EAST BAY RESOURCES FOR PARENTS & FAMILY MEMBERS

• PFLAG National 
  1726 Main St. NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036
  Phone:  202/467-8180
  Website:  www.pflag.org
  Email:  info@pflag.org
  Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays is a large national organization with many local chapters. Provides support for LGBTQ people and their families.
• PFLAG Local Chapters:
  • Concord (Rainbow Community Center)  - 925/692-0090
  • Danville/San Ramon  3rd Mon., 7:30 p.m. - 925/831-8172 
    Email:   paulshermanbrown@yahoo.com
• • Diablo Valley/Walnut Creek/Concord
    3rd Tues., 7:30 p.m.  - 925/283-8928
  • Fremont 2nd Tues., 7:30 p.m.   - 510/226-6816
    Email: pflagfremontinfo@aol.com
  • Hayward   - 510/782-5462
  • Oakland/East Bay 4th Tues. 7:30 p.m.  - 510/562-7692
    Email:  EBOakPFLAG@aol.com
  • Rossmoor  2^nd Wed., 3:00pm - 925/945-1667
  • San Francisco    2nd Sun., 2:00 p.m.  - 415/921-8850
    Email:   PFLAGSF@aol.com
    Website:  www.pflagsf.org
  • Oakland - 510/562-7692
  • San Jose - 408/270-8182
• Rainbow Community Center   
  3024 Willow Pass Rd., Ste. 200, Concord, CA 94519
  Phone:  925/692-0090
  Website:  www.rainbowcc.org
  Email:  rcc@rainbowcc.org
  
• Pacific Center for Human Growth    
  2712 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705           
  Phone:  510/548-8283
  Website:  www.pacificcenter.org
  Email:  info@pacificcenter.or
• Parent Group for Gender Variant and Transgender Children
  Children's Hospital, Oakland, CA
  Stephanie Brill, facilitator
  family@genderodyssey.com
• Somos Familia
  Phone: 510/685-2260 (Mirna) or 510/872-3683 (Laurin)
  Email: somosfamiliabay@hotmail.com
  Somos Familia is the only organization oriented to Latino families seeking support for their children who are LGBTQ. The group was started by two mothers to extend support to other families with similar experiences.
• Rainbow Flag Health Services And Sperm Bank 
  933 Central Ave., Alameda, CA 94501-
  Ph: 510-521-7737
  Email: leland@gayspermbank.com
  Specialty: Health Sperm bank serving the g/l community in SF. Fresh inseminations with known donors.
• Sperm Bank Of California     
  2115 Milvia, #201, Berkeley, CA 94704-1157
  Ph: 510-841-1858 Fax: 510-841-0332
  Email: info@thespermbankofca.org
  Full-service sperm bank serving mostly lesbians.
  Hours: Mon. thru Friday from 9am to 5pm.
  The first and only sperm bank in the United States to operate as a non-profit organization. The mission is to provide services, information and resources to all women and men who choose to create or expand their families through donor insemination and sperm storage. Serving lesbians and single women since 1982. Approximately 75% of clients are single or coupled lesbians. 
  
  

SF BAY AREA RESOURCES FOR PARENTS & FAMILY MEMBERS

• Billy DeFrank Lesbian and Gay Community Center
  408.293.2429;
  www.defrank.org
  Provides community, leadership, advocacy, support and services to the Silicon Valley LGBT  community and their allies. Programs include social activities, youth leadership development, nutritious lunches for seniors, support groups, individual counseling and HIV testing.
• Dimensions (Castro-Mission Health Center Office) 
  3850 17th St., (between Sanchez & Noe Sts.),
  San Francisco, CA
  Phone:  415/487-7589
  Comprehensive health services for Queer and Questioning Youth.  Drop-in or make an appointment.  Open on Thursday from 5-8:00.
• The Diversity Center
  Santa Cruz, CA 
  831.425.5422;
  www.diversitycenter.org
  Offers a drop-in safe space, peer groups, potlucks, job and housing referrals, business and resource information, a lending library and more.
• KidSpace at the Center 
  415.865.5555;
  www.sfcenter.org/kidspace.php
  KidSpace is the San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center’s free, high-quality drop-in childcare service. In addition to childcare on evenings and weekends, KidSpace brings fun and educational programming to the bay area’s LGBT families
• Our Family Coalition
  870 Market St., Suite 872,
  San Francisco, CA 94102
  Phone:  415/981-1960
  Website:   www.ourfamily.org
  Email:  director@ourfamily.org
  Promotes the civil rights and well being of families with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender members through education, advocacy, social networking and grassroots community organizing.
• Pacific Reproductive Services 
  44 DeHaro Street, #222
  San Francisco, CA 94107
  Ph: 415-487-2288
  Hotline: 888-469-5800
  Email: info@pacrepro.com
  Lesbian and gay friendly insemination services.
• Positive Images
  707.568.5830;
  www.posimages.org
  Provides advocacy, support and information to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and questioning youth and young adults age 12 to 25. Its mission is to nurture a positive self image and foster clear understanding of diversity in sexual and gender identity.
• The San Francisco Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Community Center
  415.865.5555;
  www.sfcenter.org
  Home to a dynamic range of organizations and activities that support the needs of LGBT individuals of every race, gender, age, sexuality and socioeconomic status.
• Spectrum Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Concerns 
  415.457.1115;
  www.spectrumlgbtcenter.org 
  Strengthens, mobilizes and serves LGBT and questioning people in Marin and Sonoma counties; promotes acceptance, understanding and full inclusion.
• TransGender San Francisco
  415.839.9448;
  www.tgsf.org
  Provides a safe setting and support services for transgender people and educational materials for the transgender community and the general public.
  
  

 NATIONAL RESOURCES FOR PARENTS & FAMILY MEMBERS

• COLAGE (Children of Lesbians & Gays Everywhere) 
  Phone:  415/861-5437
  Website:  www.colage.org
  Email:  colage@colage.org
  The only national and international organization in the world specifically supporting young people with LGBTQ parents.
• Dottie's Magic Pockets
  www.dottiesmagicpockets.com
  Dottie's Magic Pockets is the first kids' show that features gay and lesbian families - and it is Super-riffic Fun for everyone!  Each zany episode is filled with catchy songs, cute cartoons - like purplish-pink Princess and her two dads - and Dottie's fabulous puppet friends. 
• Family Equality Council
  PO Box 206, Boston, MA 02133Phone: 617/502-8700
  Website: www.familyequalitycouncil.org
  Email: info@familyequality.org
  The Family Equality Council works to ensure equality for LGBT families by building community, changing hearts and minds, and advancing social justice for all families.  Website includes downloadable publications and support resources.
• Family Pride Coalition
  PO Box 65327
  Washington, DC 20035-5327
  202-331-5015
  www.familypride.org
  National organization to provide advocacy and support for LGBT parents and their families.
• Gender Spectrum Family    
  Phone: 1-877-809-4159 (toll free)
  Website: http://www.genderspectrumfamily.org/   
  Email: info@genderspectrumfamily.org
  Gender Spectrum Family is an organization dedicated to the education and support of families raising gender variant, gender non-conforming, gender-fluid, cross gender, and transgender children and adolescents.
• HRC FamilyNet Human Rights Campaign
  1640 Rhode Island Avenue
  Washington, DC 20036
  202-628-4160  
  www.hrc.org
  A resource and online information base for LGBT families sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign.
• TransYouth Family Advocates
  http://imatyfa.org/
  A coalition of parents, friends and caring adults dedicated to educating and raising public awareness about the medical and cultural challenges faced by children with gender variant and gender questioning identities and the families who love them.