Resource Directory

Summer Abel (she/her)

Summer Abel is an attorney in Offit Kurman's Family Law Practice Group, based in the firm's Bethesda, Maryland office. She offers a comprehensive range of family law services, including divorce and separation agreements, child custody and support, spousal support, property division, pre-marital and post-marital agreements, and adoption/assisted reproductive technology (ART) services. As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, Summer is passionate about supporting families of all types. She recognizes the unique challenges each family faces and leverages her personal and professional experiences to guide clients through these challenges, aiming to achieve the best possible outcomes.

Lee Carpenter (he/him)

Lee Carpenter is an attorney in the Baltimore office of Offit Kurman. He provides estate‑planning services tailored to same‑sex couples and other LGBTQ+ community members. When speaking with clients, Lee strives to create a welcoming space where people from all backgrounds can feel comfortable discussing their legal needs. He prepares wills, powers of attorney, advance medical directives, and trusts to address the unique concerns of LGBTQ+ families and individuals. Lee also counsels couples on the legal implications of marriage, including whether a prenuptial agreement may be advisable. When a loved one has died, Lee can help simplify the probate process and help administer the estate.

Maria Bates Law PLLC

Rahni Jenkins (she/her)

The Geller Law Group is an exclusively women-owned and operated law firm delivering high-quality legal services while emphasizing a healthy work-life balance for employees and giving back to the community. GLG attorneys apply a big firm work ethic and mandate for high quality with small firm, affordable rates. The firm’s small size also lends itself to the personal and prompt service one expects from their legal counsel. Whether we are helping a client navigate the challenges of separation and divorce, creating end-of-life documents for parents, assisting LGBTQIA+ individuals with adoptions, or advising a young minority entrepreneur in starting his/her own business, our clients’ happiness and successes are what motivate our team.

Lynn R. Levitan (she/her)

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Sogand Zamani (she/her)

Hostetter Strent LLC

Jessica Vinnik is an attorney with Hostetter Strent LLC, a boutique family law firm which represents clients in prenuptial and post-nuptial agreements, divorce, property distribution, alimony, custody, and child support. Jessica represents clients both in an out of court, is also collaboratively trained, and believes that an effective family law attorney must combine technical prowess with genuine empathy. Jessica identifies as queer, has worked with LGBTQ+ families throughout her career, and is adept at and passionate about supporting diverse clients with diverse issues.

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Hatch Egg Donation & Surrogacy

Hatch is an all-inclusive agency specializing in egg donation and surrogacy, dedicated to helping all families, including LGBTQ+ individuals, achieve their dreams of parenthood. With over 30 years of experience, we offer personalized, compassionate support and expert guidance throughout every step of the family-building journey. Our team’s unique expertise comes from personal connections to the fertility space, with many members having been surrogates or intended parents themselves. Through our rigorous matching process, we pair intended parents with highly screened, exceptional egg donors and surrogates who are excited to help bring your dream of family to life.

Family Forward Surrogacy

Simple Surrogacy, LLC

Simple Surrogacy is an independently owned Surrogacy Agency based in Texas. As an industry leader, fully licensed and bonded, with over 23 years of experience, Simple Surrogacy is proud to offer our built in success guarantee at no additional cost. We were founded on one simple principle: to provide our clients with the highest standard of care in the surrogacy industry at an affordable price. Owned and operated by all women, our agency offers a fully rounded knowledge of the experience from an insider’s perspective as all staff and owners are surrogates or donors or parents through surrogacy.

Growing Generations

Creative Family Connections

Simple Steps Fertility Surrogacy and Egg Donation

International Fertility Insurance

IFI (International Fertility Insurance) is here to support you intended parents throughout the surrogacy or fertility journey. We specialize in surrogate maternity, newborn, and egg donor and surrogate complications coverage designed specifically for these unique paths to parenthood.

Our team helps you understand your options, manage medical costs and billing, and protect you from unexpected financial risk, so you can move forward with clarity, confidence, and peace of mind as you focus on welcoming your baby.

