Prospective Parent Classes: PAths to PArenthood for LGBTQ+ Families
This summer our Prospective Parent Classes are returning to a zoom screen near you! Starting Thursday, July 1st, we will have speakers from local organizations discuss various topics including adoption options, surrogacy, prenatal care and birth, legal considerations and more.
All summer seminars will be held via Zoom and are offered free of charge. We will be having two in person get togethers in addition to our zoom sessions on July 26th and August 12th. Please see our schedule of events below.
All summer seminars will be held via Zoom and are offered free of charge. We will be having two in person get togethers in addition to our zoom sessions on July 26th and August 12th. Please see our schedule of events below.
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July 1: Building Your LGBTQ+ Family Using a Surrogate
This session will be led by Andrea Hoshmand McAfee, Director of the Surrogacy Center of Philadelphia. This session will also include a panel of LGBTQ+ parents who have had children using surrogacy. See the Facebook event page for more information. Please register to receive zoom link here. July 22: Building Your LGBTQ+ Family Donor Sperm Dr. Jackie Gutmann from RMA of Philadelphia and Michelle Ottey from Fairfax Cryobank will discuss how to build your family using donor sperm. There will be a presentation and time for questions. See the Facebook event page for more information. Please register to receive zoom link here. |
July 12: Becoming an LGBTQ+ Foster Parent
This session will be led by Lorenzo Shedrick, Resource Development Administrator for the Philadelphia Department of Human Resources . This session will also include a panel of LGBTQ+ folks with experience being resource parents. Please see the Facebook event page for more information. Please register to receive zoom link here. July 28: Legal Considerations for Your LGBTQ+ Family
This free session will focus on legal considerations for building a family, with particular emphasis on issues specific to LGBTQ+ parents. The session will be led by Rebecca Levin Nayak, partner with Jerner Law Group, P.C whose practice is focused on family law, adoption law and assisted reproduction law. See the Facebook event page for more information. Please register to receive the zoom link here. |
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August 5: Prenatal Care and Birth for LGBTQ+ Community
This session will be led by Ray Rachlin of Refuge Midwifery - Licensed Midwife, Certified Professional Midwife, Certified Lactation Counselor, and the President of the Pennsylvania Association of Certified Professional Midwives and Leandra Santos, hospital-based midwife. See the Facebook event page for more information. Please register to receive the zoom link here |
August 10 : Adoption options for LGBTQ+ Families
This session will focus on adoption options and will include Jenna Smith, Domestic Program Coordinator at Adoptions from the Heart - Allentown office and a representative from the Statewide Adoption Network. This session will also include a panel of LGBTQ+ parents who have adopted children. Please see the Facebook event page for more information. Please register to receive the zoom link here. |
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IN PERSON: Grown Ups Mixer at Parks on Tap
July 26 7:00-8:30 and August 12 7:00-8:30 Join Philadelphia Family Pride at a mixer for LGBTQ+ prospective parents, expectant parents, and current parents at the Parks on Tap at the Water Works. The Paths to Parenthood community will be gathering in person (with some light snacks) on July 26th from 7-8:30pm and again on August 12th from 7-8:30pm to get to know each other away from our screens, chat about what we've learned in the classes so far, and hear a little from current LGBTQ+ parents and our some of our session speakers. Look for PFP director Stephanie Haynes in a PFP shirt and a PFP yard sign by our group. |
Location:
Parks on Tap at the Water Works is a beer garden run by the Philadelphia Parks Department. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages are available for purchase as well as snacks and dinner, including vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free options. PFP will provide some snacks to get us started. This popup is located behind the Philadelphia Museum of Art in a shady, grassy area next to the river. There is a parking lot next to the beer garden adjacent to Lloyd Hall and a paid parking garage at the museum. The 38 SEPTA bus gets you there on public transit. More on their website: www.parksontap.com |
Please RSVP on the Facebook event page.
Please see the information below for information on in-person sessions, which will be relaunched when safe to do so.
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The “Exploring Paths to Parenthood” group is an 8-week experience that will provide information from legal, financial, fertility, surrogacy, adoption and medical experts, as well as emotional, social and community support around becoming a parent. Speakers will include professionals and current LGBTQ parents. Participants will finish the eight weeks with a sense of their options, how to navigate the process as an LGBTQ person, and connections with those on a similar journey.
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Therapy Center of Philadelphia’s (TCP) group, Exploring Pathways to LGBTQ Parenthood, is an information support group for lesbian, gay, and bi cisgender women and transgender, nonbinary, and gender expansive folks of all sexual orientations. We hope to return to our in person activities next summer.
The group for queer, gay and bi cisgender and transgender men and non-binary folks is currently looking for a new home. If you have ideas for us or want to get on the waiting list for when it is ready, please email Stephanie@phillyfamilypride.org. In the meantime, please consider attending our conference at USciences where there will be multiple sessions on adoption, fostering and surrogacy offered.
The TCP group will include discussion of pregnancy, prenatal and postpartum care, adoption, fostering, and surrogacy. The group for queer, gay and bi cisgender and transgender men and non-binary folks will focus more on adoption and fostering with info about surrogacy available as well. Transgender, gender queer, non-binary and other gender expansive folks are invited to choose the group that seems best for them.
Cost for participation for the full 8 weeks for both groups is $125 per individual for Philadelphia Family Pride members, or $165 per individual for non-PFP members. Those not already PFP members can join on our web site. There will also be a $50 intake session fee for both groups.
See the article on the classes in the Philly Gay News from 2/26/16.
The group for queer, gay and bi cisgender and transgender men and non-binary folks is currently looking for a new home. If you have ideas for us or want to get on the waiting list for when it is ready, please email Stephanie@phillyfamilypride.org. In the meantime, please consider attending our conference at USciences where there will be multiple sessions on adoption, fostering and surrogacy offered.
The TCP group will include discussion of pregnancy, prenatal and postpartum care, adoption, fostering, and surrogacy. The group for queer, gay and bi cisgender and transgender men and non-binary folks will focus more on adoption and fostering with info about surrogacy available as well. Transgender, gender queer, non-binary and other gender expansive folks are invited to choose the group that seems best for them.
Cost for participation for the full 8 weeks for both groups is $125 per individual for Philadelphia Family Pride members, or $165 per individual for non-PFP members. Those not already PFP members can join on our web site. There will also be a $50 intake session fee for both groups.
See the article on the classes in the Philly Gay News from 2/26/16.
