Conference & Family Gathering

THANK YOU!

Thank you for a wonderful 2026 Conference & Family Gathering. We hope to see you at our 2027 event!

Rainbow Families 2026 Conference & Family Gathering Program Book

Check out all the wonderful presenters and vendors from our 2026 Conference & Family Gathering.

Featured Keynote Speaker: Jordyn White (she/her)


Beyond DNA: What We Choose to Pass On

Exploring how our lived experiences, identities, and unexamined beliefs shape our parenting - and how we can choose intention, grounding, and growth over fear and reactivity.

KidsCamp

Prospective Parent Workshops:


  • Adoption 101 Learning the ABCs of Building Your Families with Catelyn Slattery (she/her), Foster + Bloom

Family Mental Health Workshops

  • Raising Confident Kids in LGBTQ+ Families: Play, Identity, and Navigating School with Amanda Mesa (she/her) & Somalia Pumphrey (she/her)

  • Feeling All the Feels: How to Effectively Co-Regulate with Your Child with Dr. Tiffany Wicks (she/her)

  • Rooted in Safety: A Trauma-Responsive Lens for LGBTQ+ Families with Sarah Buffie (she/her), Soul Bird Consulting

  • Supporting Interracial Adoptees with Dr. Tony Hynes (he/him), CASE

Justice, Community, & Identity Workshops:

Family Finances Workshops

  • Designing Your Family's Financial Framework: A Workshop for LGBTQ+ Parents with Brandon Clark (he/him), Sophie Toler-Smith (she/her), and Hazel Toler (she/her), Toler Financial Group

  • Navigating the Real Estate Market while LGBTQ+ with Eddie Suarez (he/him), TTR Sotheby's International Realty

QPOCX Lounge

(Queer Parents of Color Connections)

In Rainbow Families’ continued work towards supporting and engaging ALL members of the LGBTQ+ family community, we have committed to supporting a space specifically and intentionally created for BIPOC (Black and Indigenous People of Color) who are parents or prospective parents to connect, recharge, and network with other queer people of color (QPOC). We are excited to offer the QPOCX Lounge for Queer Parents of Color at our conference this year.


Sponsored by
The Lady Clipper



Available all day during Rainbow Families' Conference & Family Gathering.



QPOCX Lounge Flyer

Thank you to our sponsors!

The generosity of the following sponsors listed below not only ensure our conference will be a success, they ensure Rainbow Families can continue to support LGBTQ+ prospective parents, parents, and families. Support those who support us and our community – click on our sponsors’ logos to learn more about what they can offer you and your family. Interested in serving as a sponsor? – email Ted at ted@rainbowfamilies.org.

Green Acres School Logo

Host Sponsor

Thank you to our 2026 Host, Green Acres School located at 11701 Danville Dr. North Bethesda, MD 20852

Champion Sponsors

Friend &
Non-Profit Sponsors