Massachusetts

Since 1799, children and families in Massachusetts have found help from various children's agencies that now form The Home for Little Wanderers, also known as "The Home".

In April 2005, David Parker, then a father of a kindergarten student, angrily met with school officials at a Massachusetts elementary school. His child had described to him a classroom lesson in which the teacher read from a book about different types of families - including those with homosexual parents.

The Associated Press is reporting that a federal appeals court today upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Parker against school officials.

In an email sent exclusively to KnowThyNeighbor.org - Greater Boston PFLAG President Stan Griffith shared his personal views about Hillary Clinton's position on same-sex parenting. KnowThyNeighbor.org posted the email on it's website. PFLAG is the acronym for Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays.

The Massachusetts high school daughter of Amy Contrada - from the homophobic group MassResistance - has come out of the closet.

Claudia Contrada (17) is starring in the Acton High School Production of the Laramie Project although her mother helped organize a movement against the play.

Virginia Gaffey contacted the Family Equality Council to help provide resources to the Milton School Committee (the local school board) on LGBTQ family inclusion - and to establish a “next steps” plan with the superintendent.

FEC's Dustin Knight provides a blog update about the situation. He writes:

Virginia Gaffey's 9-year-old daughter was escorted around school by a bodyguard - and eventually transferred to a different school - because of continued harassment from schoolmates in her elementary school.

Speaking to the School Committee, Gaffey (pictured) claimed that Milton Public Schools, in Massachusetts, is failing to teach students about tolerance and diversity,

There's a network of gay men in Boston who have children. Some are divorced, some separated, and some still married. Some are in committed relationships with other men - and some are single. And everyone has kids!

The group meets on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at the First Parish Church in Waltham from 7-9 pm.