family Q

ihi proudly offers family Q, a ground-breaking new support program of workshops and counseling for LGBTQ parents and prospective parents.While LGBTQ persons now more freely contemplate marriage and family life, they still face more difficult challenges than their straight counterparts. The family Q workshops alert the participants to the emotional issues they and their children will face and gives them the insights and tools needed for productive family building. family Q also provides follow-up counseling for workshop participants who would like more support in working through some of the emotional complexities that LGBTQ parents must deal with. ihi is pleased that this program is available free of cost to the community through the generous funding of the New York State Department of Health.

family Q grows out of the earlier and ongoing efforts of such organizations as the LGBT Center's Center Kids, COLAGE, and the Family Equality Council. ihi hopes that this unique program will fulfill unmet needs of LGBTQ folks in the parenting realm by providing a safe, congenial ground to explore difficult emotional issues. The workshops are led by esteemed experts in the field, most of whom combine their expertise with their own practical experience of being parents themselves.

family Q Workshops began in October 2008. They are scheduled from October to May and will continue annually until 2014.  

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