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SPEAK OUT PROGRAM
Speak out about your experiences and make a difference!
COLAGE and the members of our Speak OUT program are a powerful antidote to homophobia, transphobia and intolerance as we use our voices and experiences to raise awareness about the real experiences of people with LGBT parents and counter the attempts to invalidate, demean, or attack our families.
Once you join the Speak OUT program you will receive notice from COLAGE when there are opportunities for you to participate in media advocacy. In each opportunity for media action, YOU will make the decision whether to be filmed, interviewed or photographed. COLAGE also offers - Speak Up! Speak OUT! An activism guide for Youth and Adults with LGBT Parents - the best tool for youth and adults with LGBT parents wishing to engage in making change. With sections on public speaking, media activism, legislative advocacy, school based organizing and more, this guide is an excellent resource and is available for free to members of the COLAGE Speak OUT program. Contact Meredith Fenton, COLAGE Program Director for more information. If you are under the age of 18, you must have permission from your parents, or guardians, to participate in the Speak OUT program. How to join Speak OUT If you are interested in joining the COLAGE Speak Out Program, please send our COLAGE Speak Out Survey to the COLAGE Program Director, Meredith Fenton (see Contact Us for email address) or print it out and mail it to:
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What is the Speak OUT program? In the media whenever there are discussions of LGBT parents, same-sex relationships or marriage it is inevitable that the question, "But what about the children?" will be raised. COLAGE is committed to promoting the voices of youth and adults with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender parents as a response to this question and to promote the visibility of those of us with the unique experience of having one or more LGBT parent. COLAGE receives calls daily from journalists, authors, filmmakers and others who want to talk to folks with LGBT parents. The COLAGE Speak OUT Program provides education, support and training to youth and young adults with LGBT parents to be activists and spokespeople on behalf those of us with LGBT parents. 
