GLOE Youth & Family
Celebrating LGBTQ Parents, Kids, Teens, Couples and Families of all kinds.
Resources
All resources below are listed for your convenience and interest, but each has been created by independent organizations or individuals. GLOE is not responsible for the content or information provided, other than our own.
LGBTQ Events and Resources in the Local Community
- JPride Baltimore – Helps to create safe spaces and equality for LGBTQ individuals and their families within the Baltimore Jewish community through support, education and advocacy.
Support for Family Members of LGBTQ Jewish Kids
- Keshet Parent & Family Connection – We are parents and family members of LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) Jews who are coming together to transform the Jewish community through peer support, public events, and advocating for institutional change. We come from all streams of the Jewish world, have children of all genders and sexual orientations, and are driven by personal journeys of struggle and celebration. Request one-on-one peer support from one of our trained mentors.
- Eshel/JQ Baltimore LGBT Orthodox Support Group – A small private gathering for people who identify as LGBT and are Orthodox, Ortho-curious, or formerly Orthodox. It is also for parents of LGBT people who live within Orthodox communities and struggle with their child’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Meetings are the first Monday of each month from 7 to 9 p.m. Details on the location will be given after RSVPing to info@eshelonline.org.
LGBTQ Family Books
- Flamingo Rampant Book Club – Empowering, celebratory LGBTQ2S-themed kids’ picture books for 4-8 year olds, delivered right to your home or school every other month. Created by LGBTQ Jewish writer/storyteller/activist/icon S. Bear Bergman. “These books celebrate the great and wide variety of LGBTQ2S kids, families, and communities. That means when our books feature lesbian mums or gay dads, they get storylines: travels, adventures and mysteries to solve, rather than entire books pointing out that we exist.”
- 10 Books Every LGBT Parent Should Read – From Mombian: “Books about LGBT parenting are few and far between, but here are ten that I recommend for all LGBT parents and prospective parents. I chose works that each showcase a variety of voices, rather than single-person memoirs, so each one would resonate as widely as possible. I also chose books that focus on the emotional side of parenting rather than medical and legal how-to works, since the latter tend to be specific to particular segments of the LGBT community.”
For Jewish LGBTQ Teens and their Teen Allies
- ROCKVILLE OPEN HOUSE: – LGBTQA Jewish Teen Safe Space Monthly Meeting
(1st Wednesday each month, September-June | 7:00-9:00 pm)
Rockville Open House (ROH) is a supervised, safe gathering space for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning,or intersex (LGBTQQI) Jewish teens, and their friends and allies, between the ages of 13-18 yrs old. Teens do NOT have to be Jewish to attend. ROH is open once a month, at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington Youth Lounge – 6125 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD. For more information, please visit rockvilleopenhouse.org or facebook.org/rockvilleopenhouse.
The Edlavitch DCJCC embraces inclusion in all its programs and activities. We welcome and encourage the participation of all people, regardless of their background, sexual orientation, abilities, or religion, including interfaith couples and families.