Love Makes a Family was a non-profit advocacy and assistance organization of families headed by

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people, and their friends, working for equal marriage and family rights in the

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. It was also the name of a former organization in

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that disbanded in 2009 after achieving its aims.

Oregon

Love Makes a Family, Inc. was founded in 1992 by Bonnie Tinker as an outgrowth of the making of a video of the same name on lesbian and gay

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families, and incorporated in 1993 in connection with opposition to

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on the part of "a racially diverse group of sexual minorities in

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and Southwest

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." It is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Its activities began in support of families, with support groups for parents and children and then a talk show with Tinker on a Christian right-wing radio station, KKEY, a newsletter, a schools committee to speak with students and teachers, and increasing political activity. Based on Tinker's view that "meaningful social change doesn’t take place with 50 percent plus one, but rather when communities are transformed," the group also has booths at the Oregon State Fair for marriage equality and for non-violence, and continues Tinker's "Open Hearts and Minds" workshop since her death in an accident in July 2009.

Connecticut

Love Makes a Family of Connecticut or Love Makes a Family (Connecticut), Inc. was founded in 1999 as a coalition of organizations and individuals working for equal marriage rights for same-sex couples in Connecticut, using community education, grassroots organizing and legislative advocacy and lobbying. Founded by five statewide organizations to pass a co-parent adoption law, it succeeded in 2000 in that and also in defeating a " Defense of Marriage Act", and therefore instead of disbanding, incorporated and made the legalization of gay marriage its new goal. After that goal was achieved, in November 2009 it dissolved and donated its records to the

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.Guide to the Love Makes a Family Records
accessed April 12, 2011.

References

External links

Love Makes a Family main page
archived at the

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Love Makes a Family (Connecticut) main page
at the Internet Archive
Love Makes a Family: Gay Parents in the 90's
by Daniel Veltri, Remco Kobus & Marla Leech (1991) at Fanlight Productions
Guide to the Love Makes a Family Records
Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library
Bonnie Tinker Papers, 1963-2009
held b
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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Oregon

Connecticut

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