Name: LGBTQ+ Community Salon @ Federico Ristorante Italiano
Start: 2025-11-16T17:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-11-16T20:00:00-05:00
Location: Frederico's Ristorante Italiano

**Please note that Go Gay DC is listing this exciting event as a community service, but EQUALITY NoVa, a local nonprofit organization, is hosting the event. Just go and enjoy!**

Please RSVP on Eventbrite @ [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1967226035027](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1967226035027?aff=oddtdtcreator)

The monthly LGBTQ+ Salon meets @ [Federico Ristorante Italiano](https://www.federicoristoranteitaliano.com/), the destination for authentic Italian cuisine, drinks, and decadent desserts. Look for the group at the long table on the patio

A salon (as we're using the term) is a thoughtfully curated gathering-usually in an intimate or semi-formal setting - where people come together not for a speech, but for real conversation, listening, and collective reflection. It's a space of exchange: participants share stories, explore different perspectives, dig into complex question, and work toward insight or purposeful action. See below for the specific topic of discussion.

Everyone welcome. If you wish to optionally dine (on separate checks of course), the menu is at [https://www.federicoristoranteitaliano.com/menu/dinner](https://www.federicoristoranteitaliano.com/menu/dinner)

EQUALITY NoVa serves Northern Virginia's LGBTQ+ and Allies and is a strong beacon for equality. It is a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) nonprofit open to all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning (LGBTQ) people and straight allies. It provides fun social activities, builds relationships with elected officials, and works with civic groups on community service. For more information, visit [https://www.equalitynova.org](https://www.equalitynova.org)

This event is promotionally supported by **[Go Gay DC](https://www.meetup.com/gogaydc/events/)**, Washington DC's inclusive LGBTQ+ community focused on friendship, leadership, and service. It now reaches over 10K fabulous people. Visit [http://www.gogaydc.com](https://www.meetup.com/gogaydc/events/)

Casual attire is fine.

**Metro Directions:** Be eco-friendly. Crystal City Metro station on the Yellow/Blue lines is the closest Metro stop. When you arrive, go out the station, walk towards your left to 18th Street and then veer right and walk under the Route 1 overpass to Eads St. Turn left and walk to 23rd Street. Turn right. Federico is half a block up 23ed Street on your right.
Parking is usually available nearby on the residential side streets.
About 10 LGBTQ+ folk regularly attend.

There's no need to print out and show me your Eventbrite ticket.

Please be sure to tag any event photos on social with #gogaydc

This event is a safe, inclusive space for everyone under the rainbow. This event is for all ages. Remember to bring your ID, as everyone who wishes to drink alcohol is carded of course.

**Courageous Conversations for Change**
**Topic for Discussion:**
\#\# Queer Families\, Parenting & Reproductive Justice
**Focus:** Exploring how LGBTQ people build and raise families—via adoption, fertility, surrogacy, foster care—and what structural, legal, cultural, and global factors support or block that process.

* What pathways feel most possible to parenthood (adoption, surrogacy, fertility treatment, legal parentage) feel most possible, and why? What unique pathways, challenges, or rights do LGBTQ youth in foster care face?
* What are the most significant cost, regulatory, or discrimination obstacles that LGBTQ individuals encounter when trying to form a family—and how do those obstacles affect decisions, timing, and outcomes?
* What are family values, cultures, and traditions that queer families practice?
* How do reproductive justice frameworks intersect with queer rights?
* How do other countries around the world view and interact with LGBTQ families, through cultural, religious, and legal systems. How does this shape the experiences, possibilities, and limitations of queer families—and what can we learn from those differences?
* **Group Discussion**: When we consider the full journey of queer family-making, what stands out to you as the most urgent shift needed (in policy, culture, or practice) to make these families thrive?

This event is promotionally supported by **[Go Gay DC](https://www.meetup.com/gogaydc/events/)**, Metropolitan Washington DC's inclusive LGBTQ+ community focused on friendship, leadership, and service. It now reaches over 10K fabulous people. Visit [http://www.gogaydc.com](http://www.gogaydc.com)

Casual attire is fine.

**Metro Directions:** Be eco-friendly. Crystal City Metro station on the Yellow/Blue lines is the closest Metro stop. When you arrive, go out the station, walk towards your left to 18th Street and then veer right and walk under the Route 1 overpass to Eads St. Turn left and walk to 23rd Street. Turn right. Federico is half a block up 23rd Street on your right.
Parking is usually available nearby on the residential side streets.
About 10 LGBTQ+ folk regularly attend.

There's no need to print out and show me your Eventbrite ticket.
Please be sure to tag any event photos on social with #gogaydc
This event is a safe, inclusive space for everyone under the rainbow. This event is for all ages. Remember to bring your ID, as everyone who wishes to drink alcohol is carded of course.

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