Senate Bill 729
Exciting, news! Our IVF insurance bill, SB 729, passed the Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday. This is the farthest our bill has ever advanced, and it would not have happened
May 18, 2023
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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
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 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
June 16, 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
Pockets of Fun and Love at the Berkeley YMCA
by Maria Luisa Jimenez-Morales, Our Family Coalition Parent Our Family Coalition’s “LGBTQ Family Night at the Berkeley YMCA” last year was my first ever visit
February 16, 2015
What on Earth is “Family Activism,” anyway?
By Shareena Clark, Programs Coordinator, Our Family Coalition As of late, it seems like the phrase “family values” has been hijacked and co-opted to represent
January 29, 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
Top-10 Quintessentially Queer Self-Care Tips: Enjoying Parenthood & Partnership in the East Bay
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;
December 11, 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
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
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
The Entrustment Ceremony – Creating meaningful ritual in open adoption
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
April 24, 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
