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Regional Support Organizations
Arizona
• Valley Rainbow Families at Valley of the Sun Gay and Lesbian Community Center, PO Box 33367, Phoenix, 602-265-7283
California
• Family Pride Coalition of the Pomona Valley, 112 N. Harvard Ave., #107, Claremont, CA 91711, email: dplace@onramp.net
• Gay Fathers of Sacramento, PO Box 161951, Sacramento, CA 95816-1951, 916-484-5636
• Lesbian and Gay Parents Association, 260 Tingley St., San Francisco, CA 94112-1938, lgapasf@aol.com
• Baby Buds, support group for Asian Pacific Islander queer women and transgender people who want to be parents. To get onto Baby Buds' email list, babybuds-owner@yahoogroups.com
• Our Family Coalition, The Bay Area Gay & Lesbian Family Group, 415-981-1960, PO Box 13505, Berkeley, CA 94712-4505, www.ourfamily.org
• Gay and Lesbian Parents of Los Angeles, #109-346,7985 Santa Monica, West Hollywood, CA 90046, (213) 654-0307
• Proud Families of Long Beach, www.proudfamilies.com
• Lesbian Mothers & Our Children c/o GLCSC, 1625 N. Schrader Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028, 213-993-7608
• Gamofites, gay Mormon fathers, 24451 Lantern Hill Dr., #F, Dana Pt., CA 92629-3708, Ken Taylor (949) 661-6433, www.gamofites.org
• The Pop Luck Club, P.O. Box 69865, West Hollywood, CA 90069, tel: 323-854-0656, plcinfo@popluckclub.org, www.popluckclub.org
• Family Matters, 1010 University Ave, PMB #802, San Diego, CA 92103, 619-298-KID1 (5431), www.sdfamilymatters.org
• Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center of Santa Clara County's support/social group for Mothers and Fathers with younger children. Also, join their informal email list http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeFrank_Family/
Colorado
• Front Range Lesbian Families, PO Box Drawer E, Denver, CO 80218, Holly 303-466-1482, Eric Rude/Adult Programs GLBTCCC 303-733-7743
• Northern Colorado Our Families, contact Sierra at ginansierra@earthlink.net or (970) 493-7430
• Boulder Support Group, facilitated by Boulder County's Dept. of Social Services, open to GLBT and straights, wheelchair access, childcare provided, tmra2ree@aol.com
Connecticut
• Families by Choice, eastern Connecticut, call Tirza at 860-456-1110.
• LGBT families, New Haven area, call Robin or Barb 203-389-8922
• Team Family Pride, teamfamilypride@yahoo.com
Florida
• Hope Parents Group at Compass, 561-833-3638, Hopeteens@aol.com
• First Coast Family Project, 1372 Dancy St., Jacksonville, FL 32205, 904-388-5186, Contact Eddie Giddens
• Gay Parent's Support Group - North Central Florida, contact Amanda Husband at 352-466-0598 or e-mail Mommies2Shea@aol.com
• GLBT Parents of Tampa Bay, email Cathy at cathy@smith-tv.com. Open to all Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Parents (custodial & non-custodial), their significant others, and those who are in the process of becoming parents.
• Orlando Gay Parents, http://home.earthlink/~orlgayparents
• SwFl Rainbow Families, contact Tara Gehring or Patti Bertrand, 407-252-3956, email: FlRainbowFamily@aol.com. Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SwFl_Rainbow_Families/. The purpose of our group is to allow children to interact with other GBLT families, as well as giving parents an outlet to discuss issues that maybe inclusive to GLBT families. Monthly Gatherings.
