Today is Blogging for LGBT Families Day and you can still participate in this creative way to raise awareness about COLAGE and the issues impacting us and our families.

The event, developed by LGBT-parenting site Mombian, aims to raise awareness of LGBT families, their diverse configurations, and how current prejudices and legal discrimination have a negative impact on the lives of LGBT people and their children. Bloggers of any sexual orientation, gender identity, and parental status are welcome to participate.

Already several COLAGE members have participated in this visibility campaign:

Whitney Moses, COLAGE Board of Directors Chair reflects on her queer family and how it links to her activism with the COLAGE Movement.

Abigail Garner, writer of Families Like Mine shares a powerful story reminding us of the risks being outspoken can have.

Cheryl Morgan, talks about why COLAGE is important to her.

Many more of the postings can be ready by visiting the Mombian site

If you still want to participate:

Blog on a topic related to LGBT families today. There's no set formula or format. Photos and videos are also welcome. (Post them on your own site or make sure they are publicly visible on a photo- or video-sharing site.)

Send e-mail to lgbtfamilies@mombian.com and meredith@colage.org with the subject=Blogging for LGBT Families Day and with the permalink to your post. (If you know how, you may also add the tag "blogging for lgbt families day" to your entry.)

If you only post on Facebook or MySpace, you may also add the event organizer, Dana Rudolph, as a friend to notify her of your post. (Here's her Facebook page and her MySpace page. If you do a search for her name, though, make sure to look for the Blogging for LGBTQ Families Day banner image, as there are multiple Dana Rudolphs.) If you do have a regular blog, however (at your own domain or one on Blogger, Typepad, WordPress.com, etc.), please post there, since then your post will be readable even by those who don't have Facebook or MySpace accounts--and the whole point here is to share our posts.

We truly hope that as many youth, adults, parents and allies in the COLAGE community will participate in this creative visiblity awareness raising campaign. If you have any questions, call COLAGE at 415-861-5437 or contact Meredith Fenton, COLAGE Program Director at meredith@colage.org.