The Gay Fathers Project has arrived in San Francisco! Primary Investigator Erin Burke will be in the Bay Area for the month of August only, so if you are local and would like to participate, contact us at erin.e.burke@yale.edu ASAP!
Family Week attendees, stop by to participate!
The Gay Fathers Project is in the For ‘n’ Aft room of the Provincetown Inn today and tomorrow from 10am to 4pm. Stop on by to hear more about the Project or to participate!
If you can’t make those times, feel free to contact us (erin.e.burke@yale.edu) and we can arrange an alternative time.
Family Week starts tomorrow!
The Gay Fathers Project is packing up and traveling to Provincetown, MA tomorrow for Family Week! Look for us at the Community Partners Exhibition during registration on Saturday and Sunday and at the “For ‘n’ Aft” room in the Provincetown Inn on Monday and Tuesday.
Family Week is run by the Family Equality Council and is a week full of activities and programs for LGBTQ parents, children, families, and friends! We can’t wait to meet everyone and hope to see you all there!
Our new partner COLAGE
We are happy to welcome COLAGE as a new partner! COLAGE unites people with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer parents into a network of peers and supports them as they nurture and empower each other to be skilled, self-confident, and just leaders in our collective communities. COLAGE is supporting the Gay Fathers Project in finding participants in the San Francisco area and beyond!
Our new partner outCT
The Gay Fathers Project is happy to welcome outCT as a new partner! outCT is a nonprofit organization based in Southeastern Connecticut. They are dedicated to building a community through educational, cultural and social programming that promotes acceptance, tolerance and understanding of all sexual orientations and gender identities.
Check out their website for information and activities, like Pride at the Beach, which will be held this August. Thanks and welcome outCT!
One month until Family Week!
Only one month left until Family Week in Provincetown, MA! Family Week is run by the Family Equality Council and is a week full of activities and programs for LGBTQ parents, children, families, and friends! This year, Family Week will be held Saturday, July 26 to Friday, August 1.
The Gay Fathers Project will be participating in the festivities and looking for interested participants. Look for us at the Community Partners Exhibition during registration on Saturday and Sunday and at the “For ‘n’ Aft” room in the Provincetown Inn on Monday and Tuesday.
Gay dads’ brains take on mother and father functions
A new study from the lab of Ruth Feldman at Bar-Ilan University in Israel has shown that gay fathers’ brains take on both the social understanding and emotional processing associated with childcare. These functions are usually primarily activated in either secondary-caregiving fathers or primary-caregiving mothers, respectively. Gay, primary-caregiving fathers brains showed activation in both of these functions, suggesting that childcare experience can change the structure and function of the brain. This exciting study is the first to investigate brain patterns in gay fathers.
To read a summary of the paper, click here. To read the entire paper, click here: Abraham et al 2013 (subscription required).
The Gay Fathers Project is coming to San Francisco!
The Yale Club of San Francisco has generously awarded Primary Investigator Erin Burke their second annual Summer Graduate Fellowship to conduct research in the San Francisco Bay area! If you are a resident of the area and would like to participate in the Project, please email Erin at erin.e.burke@yale.edu. Many thanks to the Yale Club of San Francisco for their support!
If you are in Boston, stop by and participate!
The Gay Fathers Project will be at Connexion Church (an LGBTQ friendly church) TODAY, Sunday from 12-4. Connexion is located at 149 Broadway, Somerville, MA 02145. Stop by to participate or chat about the Project!
Check us out in the Monitor on Psychology magazine!
The April 2014 edition of the Monitor on Psychology highlights the Gay Fathers Project and its primary investigator, Erin Burke! Check out the article here.
We would like to thank the Monitor on Psychology magazine as well as the American Psychological Foundation for its support!