Bay Area

Ice Cream and Scream Fest

Saturday, February 23rd, 1:30-3pm

Ice cream lovers unite! High schoolers with one or more LGBT parent(s) are invited to chill out with each other at Ben and Jerry’s on Haight St. (at Ashbury) on Feb 23rd from 1:30-3pm. This will be a teen-only event to talk about school, friends, life, and our families. If you are interested in coming, email Ruby (Bay Area Chapter Coordinator) at ruby@colage.org.

Bring queerspawn friends – even if they have never heard of COLAGE!

Hear It From Us – A COLAGEr panel co-sponsored by COLAGE, Our Family Coalition, and the SF LGBT Center
Tuesday, March 11, 6:00-7:30pm

This is a unique opportunity to hear the often invisible voices of the children of the LGBTQ community. Challenges and victories in school, experiences with peers, advice to parents of younger children, prospective parents, teachers, and allies, their views
on LGBTQ political issues and their place within our queer communities, are just some of the topics the panel will address. Attendees will be encouraged to ask questions.

For free childcare, contact Julia julia@ourfamily.org or 415-981-1960.

If you are interested in being on the panel, or know someone who might be interested, please contact Ruby (Bay Area Chapter Coordinator) at ruby@colage.org or call at 415-861-5437.

Location: The San Francisco LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market St at Octavia Blvd,
Rainbow Room, San Francisco

Frameline at The Center: Free Screenings for the Community
presents

transparent and Just Call Me Kade

Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 7:30pm

San Francisco LGBT Community Center
1800 Market Street @ Octavia
Please arrive early as seating is limited!
Screening followed by panel discussion featuring COLAGE's Kids of Trans Fellow, Monica Canfield-Lenfest.

Co-presented by: COLAGE, Fresh Meat Productions, Lou Sullivan Society, Our Family Coalition and Trans Youth Family Advocates.

The fourth season of Frameline at the Center continues with a pair of touching and deeply personal films focusing on transgender identities and families. Films courtesy of Frameline Distribution.

transparent
Pink or blue. Male or Female. Mommy or Daddy. Categories that we all take for granted are broken apart in transparent, a documentary about 19 female-to-male transsexuals living in the United States who have given birth and, in all but a few stories, gone on to raise their biological children. transparent focuses on its subjects' lives as parents, revealing the diverse ways in which each person reconciles giving birth and being a biological mother with his masculine identity. Through these extraordinary men, the film challenges the ways that people relate to one another, particularly within our immediate families, based on gender.

preceded by
Just Call Me Kade
Kade Farlow Collins is a sixteen year old FTM residing in Tucson, Arizona. Kade’s parents maintain a supportive and nurturing relationship to Kade regarding the many challenges facing their teenage child. However, it hasn’t always been easy. As Kade’s body began to transform during puberty, Kade became nearly suicidal. Kade and his family agreed to have their lives documented in order to bring awareness to transgendered youth. Friends and family candidly express their feelings about the transition, the changes in Kade and the impact on everyone involved.

Kindly arrive early as seating is limited. Don’t miss this FREE screening of these powerful films!

With generous support from Folsom Street Events, Frameline proudly presents admission-free screenings at the San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center at 7:30pm on the second Thursday of every month throughout 2008.

Please join us for the fourth season of Frameline at The Center, a provocative series of films and discussions focusing on social issues of particular relevance to the LGBT community. For more info please visit: http://www.frameline.org