Georgia
• Family Pride of the South. The mission of Family Pride of the South is to advance the well being of LGBT parents and their children. Family Pride of the South strives to build strong families through educational programming, community resources and support, social activities, and public advocacy. Contact Angel Gervin, info@familypridesouth.org, 404-786-9711, www.familypridesouth.org
• MEGA Family Project, mission is to strengthen Georgia families by working to ensure equality, Kathy Kelly, executive director, 404-808-3350, kathy@eqga.org, MEGA Family Project, PO Box 29631, Atlanta, GA 30359, www.megafamilyproject.org
Hawaii
• Ohana O Ke Anuenue (Family of the Rainbow), Oahu, Doug 808-732-4276 or Sue 808-261-4568
Idaho
• Your Family, Friends & Neighbors, Inc., PO Box 768, Boise, ID 83701-0768
Illinois
• Family Circle, 4156 W. School St., 2nd Fl., Chicago, IL 60641
• Parents With Pride, 1511Trainer Rd., Rockford, IL 61108, 815-226-4661
• Rainbow Families of Illinois is a non-profit, community-based organization that includes lgbt parents and their children and those considering parenthood. The mission of Rainbow Families is to build and maintain a strong and caring community, recognizing the broad diversity and varied interests among our families, 773-472-6469 x464, connect@rainbowfamilies-il.org, www.rainbowfamilies-il.org
Indiana
• Indianapolis Lesbian Moms Group, email Barb at LesbianMomsTalk@aol.com
Kansas
• Parents and Gonna Be's, Lenexa, 913-894-0129
Louisiana
• Lesbian Moms Group of Greater New Orleans (LMNO), contact Sharon or Tracy at 504-822-3476 or 985-290-9788
Maine
• Mothers & Kids Group, PO Box 2235, S. Portland, ME 04116
• GLBT Parents Support Group of Maine c/o Timothy Richardson, PO Box 10901, Portland 04104, tirich@somtel.com
Maryland
• Gay and Lesbian Parenting Coalition of MetropolitanWashington, 14908 Piney Grove Court, North Potomac, MD 20878
• Families With Pride, Baltimore, contact Jodi Kaye by email: theoryhead@gmail.com or phone 410-728-8285
• Gay Fathers Coalition Baltimore, email: dthor024@earthlink.net, http://home.earthlink.net/~dthor024/Gay_Fathers.html
Massachusetts
• GLBT Parenting In Greater Boston, website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/parenting-in-greater-boston/ email: parenting-in-greater-boston@yahoogroups.com This free Yahoo group addresses the unique social and emotional needs that GLBT people have who are actively parenting children. We are here to offer support, community, to be an extended family and a knowing friend. You are not alone. Connect with your community.
• Valuable Families, PO Box 60634, Florence, MA 01062,valfams@crocker.com
• Lesbian/Gay Family and Parenting Services, Fenway Community Health Center, 7 Haviland St., Boston, MA 02115, 617-927-6243
• Gay Fathers of Greater Boston, PO Box 1373, Boston, MA 02205, 617-742-7897, www.gayfathersboston.org
• COLAGE: Greater Boston Chapter, PO Box 441942, Somerville, MA 02144, 617-267-0900 x 446
• Greater Boston PFLAG, PO Box 440004, West Somerville, MA 02144-0001, 617-547-2440
• You're Not Alone-Straight Spouse Support, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, MA, 781-326-1461
Michigan
• Our Kids c/o Pandora's Books & Music, 226 W. Lovell, Kalamazoo, MI 49007, 616-385-2654
• Grand Rapids Alternative Families, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GRAltFamilies, GRAltFamilies@aol.com
