LGBTQ-Friendly Summer Camps
PACT Camp July 3-8, 2016 Tahoe City, CA www.pactadopt.org/events/ Putting It All Together: Adoption, Race & Family A Gathering for Adoptive Families With Children of
April 2, 2016
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Alphabet Soup Episode 5: Family Equality Edition
https://vimeo.com/136872644 Featuring: Cathy Sakimura, Deputy Director & Family Law Director at NCLR Tarah Fleming, Our Family Coalition’s Education Director Food for Thought with Hali Martin,
September 4, 2015
Alphabet Soup Episode 4: Racial Justice Edition
Featuring Amber Todd, Co-chair of Oakland Pride Tarah Fleming, Our Family Coalition’s Education Director Food for Thought with Allen Johnson, Our Family Coalition’s Development Associate
July 31, 2015
Solo Parent Support
By Dr. Meghan Lewis As my bio-clock struck thirty, the resounding tick-tock of surging pregnancy urges pushed me eagerly into musings over a wide range
July 20, 2015
Thanks for Making Pride 2015 a Success – and a preview of our pics!
Dear Families and Friends, Wow! This year’s Pride was incredible, as the whole Bay Area celebrated our victory in the Supreme Court last Friday. Hundreds
July 1, 2015
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
May 4, 2015
A Night Out with Our Family…
By Martha Boesing There we were, my partner and I, invited by my daughter-in-law (Our Family Coalition’s Programs’ Director) to attend an astonishingly elegant cocktail
March 31, 2015
El Canto del Colibrí (The Song of the Hummingbird)
by the Somos Familia Events Team Somos Familia is an intergenerational community-based organization, and fiscal project of Our Family Coalition, that builds support for Latino
March 16, 2015
The Rainbow Letters
by Julia Winston and Zach Wahls We are Zach and Julia, and we have LGBTQ parents. Zach is a DI baby from Iowa with two
February 25, 2015
Our Family Forest
by Anthony M. Brown, Board Chairman of Men Having Babies When my daughter documented her family tree for a class project, there were so many
December 16, 2014
What’s So Funny about “Transparent”?
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
October 23, 2014
Everyone’s Schools Town Halls through a Queer Parent’s Eyes
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
October 8, 2014
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
September 30, 2014
Banned Books Week Special: Some favorite kids’ lit titles
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.
September 12, 2014
Evening S’Mores, Wild Turkeys, Fun-Filled Campout… Oh my.
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
August 27, 2014
Lessons Learned: Ashley’s reflections on being OFC’s Policy Intern
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
August 13, 2014
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
May 28, 2014
Mignon And Elaine’s Story From The Let Love Define Family Series
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,
May 7, 2014
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
April 15, 2014