FFR/Princeton BTGALA and the Brooklyn Children's Museum Present... An LGBT Family Garden Party Brooklyn, NY

Celebrate summer at the Brooklyn Children's Museum! Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender families and their friends are invited to join us for an evening garden party. Meet and mingle as you explore the Museum and our new exhibit access/ABILITY. Members are eligible to win exciting raffle prizes!

On hand will be HGLC's Justin Richardson and his life partner and co-author Dartmouth GALA's Peter Parnell to sign copies of their children's book "And Tango Makes Three," a delightful new book about two gay penguins raising a chick.

And Tango Makes Three tells young children (ages 4-8) the completely true story of Tango, the first penguin to have two dads. You may have read in the New York Times last year about Roy and Silo, two male penguins who live in the Central Park Zoo and who made headlines because they courted each other, built a nest together, and most important, longed to hatch a chick. They so wanted a chick that they found a rock that looked like an egg, brought it to their nest, and tried to hatch it. When a sensitive zookeeper realized what they were doing, he slipped a fertilized egg into Roy and Silo's nest. The result was their daughter, Tango, whom they raised like any other penguin couple, making them the first "gay" family at the zoo.

Told in a gentle style with softly colored illustrations, And Tango Makes Three is a story that demonstrates the value of family love in any form.

Justin Richardson, M.D. is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Columbia and Cornell and the co-author of Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid They'd Ask) (Crown, 2003). His advice to parents has been featured in The New York Times and on The Today Show, 20/20, Good Morning America, and NPR's Morning Edition. Justin graduated from Harvard and is a member of the Harvard Gay and Lesbian Caucus.
Peter Parnell is a playwright whose most recent play QED was produced on Broadway. He has written extensively for television as a producer for both The West Wing and The Guardian. For children he wrote several episodes of Maurice Sendak's series Little Bear. Peter graduated from Dartmouth and is a member of Dartmouth GALA.

A pioneer in education, the Brooklyn Children's Museum was the first museum created expressly for children when it was founded in 1899. Its success has sparked the creation of 300 children's museums around the world. With award-winning, hands-on exhibits and innovative use of its collections, the Museum engages children from pre-school to high school in learning adventures. It is the only children's museum in New York State to be accredited by the American Association of Museums. For more information, visit their website at http://www.brooklynkids.org

We thank Brownstone Books for attending the event to sell copies of "And Tango Makes Three." Brownstone Books, Inc., is located in the heart of the Stuyvesant Heights Historic District of Bedford-Stuyvesant. We are a general bookstore specializing in popular and hard-to-find African-American interest adult and children titles. In addition, Brownstone Books stocks a wide selection of classic and popular literature to include New York Times bestsellers and public and private school required reading selections. For more information, visit their website at http://www.brownstonebooks.com/about.html

Directions The Brooklyn Children's Museum is located in the charming, brownstone-filled neighborhood of Crown Heights, just one mile from Grand Army Plaza in the Heart of Brooklyn cultural hub. Directions and a map to the Museum can be found at: http://www.brooklynkids.org/plan/directions.html By Subway: Take the #3 to Kingston Ave, the C to Kingston-Throop Ave, or the A to Nostrand Ave. By Bus: Take the B43 or B44 to St. Marks Ave or the B45, B65, or B25 to Brooklyn Ave. By Car: From Atlantic Avenue turn onto Brooklyn Ave. From Eastern Parkway turn onto New York Ave. Make right onto St. Marks Ave.

This event is being sponsored by: Gay Parent Magazine, Ito En Teas' Tea, and FFR/Princeton BTGALA.

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