• Lesbian Moms' Network, PO Box 2113, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-2113, www.lmnetwork.org, LMNMembership@umich.edu
Minnesota
• Rainbow Families, 3711 W. Lake St., Minneapolis, MN 554098, 612-827-7731, connect@rainbowfamilies.org, visit www.rainbowfamilies.org
Missouri
• Family Tree, 5309 Nottingham Ave., St. Louis, MO 63109, 314-752-3836
Nebraska
• The 'Ohana Group, (GLBT and Non-traditional Family Group), email: theohanagroup@cs.com
Nevada
• We Are Family social support group, Las Vegas, www.wearefamilylv.com, info@wearefamilylv.com, Holly Carratelli, 702-251-9187
New Jersey
• Lambda Families of New Jersey, PO Box1385, Maplewood, NJ 07040, 973-763-8511, webmaster@lambdafamiliesofnj.org, www.lambdafamiliesofnj.org
• Central Jersey Families, Donna, 908-752-9265
• Gay Fathers Group, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GayFathersNJ/
• Team Family Pride, teamfamilypride@yahoo.com
New York
• Team Family Pride, teamfamilypride@yahoo.com
• Family Circle, Inc., bimonthly gatherings held at Bronx Lesbian and Gay Health Resource Consortium, Inc., 448 E. 149 St., 3rd Floor, Bronx, NY. Contact Luz Rivera at 917-658-2825 or Flora Esther Chalmers, at 347-668-0071, email: bxfamilycircles@aol.com, visit www.hometown.aol.com/bxfamilycircles
• Park Slope Queer Parents' Group (but not limited to Park Slope!), email: psqpg-subscribe@yahoogroups.com, visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/psqpg
• Brooklyn Rainbows, contact William Sherr and Shannon Casey, 718-499-1132 or email: brooklynrainbows@yahoo.com
• Brooklyn Single Lesbian, email: Moms@hotmail.com
• Rainbow Families of Staten Island, A Play & Parenting Group. An opportunity for your children of all ages to interact with other children of gay and lesbian parents in addition to providing a forum for parents to meet and discuss parenting issues. Meet at The Staten Island Children's Museum located at Snug Harbor, 10 minutes from the Ferry Terminal. Take the S40 Bus or you can drive - there is plenty of free parking, meets on the third Sunday of every month, call 718-273-5833, email: drosenthal@sichildrensmuseum.org or waynenyc@aol.com. Co-sponsored by The Staten Island Children's Museum & The Staten Island LGBT Health and Wellness Project of Community HealthAction
• Center Kids, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, 208 West 13th St., NY, NY 10011, Terry Boggis, Exec. Dir. 212-620-7310
• Circle of Support for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Foster and Adoptive Parents and Foster and Adoptive Parents Caring for LGBTQ Youth in Care, NYC. Also open to any foster and adoptive parents caring for LGBTQ (LGBT & Questioning) young people in care. LGBT parents are welcome at all Circle meetings. Offers a guaranteed safe, welcoming place for parents who are LGBT, and to deal with issues specific to this group. Contact Gregory Miller at circleofsupport@earthlink.net, call 212-676-WISH (9474) or visit www.circleofsupport.org.
• Second Generation, 57 2nd Ave., #51, NY, NY 10003, 212-673-2926, LGBT children of LGBTs
• COLAGE (Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere) New York City, Dori Kavanagh, dori@colagenyc.org, www.colagenyc.org
• Gay and Bi Fathers' Forum of New York, The Center, 208 West 13th Street, NYC, www.GayBiDads.org, info@GayBiDads.org, 516-815-9120. Meet at 8:00 PM on the first Friday of each month at The Center.
