The April Working Group

In April 2006 a diverse group of nearly twenty LGBT and queer activists -  some organizers, some scholars and educators, some funders, some writers and cultural workers -  came together to discuss marriage and family politics as they exist in the United States today.

We met over the course of two days for lively conversations in which there was often spirited disagreement. However, we do all stand in agreement with the statement entitled "Beyond Same Sex Marriage".

We offer this statement as a way to challenge ourselves and our allies working across race, class, gender and issue lines to frame and broaden community dialogues, to shape alternative policy solutions and to inform organizing strategies around marriage politics to include the broadest definitions of relationship and family.

(For a complete listing of the Working Group please refer to the asterisked names in the signatory section of the statement.)

For more information please contact:
Joseph DeFilippis
212.564.3608
BeyondMarriage@gmail.com