Act OUT: the National Family Conference ::

Over 200 people gathered in Dallas , TX from October 27 – 29, 2006 to participate in ActOUT: The National Family Conference.  Designed to push LGBTQ parents to ramp up grassroots involvement in local communities by telling their family story, the conference provided opportunities to:

> hone our messaging strategy
> practice telling our stories
> connect with other families dedicated to love, justice, family, and equality.

Family Pride was proud to collaborate with COLAGE on this conference and to provide the much needed space for adult COLAGErs to explore their role in the social justice movement. COLAGE was also on-hand to work with youth ages 9 and up with their innovative youth programming.

If you attended Act OUT, please be sure to fill out your speaker’s profile so that we are able to provide you with our most up-to-date tools to fight for equality. Also, please take the Act OUT survey.

OUR EXHIBITORS—IN THEIR OWN WORDS:

Cat’s Original Booktales
Handcrafted bookmarks made of bead, bone, stone, shell and beaded accessories.
booktales@comcast.net

Family to Family Adoptions
Family to Family is a Texas-based adoption agency that prides itself in giving time and attention to each family and birth mother. The personal touch is what provides most of our parents with a match and placement within a year.
www.fam2fam.org

Human Rights Campaign
The HRC Family Project is working to ensure that GLBT families achieve full equality under the law.
www.hrc.org

Nickname Press
Nickname Press is a Canadian independent publisher of gay/les-positive, diversity-friendly children’s books.
heatherjopling@nicknamepress.com

Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.
No matter what kind of legal situation your family faces, you can depend on Pre-Paid Legal Membership to save you money and worry. Get the legal help you need when you need it without worrying about the cost.
debramatthews@prepaidlegal.com

Scouting for All
Scouting for All is a 501(c)(3) non-profit reaching out to GLBTQ youth in our attempt to get the Boy Scouts of America to stop its discrimination against gay and atheist youth and adults.
www.scoutingforall.org


The Rainbow Babies
TheRainbowBabies.com is a new and exciting website for and about LGBT families featuring professionally written articles on art, adoption, foster care, pregnancy and childrearing.
www.therainbowbabies.com

The Sperm Bank of California
TSBC offers a donor sperm program (Identity-Release® and anonymous donors), directed donor services and sperm storage.  We provide a unique inseminating experience through personalized customer service, customized fertility education, and innovative programs.
www.thespermbankofca.org

Two Lives Publishing
Your source for books for your LGBT family.
www.twolives.com