• Gay Fathers Coalition of Buffalo, Westside Station, PO Box 404, Buffalo, NY 14213, 716-633-2692
• Gay Fathers Forum of Greater NY, c/o 208 West 13th St., NY, NY10011, 212-620-7310
• Long Island Family Connection, 2299 Harrison Ave., Baldwin, NY 11510, 516-623-0041, cmcnamee@optonline.net
• Gay Fathers of Long Island, PO Box 2483, Patchogue, New York 11772-0879
• Gay Married Men's Support Group, 22 Vick Park B, Rochester, NY 14607-2122
• Loft Kids, Westchester and Fairfield Counties and the Tri-State area. For events email: loftkidsny@yahoo.com
• Mid-Hudson Kids, (Putnam, Duchess & Orange Counties), Lauren, 914-562-8308
• Lesbian Mothers Support Group, Rockland Parent-Child Center, 137 First Ave., Nyack, 845-358-2702, email: info@rocklandparentchild.org
• Lesbian and Gay Family Building Project, Claudia Stallman, Project Director c/o Ferre Institute, Inc., 124 Front Street, Binghamton, NY 13905, 607-724-4308, LesGayFamBldg@aol.com, website: www.PrideAndJoyFamilies.org. Provides educational programs, information and referrals for LGBTs who are parents or who want to add children to their families. Sponsors Pride and Joy Families, parent/family support groups, in several cities in upstate New York. Each Pride and Joy group has its own listserv for on-line discussions of parenting and family building issues, and to plan group activities. New members welcome!
• Lambda Family Circle c/o Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany, NY 12110 or lambdafamilycircle@hotmail.com
• COLAGE Mid Hudson Valley Region, Li Pipman-Allis: lallis@hvc.rr.com , 845-452-2928
• COLAGE of Western NY, Lynn, 716-200-0668, COLAGE.WNY@adelphia.net, www.clearahead.com/colage.nsf
North Carolina
• Triangle Families, a group for LGBT parents and wannabe parent in the Triangle region (Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Durham) of North Carolina. To join our list serve for event information and discussions, go to yahoogroups.com, search for Triangle Families and join the group. Information about our events is also posted at www.trianglefamilies.org.
Ohio
• Rainbow Families Dayton, social group for LGBT families in the Dayton, Ohio area. Contact Daria Schaffnit 973-376-8060 or dragonflyjoy@woh.rr.com. Also join their email list by sending a blank email to rfdaysubscribe@yahoogroups.com
Oklahoma
• Family Pride, OKC, PO Box 850521,Yukon, OK 73085-0521, Dedra Baker or Kandice Ford, 405-350-0607, familyprideokc@cox.net
• Oklahoma City Area Lesbian Moms Group. We have a message board at yahoo groups and although those in the Oklahoma City (Oklahoma) metro area get together in person, we also have members from out of the state and even the country, who post online, www.okclesbianmoms.com
Oregon
• Love Makes a Family, Inc., PO Box 11884, Portland, OR 97211, 503-228-3892, lmfamily@teleport.com
Pennsylvania
• Philadelphia Family Pride, PO Box 25223, Philadelphia, PA 19119, 215-844-3360, www.phillyfamilypride.org
• Families Like Ours - West, Parent/Child support and activities for GLT's and adoptive and birth families, contact t_libert@yahoo.com
Rhode Island
• Gay Fathers of Rhode Island Support Group, 401-431-2953,email: TJFronczak@aol.com, http://members.aol.com/tjfroncak/gaydad.htm
• Straight Spouse Support Group, Providence, Cynthia Doyle, MA, 401-351-8232, http://members.aol.com/tjfronczak/str8spouse.htm
South Carolina
• We Are Family, PO Box 30734, North Charleston, SC 29417
• Alliance For Full Acceptance (AFFA). AFFA's Parenting Group is a forum for GLBT families to gather and provide support, resources, services and activities for GLBT parents and their children, as well as GLBT couples considering parenting. Email parenting@affa-sc.org or call 843-883-0343.
