Join us for our BIGGEST event of the year! We will have a full day of activities for you and your family with clowns, face painters, jumps, slides, climbing wall and good food.

Registration information is available at www.thecentersd.org/familyBBQ. For now just save the date and tell your extended family. This is a great event to bring Grandma & Grandpa to so they can show off their grandkids and meet other families like theirs.

The Center & Family Matters to offer an Educational Forum for LGBT Parents

Join Dr. Heather Berberet as she speaks to us about improving the self-esteem of our children. This discussion will take place on Wed., September 19th from 6-8pm at The Center, 3909 Centre St .

Dr. Berberet will help us improve our children's self esteem. She will teach us how we feel about our own self esteem impacts our children, and how to improve our self esteem and how to mirror positive self esteem to our kids.

The meeting is free and open to the public. Child care will be provided if required, by registering by Mon., September 17th. For more information or to request child care, please contact Marci Bair at (619) 692-2077, ext. 121 or at mbair@thecentersd.org.

Join other LGBT individuals & families as well as supportive friends of the community and businesses for the "4th Annual Gay Day in South Bay" in beautiful Otay Ranch in Chula Vista. This is a "mini-Pride" event for the South Bay area residents and business owners - from National City to Imperial Beach - come on OUT and meet your neighbors!

This is a beautiful park and there will be FREE entertainment for you and your kids and a variety of food vendors and other booths to visit and support.

For those who wish for more information on this event or if you are a business owner and would like a vendor table there are the following additional recources:
Flyer for Gay Day in South Bay
Information for Vendors

For more Information about the South Bay Alliance check out their website www.SouthBayAlliance.net

Register now - this event will sell out!
Family Pride in the Desert
7th Annual Gathering for LGBT Families Friday,
Oct. 5 & Sunday, Oct. 7, 2007 - Palm Springs, California

Theres no better way to spend Columbus Day Weekend than with other LGBT families at the beautiful Shiloh Inn Suites Hotel in Palm Springs, CA! Join us in the desert again this October for an exciting and family-friendly weekend! This year's special events include

Sound like a dream? Make it a reality! To register you family for this event, and for information about accommodations, please visit Family Pride at this link to Register for Palm Springs Here!
* Be sure to book your room ASAP the rooms will sell out.
We will list other hotels near by once the Shilo sells out. Sponsored by Family Pride. In collaboration with the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's Family Services Program, The Pop Luck Club, Family Matters/The San Diego LGBT Community Center and COLAGE. Funded in part by First 5 LA for children 0-5 and their families

We hope you and your kids had a great time at The Children's Garden at the Pride Fesitval. This was the first year that Family Matters produced The Children's Garden and we had a blast. Thank you to all of the volunteers that helped us over the weekend!

A big Thank You to all of our Sponsors, especially the Imperial Court de San Diego and City Commissioner Nicole Murray-Ramirez for supporting The Children's Garden for the last 15 years!

Sat., Oct 13th - The 34th Annual Center Gala - 6-11 pm

Sat., Oct. 27th - Nightmare on Normal Street & The Family Matters Halloween Carnival & Costume Contest

Check out The whole LGBT Community Calendar OurLGBTevents.org to stay connected

Check out our website and the calendar for when and where each of the playgroups meet. This is a great way to connect with parents with kids your same age or your area of town.

Photo of "Big Kid" Playgroup at Balboa Park