My mom is gay. But it took me a long time to say those words out loud.

I’m in the closet.

It wasn’t my choice.

What is normal?

Hello, my name is Hannah Crowe-Cumella. I am going to tell you a story of my life. Not just the typical story about a girl with…

My father, Jessica

Nine months ago, my fiance told me that he had seen my dad posting under a different Facebook name. “Jessica”. I thought it…

My First Family Week

I found COLAGE last summer. I had started writing my memoir and wanted to get more involved in advocacy work. I looked online and found Family Equality Council and COLAGE. After a little research I decided to get involved with both.

A Queer-Raised Teacher:

Born in ’93, I am the queer child of two gay mothers. To understand what it was like growing up with two moms it is useful to keep in mind the political landscape of the USA and the Pacific NorthWest. While my mother was pregnant our state, Oregon, was debating Ballot Measure 9…

Fall is in now in full force, and as we gear up for the end of the year, I am reflecting on family and growing up with COLAGE. Growing up with young lesbian parents in 80's Houston, Texas, I didn’t know any families that looked like mine.

For a long time, I referred to one of my parents as my aunt or my mom’s roommate…

My Life, My Dad, and the Theory

A couple days ago, I learned the theory of Cognitive Dissonance through a dry and dense Communication Theory textbook. The theory states that when we experience the world, we often want to be consistent in what we believe we are, and what we actually do. Although the theory…

Finding my community

I’m Natalie and I’m an author and advocate for LGBTQ families. I’m an Idaho native but struggled with living in a closeted gay family in such a conservative state. So I left home at eighteen and moved to New York for college.