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Resources for LGBT families and parents, or those interested in expanding their families.

Camp Ten Trees
(206) 288-9568
A nonprofit organization offering residential summer camp sessions in the Pacific Northwest, featuring one week for LGBTQA youth (ages 13-17) and one week for children/youth (ages 8-17) of LGBTQ or non-traditional families.

Families Like Ours
1-877-230-3055
Families Like Ours is a nonprofit family adoption exchange that provides a gateway to adoption-foster programs, resources, education, advocacy, and placement agencies that work with all families without judgment of their family structure.

Gay Fathers Association of Seattle
The Gay Fathers Association of Seattle (GFAS) was formed in order to provide a safe forum and environment for gay or bisexual fathers. In a supportive group setting, they meet to assist each other in working out issues such as parenting, coming out, relationships with wives, children, families, friends and partners.

Maybe Baybe
For LGBT people who might want to be parents.

PFLAG
(206) 325-7724
PFLAG provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity. Keeping families together is the mission of PFLAG.

Rainbow Families of Puget Sound
The mission of Rainbow Families of Puget Sound is to help GLBT families in the Puget Sound region to form strong community ties and spend time with other families like their own. Rainbow Families now has a Yahoo! message board that can be found here for their latest news and updates.