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The Alphabet Soup – Episode 3: Pride Edition

https://vimeo.com/130451133 In this episode of The Alphabet Soup with Our Family Coalition we discuss Family Pride. QMOC Anayvette Martinez and her daughter Lupita share their...
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The Alphabet Soup – Episode 2: Family Activism Edition

https://vimeo.com/123242715 In the second episode of The Alphabet Soup with Our Family Coalition, Julia and Zach of The Rainbow Letters share inspiring and powerful stories...
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VICTORY: Governor Brown Signs the Modern Family Act!

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...
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Groundbreaking Law Would Make It Easier For LGBT Couples To Start A Family

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...
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Straight Talk From a Lesbian Mom

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...
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Blind Faith

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...
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Everyone’s School

Rick Oculto, Our Family Coalition Education CoordinatorIn October and November Our Family Coalition gathered teachers, school administrators, and families in San Francisco and the East...