Seattle Sperm Bank

CryoGam Colorado

CCRM Fertility

Katie Shannon, CNM (she/her)

Dandelion Counseling & Care

Soul Soil Healing

Therapists at Soul Soil Healing aim to partner with clients in healing the soil where their souls are planted and rooted.
We provide trauma-informed, decolonial, ecology-informed healing services to diverse communities in the Baltimore, MD (in-person or virtually) and broader Maryland (virtually), including children, adolescents, and adults, individuals, couples/polycules & families.
We offer queer and trans-centered care, are polyam/ENM-affirming, neurodiversity-affirming, disability justice oriented and celebrate bodies of all sizes and shapes.

Soul Bird Consulting

Soul Bird Consulting supports families, educators, and human service professionals in understanding how safety, stress, and connection live in the body; and how to work with that, not against it. Through trauma-responsive workshops, coaching, and experiential programming rooted in Polyvagal Theory, we help people build the tools they need to show up more fully for the people they love and serve. We believe every family deserves a framework that sees their nervous system; not just their behavior.

David A. Heilman, Psy.D. (he/him)

David A. Heilman, Psy.D., is a licensed psychologist in private practice serving LGBTQ+ individuals, couples, and families in the District of Columbia and via telehealth. He works with adults navigating relationships, parenting, identity development, life transitions, and the emotional complexities that can come with building and sustaining a family. His approach is warm, affirming, and depth oriented, integrating evidence based therapies to help clients feel more connected, grounded, and fully themselves. As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, he is especially passionate about supporting parents and partners in creating resilient, loving family systems.

Gender and Autism Program/Children's National Hospital

Integrative Therapy of Greater Washington, LLC

Integrative Therapy of Greater Washington (ITGW) was co-founded by Julie Bindeman, PsyD, and Nanci Brown, LCSW-C, nearly 20 years ago, with the belief that our nervous systems are designed to heal and sometimes need guidance to do so. Our team works with individuals and couples throughout the lifespan, both in-person in our Rockville office or virtually within the DMV. One specialty area is reproductive health, where we help others grow their families through supportive therapy, intended parents consultations, and donor and/or gestational carrier evaluations.

Julie Mitchell LPC

Pride Therapy DC

Lavender Therapy

Lennie Naughton (they/them)

LGBT+ Counseling Collaborative

Lisan Martin Therapy

A long time resident of the DC metro area and licensed in DC, MD and VA, I provide services to clients both virtually and in person at my office in Cabin John, Maryland. For over 35 years, I have helped individuals, couples and families cope with the challenges in their lives including: anxiety, depression, bereavement, relationship Issues, infertility, pregnancy loss & postpartum mood disorders, LGBTQ+ relationship issues and family building, and parenting issues. I also provide clinical supervision to mental health professionals and present workshops on parenting and infertility topics.

Georgetown University / Early Childhood Innovation Network

Wild Feather Counseling

Mr. Jay: Betrayal Trauma Practitioner & Relationship Coach

The Barker Adoption Foundation

The Barker Adoption Foundation, founded in 1945, is a licensed nonprofit agency serving Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D C with a commitment to ethical child centered adoption practices. We provide lifelong services for everyone in the adoption constellation, including domestic, international, and older child adoption, as well as no cost pregnancy counseling and extensive post adoption support. Barker is deeply rooted in values of inclusiveness, compassion, and integrity, ensuring that all families, diverse in structure, culture, race, orientation, and identity, are warmly supported. With more than 8000 children placed and tens of thousands served, Barker continues to build families with respect and care.

Licensed adoption agency in DC, MD and VA and hold Hague accreditation for international adoption.

Gift of Adoption Fund

Gift of Adoption is the largest provider of adoption assistance grants awarded without regard to race, religion, age, marital status, gender, or sexual orientation. Grants of up to $15,000 are awarded to qualified applicants to remove financial barriers and make possible the adoptions of children in vulnerable circumstances in the U.S. and around the world. Gift of Adoption provides grants to complete domestic and international adoptions and relative/kinship adoptions. There is no application deadline. Visit https://giftofadoption.org/apply-for-a-grant/ for complete information.

