Parent's Pledge
Thank you for supporting the Standards for LGBT Families. Read more.
- Support the Rights of LGBT Parents.
- Honor Existing Relationships Regardless of Legal Labels.
- Honor the Children’s Existing Parental Relationships After a Break-Up.
- Maintain Continuity For the Children.
- Seek a Voluntary Resolution.
- Remember That Breaking Up Is Hard to Do.
- Investigate Allegations Of Abuse.
- The Absence of Agreements or Legal Relationships Should Not Determine Outcome.
- Treat Litigation as a Last Resort.
- Refuse to Resort to Homophobic/Transphobic Laws and Sentiments.
Parents who have taken the pledge to uphold the standards for LGBT families
| Mary Bonauto | Portland, ME |
| Cathy Renna | Shelter Island, NY |
| Wayne Steinman | Staten Island, NY |
| Vickie Henry | Jamaica Plain, MA |
| Maribel Ojeda | philadelphia, PA |
| Sarah Dowling | Freeport, ME |
| Susan Ryan-Vollmar | Arlington, MA |
| Michelle Marston | smyrna, TN |
| Brian tessier | Brookfield, MA |
| Cheryl Schaffer | Brookline, MA |
| Debby Rosenkrantz | Cambridge, MA |
| Valerie K. Frias | Jamaica Plain, MA |
| Jennifer Teig von Hoffman | Boston, MA |
| Carina Self | Dover, NH |
| Tom Grasso | Somerville, MA |
| Claudia Stallman | Binghamton, NY |
| Douglas Beaudoin | Provincetown, MA |
| Miriam Schwartz | Somerville, MA |
| Nancy Stager | Reading, MA |
| Lizbeth DeSelm | Melrose, MA |
| Enid Shapiro | Brookline, MA |
| Carrington Mead | Jacksonville, FL |
| Beth Allen | Portland, OR |
| Janet Helson | Seattle, WA |
| Phillip Danielson | Denver, CO |
| Martha Farrell | Cumberland, RI |
| Ashley Haywood | Portland, OR |
| James Stager | Reading, MA |
| Darrel Hopkins | Westminster, MA |
| George Akerley | Bloomfield, CT |
| Kyle Riecke | Albuquerque, NM |
| Margaret Grace | Portland, OR |
| Alexander DeSantiago | Stockton, CA |
| Carol Fey | Columbus, OH |
| Joan Wurmbrand | Columbus, OH |
| Laura Husk | Portland, OR |
| Heron Greenesmith | Washington, DC |
| Riane Herlihy | Newburyport, MA |
| Rebecca Sniderman | Brookline, MA |
| Helen Price-Wharff | Lewiston, ME |
| Tammy Burns | Grain Valley, MO |
| Donald Jackson | Phoenix, AZ |
| Keri Jones | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Marie Longo | Newton, MA |
| HEATHER LUCAS | NAPLES, FL |
| Melissa Bowen | Sarasota, FL |
| Karynn Cavero | Naples, FL |
| Laura Matanah | Minneapolis, MN |
| Jane A. Bassett | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Judy Appel | Berkeley, CA |
| Sara Robinson | Chicago, IL |
| Sandy Bacharach | Portland, OR |
| Lisa Harris | S. Newfane, VT |
| Justin Bennett | Culpeper, VA |
| Sierra Collins | Austin, TX |