I still get phone calls and emails asking me to “represent COLAGE” or “inform the members of the chapter” about this or that. Which is why I need to include this disclaimer here before I post this. For the record: I officially stepped down from leading the COLAGE chapter in 2001. If you have questions about this event, please contact COLAGE directly.

And to confuse everybody some more, while I am not planning either event I do plan to attend both of them.

Here’s the official info from COLAGE:

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1. COLAGE Twin Cities Community Meeting

Do you have one or more lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender parent? Do you want to meet other youth your age that have similar family backgrounds? Do you want to be part of a youth-led group that is by and for youth?

JOIN AS AT A COLAGE TWIN CITIES COMMUNITY MEETING

Then come to at community meeting for youth and adults interested in COLAGE Twin Cities. COLAGE is the only organization that specifically is for children, youth and adults with one or more lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender parent/s. By getting involved with COLAGE you will meet a community of folks who also have LGBT parents, be able to share your experiences with people who “get it,” and gain leadership and activism skills to raise awareness about youth with LGBT parents.

At this meeting you will meet Meredith Fenton, the COLAGE national Program Director, share your ideas for what the Twin Cities need in terms of programming for folks with LGBT parents, start planning for a newly re-activated COLAGE Twin Cities, and enjoy some snacks and fun!

Sunday, February 19
4:30-6:30 pm
At District 202
1601 Nicollet Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55403

NOTE: Folks 19 and up with LGBT parents are encouraged to attend, especially if you might be interested in volunteering with COLAGE Twin Cities to help provide programming or mentorship for youth.

Call Rainbow families at 612-827-7731 for more information locally. To learn more about COLAGE go to www.colage.org or call Meredith Fenton at 415-861-5437 x102.

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2. In My Shoes Screening

Also check out COLAGE in MN at:

In My Shoes: Stories of Youth with LGBT Parents

A brand new youth-produced documentary film by and about children of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender parents. Co-Sponsored by COLAGE (Children of Lesbians & Gays Everywhere) and Rainbow Families of Minnesota

Thursday, February 16, 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Burroughs Community School, 1601 W. 50th Street, Minneapolis

This is the Minnesota premiere of this amazing youth-produced film created by the COLAGE Youth Leadership and Action Project. Debuted in June 2005, this film won the Audience Award for Favorite Short Film at the San Francisco LGBT Film Festival and continues to screen across the country. An excellent tool for raising awareness, you do not want to miss In My Shoes!

Childcare available ($2 per child) by reservation before Friday, February 10, call 612-827-7731.
This film is appropriate for youth ages 7 and up and for parents of kids of all ages.

Movie Synopsis: In a time when LGBT families are debated and attacked in the media, courts and Congress, from school houses to state houses
across the country, five young people give you a chance to walk in their shoes - to hear their own views on marriage, making change, and what it
means to be a family.

For more information:
Rainbow Families
Phone: 612-827-7731
Fax: 612-822-2759
Email: connect@rainbowfamilies.org

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