This story was initially created as part of the Marriage Equality Movement Family Story Quilt which premiered at San Francisco City Hall on National Freedom to Marry Day in February 2007, honoring the historic Winter of Love and the 40th anniversary of the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court Loving vs. Virginia decision. These family stories -- created in 2007 -- now have many updates, babies have been born, many couples have gotten legally married in California in 2008, some have divorced, some have won historic union battles and so much more ... stay tuned for updates!
MeiBeck & Maya Scott-Chung
MARRIAGE EQUALITY MOVEMENT
FAMILY STORY QUILT
Curated by
Maya Scott-Chung
Created by Maya Scott-Chung
In honor of the 3rd Anniversary of the
San Francisco City Hall Marriages,
the 40th Anniversary of the Loving vs. Virginia
(1967) case which legalized interracial marriages
and the 30th anniversary of marriage counter
demonstrations (since 1977) for marriage equality.
12 February 2007
With the creative collaboration and dedicated work of my comrades and friends at Marriage Equality USA and numerous loving & inspiring family & community people & organizations including Baby Buds, API Family Pride, Our Family Coalition, COLAGE, PFLAG, EQCA, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and Family Pride- with special thanks to Freedom to Marry for financial support.
We are especially grateful for Mayor Gavin Newsom and the LGBT Neighborhood Liaison?s at San Francisco City Hall for welcoming and encouraging the project!
This Culminating Experience Project
is dedicated to the love, health, passion, strength and resilience of
my marriage to my spouse-for-life
MeiBeck Lee Scott-Chung
And to our beloved daughter
Luna Lee Yue-Lian Gillingham Scott-Chung
Born into MeiBeck's arms in our Oakland home on
Monday, 4 October 2004 at 11:14pm
The exhibit has toured extensively and is now part of an ongoing exhibit called THE LOVING QUILT 2010: A People's Living History - and Herstory - of Marriage Equality & Family Justice Movements
A Project of Marriage Equality USA in collaboration with NUMEROUS creative individuals & community, state and national organizations.
Maya Scott-Chung, MPH is the Creative Director and Curator of THE LOVING QUILT 2010 which was created during 2006-2010 as part of Maya's Masters in Public Health/ Community Health Education Thesis at San Francisco State University.
For exhibit booking and further information contact Maya: quilt@marriageequality.org (510) 381-0876
THE LOVING QUILT Webpage: www.marriageequality.org/quilt
