
- Prospective Parent Affinity Group
12:45pm-1:45pm
- Baking the Poisoned Cookie w/ John Jarboe from the Bearded Ladies Cabaret
- Families with Neurodiverse Kiddos Affinity Group
- Family Manifestos: Building Antiracist Families with the Philadelphia Children's Movement (for kids and adults)
2:00pm-2:45pm
- Our Intersectional Lives: LGBTQ+ People with Disabilities
- Single LGBTQ+ Parents Roundtable
- Raise Your Voice with Rise Choir
- Get Up! Stand Up! (for kids 7-13)
3:00pm-4:00pm - Queerspawn in the Family: Panel of Kids with LGBTQ+ Parents
More details available on our Schedule page.
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