Tennessee
• COLAGE-Memphis (Children Of Lesbians And Gays Everywhere), email: colagememphis@yahoo.com, web site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/colagememphis
• Nashville Family Pride Group, nashvillefamilypridegroup@hotmail.com
Texas
• Gay Fathers/Fathers First of Houston, PO Box 981053, Houston, TX 77098-1053, 713-782-5414
• Houston Gay & Lesbian Parents HGLP, 10400 S. Post Oak Rd., Ste. E-263, Houston, TX 77035, 713-284-4939, hglpinc@yahoo.com, www.hglp.org. Social and support group for our kids in 6th through 12th grades called Just For Us
• Parenting With Pride, Parenting With Pride is an Austin-based coalition of GLBT families who are involved in education, advocacy, social support, networking, and grass roots community organizing. We are also a source for information and referral. Periodic social events. Contact: kpalomo@austin.rr.com
• Central Texas Rainbow Families, PO Box 42468, Austin, TX 78704, 512-731-5231, Leza Frazee, President, www.centexrainbowfamilies.org
Washington
• Kaleidoscope of Families, 430 Broadway E., Seattle, WA 98102, Michael Butler 206-461-4546, free childcare for ages 3-12
• South Puget Sound Lesbian & Gay Parents Support Group c/o Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC), PO Box 947, Tacoma, WA 98401, 253-752-6724
Washington D.C.
• Gay Fathers Coalition of Washington, DC, PO Box 19891,Washington, DC 20036, 301-603-0008, email: dcgaydad@aol.com, web site: http://members.aol.com/mdlambda/gfcdc
Wisconsin
• Lesbian Parents Network, PO Box 8423, Madison, WI 53708-8423, 608-233-0102
• Wisconsin Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf, located at the GLBT Center in Milwaukee Wisconsin, www.wiscrad.org
Wyoming
• Northern Colorado/Southern Wyoming Our Families, contact Sierra at ginansierra@earthlink.net or 970-493-7430
Vermont
• Gay Fathers Connection, PO Box 5506, Essex Jct., VT 05453-5506, 802-579-7883
• Vermont Lesbian & Gay Parents, 95 Van Patten Pkwy., Burlington, VT 05401-1124, 802-660-2713
National Support Organizations
• National Center for Lesbian Rights, 870 Market St., Ste. 570, San Francisco, CA 94102, 415-392-6257, nclrsf@aol.com, www.nclrights.org
* Family Pride Coalition, PO Box 65327, Washington, DC 20035, 202-331-5015, info@familypride.org, www.familypride.org. Coalition of gay parenting groups across the country. Sponsors annual national conference of lesbian and gay parents and their children. Newsletter, bibliographies.
• CALM, Inc. (Custody Action for Lesbian Mothers), PO Box 281, Narbeth, PA19072, 215-667-7508. Litigation support service for lesbian mothers.
• Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE), 3543 18th St., #17, San Francisco, CA 94110, 415-861-5437, kidsofgays@aol.com
• Human Rights Campaign, www.hrc.org/familynet
• Momazons, PO Box 02069, Columbus, OH 43202, 614-267-0193, momazons@aol.com, www.momazons.org
• www.LetHimStay.com.Web site of the ACLU fight against Florida's law against gay adoption.
Worldwide and Internet
www.Dadsathome.com, Developed by and for Gay Fathers & Gay Stay at home dads in the hope to bring aid and assistance to Gay Fathers in the day to day trials and tribulations of raising children.
Australia
Parents With Pride, contact: Vicki Barnett, PO Box 67, Beechboro, Perth, WA 6063, pwpaus@yahoo.com.au, http://au.geocities.com/pwpaus. Sharing resources, support, and parent/family group contact details. Servicing the needs of Australian and NZ parents, partners, and prospective parents who identify as lesbian, gay, trans* and bisexual (GLBT); and their families. Promoting networking and diversity with in our community, and bringing families together.
Canada
• Rainbow Club, a social club for kids and their queer parents, Rainbow Club c/o The 519 Church Street, Community Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4Y 2C9, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rainbowclub4kids/
• Calgary Gay Fathers, calgaryfathers@hotmail.com, http://www.geocities.com/calgaryfathers
United Kingdom
• Pink Parents UK, Lisa Saffron, exec. dir., Box 55, Green Leaf Bookshop, 82 Colston St., Bristol BS15BB, phone: 00441179044500 / helpline: 0044177377 5794, enquiries@pinkparents.org.uk, http://www.pinkparents.org.uk
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