Editing Rosie O'Donnell (section)

===R Family Vacations===
In 2003, O'Donnell and Carpenter partnered with travel entrepreneur Gregg Kaminsky to launch [[R Family Vacations]] catering to LGBT families, "the very first all gay and lesbian family vacation packages" where "gays and lesbians can bring their kids, their friends, and their parents."<ref name="Kaminsky">{{cite web|last=Kaminsky|first=Gregg|title=Rosie O'Donnell Announces R Family Vacations|publisher=Out in Buffalo|date=August 11, 2003|url=http://www.outinbuffalo.com/home/news.asp?articleid=4916|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030929064549/http://www.outinbuffalo.com/home/news.asp?articleid=4916|url-status=usurped|archive-date=September 29, 2003|access-date=June 21, 2007}}</ref> Although O'Donnell is not involved on a day-to-day basis, she does contribute to the creative aspects of "advertising and marketing materials" and initiated the idea for the company when she filled in as a last-minute replacement headliner on one of Kaminsky's [[Atlantis Events]] gay cruises and also came up with the name "R Family Vacations".<ref name="Salvato">{{cite web|last=Salvato |first=Ed |title=R Family Vacations plies uncharted gay waters |publisher=[[Planet Out]] |url=http://www.planetout.com/travel/article.html?sernum=9101 |access-date=June 21, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060508152020/http://www.planetout.com/travel/article.html?sernum=9101 |archive-date=May 8, 2006 }}</ref> On July 11, 2004, the first cruise was held with 1600 passengers<ref name="Planet Out">{{cite web|title=Q and A with Rosie and Kelli on "All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise" |publisher=[[Planet Out]] |year=2006 |url=http://www.planetout.com/entertainment/news/?sernum=1227 |access-date=June 21, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060526042807/http://www.planetout.com/entertainment/news/?sernum=1227 |archive-date=May 26, 2006 }}</ref> including 600 children.<ref name="Davis">{{cite news|last=Davis|first=Andrew|title=Getting Away with R Family Vacations|newspaper=[[Windy City Times]]|date=January 12, 2005|url=http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=7108|access-date=June 21, 2007|archive-date=April 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402161139/http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=7108|url-status=dead}}</ref> In addition to traditional entertainment and recreational activities, the company partnered with [[Provincetown]]'s [[Family Equality Council|Family Pride]], a 25-year-old Washington, D.C.–based organization that advocates for [[LGBT parenting|LGBT families]]<ref name="Williams">{{cite web|last=Williams|first=Bradley David|title=Families, Ahoy!|work=Out Smart Magazine|date=May 2004|url=http://www.outsmartmagazine.com/issue/i05-04/f-2-Families_Ahoy.php|access-date=June 21, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808173903/http://www.outsmartmagazine.com/issue/i05-04/f-2-Families_Ahoy.php <!-- Bot retrieved archive -->|archive-date=August 8, 2007}}</ref> to host discussions on "[[adoption]], [[insemination]], [[surrogacy]], and everything else that would be helpful to [[gay parenting]]."<ref name="Wieder">{{cite web|last=Wieder|first=Judy|title=R We Ready for R Family Vacations?|publisher=Out Traveler|year=2003|url=http://www.outtraveler.com/detail.asp?did=233|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060208124533/http://www.outtraveler.com/detail.asp?did=233|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 8, 2006|access-date=June 21, 2007}} (Fall issue)</ref> ''[[All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise]]'', a documentary film about the trip debuted on HBO on April 6, 2006, and was nominated for three Emmy Awards. Of the experience, O'Donnell stated "we didn't really realize the magic that was going to take place. People who had never met another gay family met other families and it was powerful."<ref name=Davis/>