“I recommend these exhibits as one of the best educational resources available on diversity themes.”
- Sonia Nieto, Ph.D, author of Affirming Diversity
NEW EXHIBIT & BOOK AVAILABLE NOW
AUTHENTIC SELVES
Celebrating Trans and Nonbinary People and Their Families
An illuminating volume of interviews and portraits from Skinner House Books, in collaboration with Family Diversity Projects, PFLAG National, and the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund. Foreword by Jazz and Jeanette Jennings and Preface by Brian Bond, Ex. Director: PFLAG National.
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DIVERSITY EXHIBITS For YouR COMMUNITY
Family Diversity Projects is a non-profit organization devoted to helping eliminate prejudice, stereotyping, bullying, and harassment of people who are discriminated against due to sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, race, national origin, religion, and disabilities of all kinds. We tell the stories of real people presented in our eight award-winning traveling photo-text exhibits — In Our Family, Building Bridges, Love Makes a Family, Authentic Selves, Road to Freedom, Of Many Colors, We Have Faith and Nothing to Hide. These exhibits tour communities nationwide in schools (K-12), colleges, houses of worship, libraries, workplaces, museums, corporate headquarters, conferences, and community gatherings. Now, we have created online exhibits to meet this moment.
Host AN Exhibit
Physically or virtually, we’d be proud to work with your community
Host Us Online
With your help, we can make the most of this challenging time, and reach an infinitely larger audience by converting our work into online exhibits and curriculum. The stories we tell can facilitate important discussion in homes and online classrooms, at zoom "openings," and on social media.
Host In Your Space
Each exhibit comes with approximately 20 museum quality framed photographs and interview text. They can be hung on walls or portable room dividers, displayed on tables, or on floor easels. Read our display FAQ for more details. We can talk to you specifically about your needs.
PRAISE FOR THE EXHIBITS
“ At a time when dehumanization of people because of their gender identities is all too common, the Authentic Selves: Celebrating Trans and Nonbinary People and their Families exhibit provides a deeply humanizing antidote. It is impossible to view Authentic Selves, or any of Family Diversity Projects' traveling exhibits, without feeling connected to the people in it. The photos are beautiful and the narratives are compelling, poignant, sometimes funny, and often challenging - in other words, human. The exhibit opens conversations on campus in a way that respects and celebrates our trans and nonbinary students, faculty, and staff and helps us create a safe and inclusive community.”
— Kira Hamman, Professor of Mathematics, Penn State University
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“I have been honored to be on the Advisory Board of Family Diversity Projects for many years. Given the important contribution Family Diversity Projects’ exhibits and books have had over 25 years in schools, colleges, and communities, I recommend Family Diversity Projects’ exhibits and books to teachers, professors, and administrators as among the best educational resources available on diversity themes.”
— Sonia Nieto, Ph.D, Author of Affirming Diversity, Professor Emerita,
Language, Literacy, and Culture, University of Massachusetts
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“I just met with our student committee to preview the exhibit and discuss our overall project. I was not prepared for the level of insight and rich dialogue given the ages of the students (9-11 years)! It was one of the most impactful conversations that I've ever had with students, where an organic and authentic discussion delved into family structures, identity, bias, and stereotypes…. We set up the photographs and interviews in a prominent public space in our building, and our next steps are to have classroom teachers introduce the online exhibit to focus on specific topics inside the classroom. The students will be able to go through activities of comparing/contrasting and exploring bias in small group discussions online. This is the work that I love and validates the wonderful opportunity I have to actively engage students in being culturally-responsive learners using the resources offered by Family Diversity Projects.”
— Amanda Mathiesen, Principal, Hosack Elementary School, Allison Park, PA,
the first school to use our online exhibits, in February 2021
We’ve been everywhere.
Our exhibits have appeared in Thousands of venues including the following (partial list):
Schools: National Cathedral School • Bank Street • Greenwich Academy • Holton-Arms • Green Acres School • Monson High School, MA • King Low Heywood Thomas School • Marin County Country Day • Multicultural Public Magnet School, CT • Amherst, MA public schools K-12 • P.S. 87 in New York City • Shady Hill • Wellesley Middle School • Nightingale-Bamford • Phillips Exeter Academy • Little Red Schoolhouse • Bank Street • Waynflete • Shipley • Brooklyn Friends School • Lagunitis, CA school district • Ethical Culture • St. Luke’s • Stoneridge Children’s Montessori School • Farragut Public Middle School • Fieldston (upper and lower) • Chapin • Bullis • Brearley • Boston Latin • Choate Rosemary Hall • Collegiate • Concord Academy • Dalton • Deerfield Academy • East Granby CT. High School • Emma Willard • Fenn • Hotchkiss • Horace Mann • Latin School of Chicago • Lehigh Valley Charter High School for Arts • Lincoln/Sudbury High School • Little Rock Central High School • Madeira • McQuaid Catholic High School • Pingry • University of Chicago Lab School • Hosack Elementary School, PA
Colleges: Auburn University • Brown University • Duke • Purdue • Seattle Community College • Smith • University of California (many campuses) • University of Illinois (many campuses) • University of Wisconsin (many campuses) • Emory University • Mt Holyoke • Princeton • Mt Holyoke • Vassar • Wesleyan • University of Denver • Greenfield Community College • Penn State (many campuses) • University of North Carolina (many campuses) • Yale • Wheaton • Central Connecticut State University • American University • Arizona State University • Amherst • Hampshire • Bard • Berea • Bennington • Boston College • Bowdoin • Boston University • Brandeis • Bowling Green • Brooklyn College • Bryn Mawr • Bucknell • CalTech • Carleton • Carnegie Mellon • Case Western Reserve • Central Connecticut State • Colgate • City College of New York • Colorado State • Columbia • Dartmouth • Eastern Michigan University • Georgia Tech • Guilford • Haverford • Hofstra • SUNY Oneonta • Swarthmore • Texas A & M
Houses of Worship and Seminaries: Hundreds of houses of worship and seminaries of all denominations • Pacific School of Religion • Union Theological Seminary, NY • National and Regional Conventions: Episcopal, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Unitarian Universalist, United Methodist, More Light Presbyterians, Believe Out Loud • St. Luke’s in the Fields (Episcopal) • Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church, MD • City of Refuge (United Church of Christ) • Glide Memorial Church (United Methodist)
Corporations/Workplaces: Mayo Clinic • Amgen Corporation • Apple • Bank of America • Chubb Insurance • DaimlerChrysler • Ford Motor Company • Google • Kraft Foods • IBM • Lockheed-Martin • Lucent Technologies • Microsoft Corporation • Time Magazine • Pepsico
Museums: Montclair Art Museum • Tucson Children’s Museum • San Bernadino County Museum • Florida Holocaust Museum • Holyoke Children’s Museum • Sloan Museum of History
Mental Health Programs: Rockland Psychiatric Center • Devereux • Fountain House • Louisiana State House Mental Health • Association of South Carolina • NAMI Conference • Newton-Wellesley Hospital
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You can be a part of Family Diversity Projects' pivotal moment.
Our heated political climate has shown us how fragile democracy can be. The bullying rhetoric put forward has created an even more urgent need for education, like ours, that celebrates diversity. So at this critical moment in our history, we are redoubling our efforts to reach children, teens, and adults by converting our work into online exhibits and curriculum on this newly reimagined website.
Family Diversity Projects is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit, and all donations are tax-deductible.