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MEDIA CENTER
Read articles about youth with LGBT Parents and COLAGE!
A Family COLAGE
The Washington Blade
January 11th, 2008
www.washingtonblade.com
Recipe for a successful school year? Listen to your kids.
Bay Area Reporter
September 6th, 2007
An article about the experience of students with LGBT parents in schools that features advice and insight from COLAGE Executive Director Beth Teper.
www.baywindows.com
Progressive News Hour
QUAKE Bay Area
August 26, 2007
Meredith Fenton, COLAGE Program Director was interviewed for the Bay Area political affairs talk radio show. Aired on four affiliate stations in the Bay Area
www.quakeradio.com
The crucial work of COLAGE
August 9th, 2007
Bay Windows.
An editorial from Susan Ryan-Vollmar about the role of COLAGE in the movement and the contributions of COLAGE to Family Week in Provincetown.
www.baywindows.com
What happens to kids raised by gay parents?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Sunday, June 10, 2007
An article featuring two young adults with LGBT parents including Rebecca, the past winner of the COLAGE Lee Dubin Memorial Scholarship and Terrance, a member of the COLAGE Speak OUT Program.
www.post-gazette.com
COLAGE Group Forming
Baltimore Out Loud newspaper
May 25th, 2007
Profiles two coordinators of a newly forming COLAGE Baltimore chapter.
www.baltimoreoutloud.com
Fathers' Daughter
Conflicting Views On Parenting Fuel Same-Sex Marriage Debate, And For The Kids, Life Goes On
An article profiling COLAGE Speak OUT member and Chapter Coordinator, Becca Lazarus.
http://www.courant.com/hc-mytwodads0407.artapr07,0,6577676.story
Love Unconditionally
Profiles COLAGE Speak OUT member Melanie Jones and includes an interview with COLAGE Program Director, Meredith Fenton. Independent Collegian. March 12th, 2007
http://www.independentcollegian.com/news/2007/03/12/ArtsLife/Love-Unconditionally-2772472.shtml
Coming Out When a Parent is Gay
COSMOgirl Magazine. April 2007. An article written by COLAGE Speak OUT Member, Marina Gatto sharing advice and support for youth when a parent comes out as LGBT.
My Life as a Child
This new series that allows young people to document their own lives includes an episode with COLAGE youth Madison Walston and her reporting of COLAGE at Family Week Saugatuck, 2006.
The Learning Channel, Premiered March 5th, 2007
Same-sex marriage debate heats up
Journal Inquirer. February 1st, 2007. An article about the legislative press conference in Connecticut that includes quotes from Becca Lazarus, COLAGE Connecticut coordinator who spoke during the public event to call on the state to support marriage equality.
http://www.journalinquirer.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17793916&BRD=985&PAG=461&dept_id=161556&rfi=6
New family portrait
Sacramento Bee Sunday. January 21, 2007. Children from three same-sex households in the area say their lives are not only normal, but filled with love and acceptance.
Making a Family Without a Marriage
Los Angeles Times, October 14th, 2006. COLAGE participants Gavin and Baylor talk about their family and marriage equality in this article.
Being 16
Time Magazine. By Caroline Cox-Orrell. Part of a series highlighting 16 year olds from around the United States, this article is written by COLAGE Speak Out member, Caroline Cox-Orrell about having lesbian moms.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1535344,00.html
In our parents' footsteps
The Advocate, June 20, 2006. LGBT kids who grew up with gay parents are finding support in groups like COLAGE. And they're discovering their desire to work in the gay rights movement. Includes interviews with members of the COLAGE Staff, Board of Directors and Speak Out program.
http://www.advocate.com/currentstory1_w.asp?id=31704
 All in the Family: Kids Raised By Same-Sex Couples Speak Out To Defend Their Families
Baltimore City Paper
March 22nd, 2006. This article profiles COLAGE youth who participated in a Town Hall Meeting in Baltimore to spark discussion about marriage and LGBT equality from the standpoint of kids of LGBT parents.
http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=11607
Same-sex couples face unique adoption hurdles
Boston Globe, March 26th, 2006. This article about LGBT adoption in response to Catholic Charities' decision to pull out of its core mission rather than consider same-sex applicants include comment from COLAGE Executive Director, Beth Teper.
http://bostonworks.boston.com/news/articles/2006/03/26/same_sex_couples_face_unique_adoption_hurdles/
Growing Up with Mom and Mom New York Times Sunday Magazine, October 24th 2004. Profiles adult COLAGEr Ry Russo-Young and her family as well as featuring interviews with many COLAGE adults such as former Director, Stefan Lynch and current Executive Director, Beth Teper.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/24/magazine/24KIDS.html
At Home in Two Worlds Newsweek, October 18th, 2004 Written by an adult COLAGEr, this article shares the stories of many youth from the COLAGE Speak Out Program as they participated in Ptown Family Week.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6214023/site/newsweek/
More and more American children are growing up with same-sex parents US News and World Report, May 24th, 2004.
New family snapshot Jessie Voors, member of the COLAGE Board of Directors and her moms are featured in: "New family snapshot" an article in the Journal Gazette of Fort Wayne, IN. April 3rd, 2005.
The Kids Are Alright: Growing Up with Gay Parents Choice! The online magazine of Planned Parenthood. This article features four members of the COLAGE Speak Out program sharing their experiences as children of LGBT parents. Orson Morrison and Jessie Voors (members of the COLAGE Board of Directors), Jesse Carr, COLAGE Staff Member and Erinne Kovi reflect on their experiences and a new study confirming that there are no differences in the well-adjustment of kids of LGBT parents to those of their peers with straight parents.
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