No experience necessary — just a belief that you, as a person with LGBT parent/s, have something to bring to the table for the younger generations.

Rainbow Families is organizing a kid-friendly rally on Monday to speak out against the proposed constitutional amendment that would remove all marriage-like rights and responsibilities from same-sex couples.

This is an email from OutFront Minnesota. And while I’m not one to just cut-and-paste a statement from an organization, this is urgent enough to make an exception.
TODAY: Proponents of “anti-marriage” amendment force TWO Senate votes … take action!

Here’s a compilation of announcements sent to me from various COLAGE chapters.

Researchers reporting on people of LGBT parentage frequently talk about, over, and around the subjects of their research — namely the oversampled offspring. (Read my explanation and impact of “oversampling.”) One very exciting development in the family liberation movement is the number of queerspawn who are growing up, getting advanced degrees, and joining academic discourse [...]

Meredith Fenton from COLAGE was in town for the screening of In My Shoes. While she was here, she facilitated a discussion about reviving the local chapter. The sons and daughters who showed up ranged in age from fourth grade to people in their mid-thirties. We brainstormed ideas (above) and exchanged contact [...]

It’s called many things: artificial insemination, alternative insemination, alternative fertilization. Whatever your choice of terminology, if your mother/s had to go out and find some sperm to create you and you are now over 18, let’s talk.
I am working on an article about known vs. unknown donors. I am asked about it all the [...]

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 [...]

Today a producer from BBC called me to talk about their plans for producing a U.S. version of “My Life as a Child.”
In the mix, they want a child/ren (ages 7-11) with gay/lesbian parents. The children must have their parents’ permission, but based on the snippets I’ve seen online of the UK series, I [...]

Terminology alert: Referring to someone as a “colager” is a way to generically describe a person with queer parent/s — especially if you are not sure if they are comfortable with the term “queerspawn.” That is to say you need not be an official member of the organization to call yourself a colager or to [...]