ACA -CCPA 2016 Conference & Expo

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ID #158-A Retrospective on Marriage Equality: Montreal 2006 and 2016 (Room 512BF)

01 Apr 16

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Tracks: ACA, Divisions, Regions, Branch Groups 1 & 2, LGBTQ Issues, Social Justice

Speaker(s): Brian Dew, Department Chair and Associate Professor, Georgia State University; Edward Cannon, Associate Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Joy Whitman, Core Faculty- Counselor Education and Supervision, Walden University; John Marszalek, Core Faculty, Walden University; Kristopher Goodrich, Associate Professor and Program Coordinator, Counselor Education, University of New Mexico; Colleen Logan, Program Director, M.S. Marriage, Couples and Family Counseling, School Counseling and Addiction Counseling Programs, Walden University

Today, same-sex marriage is a reality in the U.S. and Canada, but it has been a long struggle over many years. In 1973, Maryland became the first U.S. state to pass a statute banning marriage between same-sex couples. In 2006, with only Massachusetts allowing same-sex marriage in the U.S., ALGBTIC sponsored a same-sex wedding at the ACA Conference in Montreal. On the 10-year anniversary of that event, current and past leaders of ALGBTIC and wedding participants will discuss the importance of the event at the time, the impact of the wedding, and the social justice implications for counselors.

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