Concord Hill School

Concord Hill School is an independent early childhood school in Chevy Chase, Maryland, serving children ages 3 through Grade 3. Our expert faculty deliver a developmentally informed, intentionally designed curriculum that nurtures foundational academic skills, social-emotional growth, and a lifelong love of learning. As a community grounded in DEIC principles and anti-bias education, we empower children to develop empathy, perspective-taking, and a strong sense of belonging. With small class sizes, a warm environment, and deep family partnerships, Concord Hill is a place where every child is known, supported, and encouraged to thrive.

Cultural Care Au Pair

Jovie (Nannies and Sitters)

Eddie Suarez

Frank Snodgrass | TTR Sotheby’s international Realty

I am a Vice President and Global Real Estate Advisor with TTR Sotheby’s International Realty, serving clients across Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia. With over 20 years of experience and deep roots in the DC community, I guide buyers and sellers through every step of the process with care, strategy, and discretion. I specialize in helping clients navigate competitive markets, identify off-market opportunities, and make confident real estate decisions. As a proud supporter of Rainbow Families, I am committed to serving LGBTQ+ individuals and families with professionalism, respect, and a strong sense of community.

Brandon Clark - Toler Financial Group

Hazel Toler - Toler Financial Group

Andrew C. Gillick, Interiors

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The Siena School

The Siena School prepares bright, college-bound students with language-based learning differences, such as dyslexia, in grades 3-12, to become confident, curious learners who understand their personal strengths and gain the tools and strategies to excel.

To accomplish this mission, The Siena School:

Focuses on individual student learning strengths and gifts;
Ensures highly individualized and personalized instructional attention;
Employs research-based and multisensory instructional techniques;
Provides appropriate curricular accommodations and adaptations to allow all students to access a rigorous curriculum of high standards; and
Uses the very best research, resources, strategies, and staff to be a national model for educating students with language-based learning differences.

McLean School

Maret School

Maret’s dynamic community and campus in the midst of Washington, DC, create a unique learning environment for students from kindergarten through twelfth grade. Expert teachers inspire students to think both creatively and analytically, seek out multiple perspectives, work hard, and make time for joy as they tackle our challenging curriculum and explore artistic and athletic pursuits. The school’s mission, core values, and educational philosophy ground and guide our work as we build community that is equitable and inclusive.

Washington Episcopal School

National Cathedral School

AllPaths Family Building

AllPaths Family Building celebrates and supports the diverse paths that people take to try to grow their families and works to removing barriers to accessing these paths. We offer inclusive peer support groups, unbiased resources, and compassionate advocacy to help people feel seen, informed, and empowered.

Our values center around inclusivity, equity, reproductive autonomy, emotional support, and unbiased information. We believe that no one should have to walk their family building journey alone.

Wanda Alston Foundation

One By One Postpartum

Sage Midwifery, PLLC

The Postpartum Collective

Speech With Zoe PLLC

Zoe Aquilino, MS, CCC-SLP (she/her) is a licensed, ASHA certified, and Hanen More Than Words® certified speech-language pathologist specializing in early intervention for children ages birth to 4 years old. She serves children and their families in Washington DC & Prince George's County, MD.

Zoe is committed to holistic, identity-affirming, and family-centered care. She has expertise in Autism, Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC), Gestalt Language Processing (GLP), Late Talking, Speech Sound Disorders, Stuttering, and more.

Zoe has extensive training in parent and caregiver coaching. She empowers families to take a leading role in their child's development.

Zoe provides play-based, child-led, and strengths-focused speech-language assessments and therapy in the natural home or child care environment. She will come to you!

Loving the Fourth Trimester Postpartum Doula Services

Owl's Nest Farm

Tom Tracy Books

License: National LGBT Chamber of Commerce certified; NJ certified LGBT Business Enterprise; NJ Pride Chamber of Commerce member

LGBTQ+ inclusive kids books written by an award-winning author who is a gay dad of two. Tom and his husband built their family through private, domestic, open, transracial adoption. His family and their experiences serve as the inspiration for Tom's books. Tom is also a licensed clinical social worker. Tom is also available for speaker engagements and workshop/training facilitations.

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