UPDATE: The WRF2 prize draw takes place at 5pm today. Submissions are still being accepted. Get sending!

As some of our readers may already know, the theme for this year’s Dublin Pride is “We Are Family, Too.” It’s no surprise that this idea forms the theme of the festival, and the basis of MarriagEquality’s latest campaign.

The origin of this focus? The total invisibility in the pending Civil Partnership Bill of children raised by same-sex parents, or any kind of recognition of diverse family forms. Not to mention the absolute refusal from all political quarters to even entertain the notion of marriage equality.

Accordingly, Dublin Pride has a project operating in tandem with the festival’s other highlights, called “We Are Family, Too” or WRF2.

Will Knott of WRF2 was in touch with us to spread the word. As part of the project, there are three extremely important things our readers should be aware of:

• WRF2 wants to hear from you about your idea of how a family is defined;

• WRF2 wants you to enter their fabulous competition, with a prize of a weekend away in a fabulous hotel plus tickets to Pride events; and

• WRF2 wants to hear from any performers and dancers out there!

Read on!

The Project

WRF2 is asking everyone for a short submission for publication on the WRF2 blog – and possible book! – that asks a simple question:

“What does family mean to you?”

Which is really a two part question: What is your definition of family? And what do those people mean to you?

The theme of the 2010 Dublin Pride Festival is “We Are Family Too”, but – and here’s a news flash, Iona “gold standard” Institute – family means different things to different people.

WRF2 would like to post the reply on the WRF2.com blog, so make sure you’re okay with that before sending in your thoughts.

You can submit your comments in any way you want: write back with your opinion using the 140 character limit of a tweet; or something more expansive by email (after all there are entire libraries dedicated to the subject of “family”!). Or draw your opinion on the back of a postcard and send by post it to the address below. Or fill in the form on the WRF2.com site. Alternatively, indeed, WRF2 would welcome a piece of audio, or video, for anyone who wants to get creative in other media. Hey, if you want to give your answer through the means of interpretative dance Will at WRF2 won’t stop you. He’ll post it!

If there are those who would prefer to post your answer to the internet yourself (not on the WRF2 blog) by all means do so. If you include the tag “WRF2″ an alert will find it and WRF2 will link to it.

Notwithstanding the origins of Pride, this is not about sexuality. This is about humanity. We are all some mother’s child. However “what family means to me” is a hard question to answer. The answer is not always simple.

But an answer would be appreciated.

If you have any questions or comments regarding the blog please do not hesitate to ask!

The prize

Details are here. A hotel break for two nights this weekend, plus tickets for Pride events, are up for grabs!

The prize is for confirmed WRF2 submissions received . The winner will be announced tomorrow, 23rd June 2010, so get going!! (Don’t panic if your entry isn’t posted live online, so long as it has been received.)

The plié performance

(See above.) Interpretive dance. If you know any dance troupes, please tell them. As much as a bit of humour the “interpretative dance” bit is, Will would really like to see one.

This is, of course, optional.

wrf2.com
wrf2@dublinpride.ie
WRF2 on Twitter

WRF2 Project
Outhouse,
105 Capel Street,
Dublin 1

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