Congratulations! You have mastered the art of early parenting. You’ve figured out how to make it through the day on very, very little shut eye;
Dear families and friends, We are angry. As an organization committed to “equity for all families and children,” we cannot sit on the sidelines while our
As a person of color that went through the ‘American’ K-12 education system, I felt that the social sciences we were taught did not accurately
Review of Amazon Studio’s series Transparent for Our Family Coalition The deep pathos about not living an authentic life is made very concrete with the double entendre
Meghan Lewis, Family Advocacy Liaison, Oakland Unified School District I attended the last four “Everyone’s Schools Town Hall” gatherings sponsored by Our Family Coalition. As
Dear families and friends, I am thrilled to share with you that the Modern Family Act (AB2344) is now the law! Over the past twenty
Banned Books Week (this year, Sept 21– 27): always a favorite among bibliophiles, and a particular favorite among we who keep finding books about us banned.
This past weekend, several dozen LGBTQ families and allies finished off the summer in style, with our ever-popular BBQ & family camp-out in the East
I open the door with butterflies in my stomach. It’s not every day that you get to follow your dream by applying to a policy
The San Francisco Bay Area offers so many great family activities and unique spots to explore, why would anyone ever leave? But maybe, just maybe,
If this your first Pride with your family, you’re probably wondering how you’re going to get through the day with your good humor — and
When Judy Appel and her partner of 22 years, Alison Bernstein, wanted to have children, the state of California didn’t make it easy. Bernstein gave
Originally published on the Huffington Post Gay Voices Long before Mignon R. Moore, 43, and Elaine Harley, 44, of Los Angeles considered raising a child,
By Leah Sheldon Originally Published by Adoption Connection Rituals have always been used to signify a change or rite of passage, or to mark a
I am a real live lesbian mom. My wife and I have been together for 23 years, way back before we could even think of
By Jessica Israel Cannon For the past five years, Our Family Coalition’s Night Out has been an annual favorite event for the adults in my
Have you and your children read Jacob’s New Dress yet? This beautifully illustrated, heartwarming book hit the stores last week (Amazon has been shipping it
Post by Maria Iorillo of San Francisco Midwife Dina and I have been together for 19 years. She is amazing, wonderful, marriage-material-from-day-one! A few years back,
Every day that I wave to my kids as they leave the house for school, I don’t even think about the requisite faith I must
By KALW reporter Jen Chien When Amos and Mickey Lim met in 1995, they had no idea they would someday have a daughter together. It
