Center Families

04/03/2026

NEXT WEEK!!! MOLGBTQA Next's Community Connect

MOLGBTQA Community Connect – Finance & Housing
April 7th – 1:00 – 4:00 PM
The DC LGBTQ+ Community Center / 1827 Wiltberger Street, NW

Celebrate National Financial Literacy Month and Fair Housing Month with MOLGBTQA and partner DC Government agencies at a special Finance & Housing Community Connect! DC agencies and community partners are joining forces to share tools that strengthen financial wellness, expand housing knowledge, and support our LGBTQ+ residents in building secure, joyful futures.

What you can tap into: LGBTQ+‑inclusive resources for budgeting, credit building, and knowing your fair housing rights. Easy-to-use guides that highlight supportive services and protections for LGBTQ+ residents. Community events where you can connect with affirming financial and housing support programs Join us to learn, connect, and uplift DC’s LGBTQ+ community. Let’s build power—and prosperity—together.

INFORMATION
https://thedccenter.org/molgbtq-community-connect-finance-housing/

05/28/2019

Join us tomorrow night (5/29) to learn more about Foster Care & Adoption in DC with thedccenter.org/events/fosterandadoption

If you love kids and/or have thought about becoming a host, foster, respite, or foster-to-adopt family, then this event is for you! Come learn about the DC child welfare system, the need for LGBT-f…

05/22/2019

LGBT Families are invited to Camp Rehoboth's Family Pride Weekend. FInd out more at: thedccenter.org/events/familiespride

Join the annual beach gathering! This popular family-friendly event offers a chance to make new friends and lasting connections! The weekend kicks off with a much-needed Parents Night Out with baby…

04/30/2019

Join us on May 29th for Foster Parent & Adoption Information Night! thedccenter.org/events/fosterandadoption

01/07/2019

Is your family interested in being part of a Girl Scout chapter at the DC Center? Let us know. Find out more here: thedccenter.org/girlscoutinterest

11/28/2018

Join Rainbow Families and The DC Center today (11/28) at 7PM for Foster Parent and Adoption Information Night: tinyurl.com/rainbowfamiliesnight

10/15/2018

Three friends consider having a child and building family together in the Opening Night Screening 'Anchor and Hope' thedccenter.org/events/anchorandhope

04/30/2018

Seeking more information and connections on a path forward?

Then, you do not want to miss the opportunity to attend the 2018 Rainbow Families conference. The conference will feature several workshops with expert presenters and panelists to provide information and to answer your questions on your paths to parenthood. Plus, you'll have the resource fair at your finger tips to talk one on one to representatives from DMV area agencies and providers.

Register Today! Advanced registration closes this Wednesday, May 2: http://www.rainbowfamilies.org/event-2607891

Paths to Parenthood, Creating Our Families Workshops for Prospective LGBTQ+ Parents:

- Building Your Family Through Surrogacy: Nuts and Bolts
- Getting Pregnant in Your Own Bedroom: A Guide to At-Home Fertility Services
- Donor Conception 101 and Navigating the Emotional Ups and Downs of Donor Conception
- Family Building: Adoption and ART Options Explored
- The ABCs of Domestic Infant Adoption and Healthy Openness with Birth Families
- Fertility 101: Trying To Conceive
- Conversations about Family Building
- Adopting Children with Trauma: Navigating the Older Child Adoption Experience
- Meet Your Child During a Summer Vacation
- The Importance of Finding Permanency for LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care
- Creating Legal Relationships with Children, With and Without Marriage

The adult registration fee listed below includes continental breakfast, opening session, a full day of workshops, lunch and ice cream social. The Kids' Camp registration fee includes continental breakfast, a full day of age-appropriate activities, lunch and ice cream social. Registration fees are no...

04/29/2018

Rainbow Families hosts its 2018 Family Conference and Gathering at Georgetown Day High School (4200 Davenport St., N.W.) on Saturday, May 5 from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

Virginia Del. Danica Roem (D-Manassas) and Maryland gubernatorial candidate Richard S. Madaleno Jr. (seen here) will be the conference’s keynote speakers. There will be workshops and panels focused on LGBT family planning and parenting. Workshops will include Paths to Parenthood, Creating Families; Educating Our Children, Welcoming Schools; Raising Our Children, Parenting and Healthy Families and more.

Roem, Madaleno are guest speakers for May 5 event

04/28/2018

“Existing in the world as an LGBTQ individual can be an effort-filled and radical act. Added into these layers, becoming a parent can be even more of a challenging endeavor to navigate. Sara Benson, a parent of two, shares, “Being an LGBTQ family brings its own challenges—firstly how do you even go about becoming a parent? Then once you are a parent, how do you figure out the legal issues or best school choices for your family? My wife and I wanted resources and the ability to find affirming spaces where we could meet other parents, and where our kids could see families that reflect ones that look like their own.”

Starting or having a family is hard, especially when you are LGBTQ+. To help, Rainbow Families has created spaces to help these families and couples navigate the extra challenges and build communities around these who need them.

04/15/2018

ENDS TODAY! Kids Camp and COLAGE Registration at the 2018 Conference.

Early registration rates for adults ends today as well!