PLANNING FOR LGBT EQUALITY
Panelists
Brian Traylor, AICP, ASLA
Planner + Urban DesignerTodd Delmay
President & CEO
Delmay & Partners
Jeff Delmay
Chief Operating Officer
Delmay & Partners
Nadine Smith
Co-Founder, CEO
Equality Florida
Equality Means Business
Context & Overview: Evolution
of Planning & LGBT Advocacy
Economic Competitiveness &
Workplace Equal Opportunity
A New Reality for LGBT
Communities
Outline
Evolution of Planning & LGBT Advocacy
Context & Overview
Evolution of the Role of Planning
CRISIS
RESPONSE
Paul Knox; Urbanization
Evolution of the Role of Planning
CRISIS
RESPONSE
Paul Knox; Urbanization
Evolution of the Role of Planning
CRISIS
RESPONSE
Evolution of the Role of Planning
CRISIS
RESPONSE
Paul Knox; Urbanization
Evolution of the Role of Planning
CRISIS
RESPONSE
Paul Knox; Urbanization
Evolution of the Role of Planning
CRISIS
RESPONSE
Paul Knox; Urbanization
Evolution of the Role of Planning
Advocacy Planning
Civil Rights Movement
Environmentalism
Community Based Planning & Public
Participation
Paul Knox; Urbanization
Evolution of LGBT Advocacy
Organization
Mattachine Society
Daughters of Bilitis
Evolution of LGBT Advocacy
Recognition & Activism
Annual Reminders 1965
Stonewall Riots 1969
Evolution of LGBT Advocacy
Gayborhoods
Pride Events
Evolution of LGBT Advocacy
HIV Awareness & Activism
Evolution of LGBT Advocacy
Marriage Equality
Non-discrimination
Planning & The LGBT Community
Community Activism/Empowerment
Housing
Economic Development
Historic Preservation
Community Development
Gays & Lesbians in Planning
Planning & The LGBT Community
Gays and Lesbians in Planning
(GALIP)
APA Division since 1998
a forum for the exchange of ideas and
information of interest to gays, lesbians,
and friends in the planning profession.
Planning & The LGBT Community
QUE: Philadelphia’s Queer Urbanist Exchange
Planning & The LGBT Community
John C. Anderson Apartments
Planning & The LGBT Community
John C. Anderson Apartments
Nadine Smith, Equality Means Business
Economic Competitiveness & Workplace Equal Opportunity
Economic Competitiveness
The Link Between Economic Competitiveness and Workplace Equal Opportunity in Florida
Economic Competitiveness
Economic Competitiveness
Todd Delmay, & Jeff Delmay
A New Reality for LGBT Communities
A New RealityOur journey to Marriage Equality
• 12/2/2002 - First Meeting
• 1/15/2003 - First Date
• 8/9/2003 - Exchanged $10 Rings
• 8/23/2004 - Domestic Partnership
• 1/9/2009 – Jeff joined the Business
• 3/12/2010 - Became Dads
A New Reality
• January 21, 2014 – Press Conference
• July 2, 2015 – Day In Court
• January 5, 2015 – Married!
• January 6, 2015 – FL Marriage Equality
• January 20, 2015 – SOTU Honeymoon
• April 28, 2015 – SCOTUS Hearing
• June 26, 2015 – USA Marriage Equality
A New Reality
What has been the impact on our family?Protections only Marriage can provide
Acceptance by extended family
Set an example for our son
What has been the impact on our business?Time spent on lawsuit, activities, traveling
Clients/Vendors gained a new respect for us through our activism
Notoriety
Greater Visibility
World OutGames
A New Reality
LGBT Community Reaction?Paradigm Shift: from feeling indifferent to wanting marriage
Transformation of relationships / gay culture building toward marriage
Greater focus on family (Pride Center Playground)
Overall Community Reaction?Same sex families being represented more in print, media, etc.
Mommy and Me: gender roles challenged by same sex families (Room Moms Syndrome)
Domestic Partnerships
A New Reality
How will LGBT Community evolve over time?Once outsiders, gay community will become more “like everyone else”
Gay Weddings
Gay Families (more kids)
Gay Divorce
What should Communities offer?Documenting our lives in gender neutral terms (birth-marriage-death)
Honeymoons that are gay friendly
Making adoption, foster care more accessible to gay couples
Gay Families in need of safe places to play, dine, shop
Gay Eldercare
A New Reality
Planning & The LGBT Community
AICP Code of Ethics: Planning Process Participants should:
1. Recognize the rights of citizens to participate in planning decisions;
2. Strive to give citizens (including those who lack formal organization or influence) full, clear and accurate information on planning issues and the opportunity to have a meaningful role in the development of plans and programs;
3. Strive to expand choice and opportunity for all persons, recognizing a special responsibility to plan for the needs of disadvantaged groups and persons;