Atlanta Family Weekend
Atlanta Family Weekend is a multiracial gathering of LGBTQ+ families from the greater Atlanta area, the South, and beyond with an explicit focus on BIPOC families. Atlanta Family Weekend centers the vibrancy of Atlanta while creating safe spaces for youth, parents, and the whole family. We invite families to the kickback to connect and dream about what a collective of multiracial LGBTQ+ families, justice-minded organizations, and local resources can do together. This year, COLAGE, the LGBTQ+ Institute National Center for Civil and Human Rights, SPARK Reproductive Justice Now, Feminist Women’s Health Center, and Mothering Justice are partnering to host Atlanta Family Weekend as part of the Queerspawn Unite! track at this year’s IGNYTE Conference from October 9-11, 2025.
The Queerspawn Unite! track consists of 5 workshops focused on allyship, community building, tools for LGBTQIA+ families, navigation tactics for difficult federal rulings, and more. We will also be hosting two youth spaces during the conference where all youth can hang out. This space will include access to art supplies, food/snacks and a chill atmosphere. COLAGE facilitators will be staffing the space to connect, create, converse, or chill. When the conference closes on Saturday, we will all be heading over to Atlanta Pride to continue the celebration of queer and trans joy in Piedmont Park!
Learn more about Atlanta Family Weekend and register below. Use the discount code COLAGE to register for free:
More About the Event
We prioritize BIPOC, low-income, and disabled people by:
- Hiring queer & trans BIPOC performers, artists, caterers, and ASL interpreters
- Ensuring at least 70% of attendees are BIPOC
- Hiring a COLAGE facilitator team that is at least 70% BIPOC and reflect the identities and experiences of youth attendees
- Ensuring our organizing team is majority BIPOC and 100% queer and/or trans
- Offering culturally relevant resources such as QTBIPOC mental health professionals, QTBIPOC owned local restaurants, etc
- Using a pay-what-you-want model for registration
- Fairly compensating all facilitators, performers, artists, caterers, and ASL interpreters
- Ensuring our space is ADA accessible
- Asking all attendees to mask via their travels to the event and while indoors at the event space
- Asking attendees to stay home if they feel sick and take a rapid COVID-19 test before entering the space
- Placing HEPA filters indoors
- Cultivating a wellness corner with first aid materials, essential oils, coloring books, and more
- Providing signs and visual maps of the park with marked event location
Objectives:
- Create a safe space for youth who have LGBTQ+ parents/caregiver
- Create a safe space for prospective and current LGBTQ+ parents/caregivers
- Create an accessible space for low-wealth attendees and disabled attendees
- Cultivate lasting networks and connections for LGBTQ+ families
- Provide local reproductive justice, family-building, and community-based resources to LGBTQ+ families
- Dream about collective liberation for our families and beyond
Thank you to our Atlanta Family Weekend 2025 supporters!
We could not put on Atlanta Family Weekend without the generous contributions of our supporters! If you’re interested in supporting this life-changing work for LGBTQ+ families, please contact our Development Director, Katy Chatel.
Atlanta Family Weekend 2025 is presented by:
