For support group information for families with adopted African American and Biracial children, contact: Vicki Byard 773-583-3080 e-mail: v-byard@neiu.edu or Dana Welte (northwest suburbs) 847-695-0361 email: danashan@ameritech.net

For kids ages 9 through high school (and beyond) with LGBT parents: Contact COLAGE (Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere) -- a support and advocacy group run by and for daughters and sons of LGBT parents. COLAGE has newsletters, local groups, email lists, national conferences, pen pals and more. Find out more at http://www.colage.org

Contact: Julene Gaglianoat Julene76@aol.com and Tiffany Goebel Goebel1@msn.com or phone 847-360-0664.