Recent Blog Posts: Youth Voices

  • What about the Children: Growing Up with LGBTQ+ Parents in Ohio
    Hear from Jadyn, a 21-year-old college student, ally, and advocate about her experiences growing up with LGBTQ+ moms in Ohio.
  • How LGBTQ+ Parents Can Support Their Youth in School
    As an LGBTQ+ parent or caregiver, how can you ensure that the young people in your life feel supported at school?
  • Boy playing cello on front porch next to grandmother
    Keegan & Guey: How One Family Stayed Connected During COVID-19
    Since the onset of COVID-19 in March 2020, Keegan has posted daily virtual cello performances as a means of staying connected with his grandmother, Hope (who he calls "Guey").
  • U.S. Representative Angie Craig’s Path to Parenthood
    U.S. Representative Angie Craig (MN-2) shares her LGBTQ+ family journey—from fighting for three years to adopt her eldest son to becoming Congress' first out lesbian mom fighting to end discrimination in adoption and foster care.
  • Jim Obergefell on the Future of Marriage Equality & Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Legacy
    Meet the man whose name is forever tied to the historic ruling that granted marriage equality to same-sex couples nationwide.
  • Kinsey Morrison Reflects on Marriage Equality Ruling
    Kinsey Morrison Reflects on Supreme Court Marriage Equality Brief, Five Years Later
    After five years of marriage equality, meet the woman who voiced the opinion of kids with LGBTQ+ parents to the Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges.
  • Donor Conceived Resources for LGBTQ+ Families
    Here are some resources created or edited by donor-conceived people in LGBTQ+ families for you to review as you consider donor conception for your family.
  • Resources for People with a Transgender Parent
    COLAGE is dedicated to supporting and uplifting the voices of youth and adult children with one or more LGBTQ+ parent/caregiver—also known as COLAGErs. Here are
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Webinar: COLAGE, Supporting Children in LGBTQ+ Families for More Than 29 Years
    This webinar is part of a series of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Trainings for our National Network of LGBTQ+ Family Groups—a program that aims to
  • Coming Out to Your Child
    You are already doing the work; simply by taking the time to consider how to sensitively approach coming out to your child brings intentionality to
  • Announcing Writing Contest Winners!
    This June, COLAGE and COLAGE’s Youth Action Board hosted a writing contest for young adults to share their experiences as a child of one or
  • Adoption Resources for LGBTQ+ Families from Adoptees 
    COLAGE is dedicated to supporting and uplifting the voices of youth and adult children with one or more LGBTQ+ parent/caregiver, also known as COLAGErs.  Here are