Fifth Convention of the “Asociación Internacional de Familias por la Diversidad Sexual” (Lima, Peru, June 28-30, 2013) (English)

Representantives of 23 countries will attend: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay, U.S.A., and Venezuela.

The goal of the convention is to promote and strengthen ways to support to persons who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT). These persons are among our loved ones and they are also your family, friends, co-workers and neighbors.

Workshops will assist participants to:

• Establish links and alliances with families that support their LGBT members and organize family support groups.
• Learn about how to support children and adolescents who do not conform to the heterosexist and gender-normative imperative.
• Learn to prevent hate crimes and develop skills to fight them.
• Learn about families headed by same-sex parents.
• Empower allies through the PFLAG program: Straight for Equality.
• Prepare the way for a presentation in your country of Dr. Caitlin Ryan to health providers, government, religious institutions, LGBT groups, and the media on How to preserve the mental and physical well being of LGBT adolescents and youth. Dr. Ryan’s study, Family Acceptance Project (published in Pediatrics, January 2009), is an effective guide to help advance the well being of LGBT adolescents and youth.

These disciplines will be represented in the convention: specialists in child and adolescent psychiatry, education, psicology, teology, sexology, antropology and sociology

More information and a registration form at www.familiasporladiversidad.org.

Professionals whose professional development will benefit from this Convention include all those working in the following fields: education, health, human rights, social and legal services.

¡See you in Lima!

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Argentina:
Stella Maris Alfonso	estelamarisal@gmail.com	0114567-7815 Cel.: 1541417425
Colombia:
Gloria Ruiz	gloriaruiz18@hotmail.com	574-596-7374 Cel.: 321-644-1605
EE.UU.:
NY: Nila Marrone Wilma Ruiz California: Patti Boman Monica Nuñez	nilamarrone@gmail.com wilma.pflag@gmail.com pboman@pflag.com pitri3@sbcglobal.ne	1-914-787-8738 914-618-0743 619-227-6092 619-203-6053
Spain:
Albert Arcarons	albert@arcarons.cat	34-65-964-4567
MerceFalguera	mercefalguera@gmail.com	617 58 60 14
Mexico:
Luis Perelman	familiasporladiversidad@yahoo.com	5211-8250 5286-2030
Irma M. Jelinek	irmamiriam_angel@hotmail.com	Cel.: 55-2560-1945
Peru:
Alejandro Merino	sammerino@hotmail.com	511-578-3209 Cel.: 51-99-853-2818
Elder L. Camarena	ecamarenaromani@gmail.com	51-261-1013 51-99-546-5677
Portugal:
Margarida Faria	amplos.bo@gmail.com	351-91-477-6637 351-21-457-5327
Uruguay:
Rev Fernando Frontán	revfernandofrontan@gmail.com	598 98 049 075 95 762 559
Venezuela:
Ana Margarita Rojas	radioreflejos@gmail.com	58-212-239-2620 58-426-205-2612