“ My partner, Mike, is staying at home to take care of our son. Since we are new to the area, I thought this would be a good way for him (and maybe me as well) to network with other stay at home parents in San Jose. ”

“ My partner and I are looking for lesbian couples who have children or are expecting like ourselves. It is hard to find good friends in todays society, at least without the drama. We are drama free and would like to find friends the same. ”

“ My partner and I have been seeking a group of lesbian and gay parents that are friendly to adoption or have adopted children. ”

“ Hello my name is Jessica. I am an organizer for three meetup groups in the Portland area. I have a great interest in crafts and art, including crochet and beadwork. I am involved in many 12-step endeavors and I'm looking forward to meeting everyone. ”

“ My partner and I moved to Oregon Sept 07. We have 6 kids (3 birth-3yr, 19yr & 21 yr old, 3 adopted- 10yr, 13yr & 13 yr). It's a tough transition moving to a new state, we'd like to meet people that share similar family values w/o societal hangups ”

“ I am hoping to move to the Portland area and start a family with my partner in the next couple of years. I think this would be of use to me for socialzing as a parent and in the future for children to know other children of gays. ”

“ i want to meet new people and learn new things. My name is Leesha and my email is Tweetypie1029@yahoo.com lets meet some time. ”

“ We want these local Meetups because we want our baby to meet other kids with families like ours! Our daughter is 3 months old and very excited to learn about the world! ”

“ I want these local Meetups because it's always fun to meet new people interested in similiar stuff. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because We gain perspective through diversity, and abolish ignorance with overstanding. Plus Im new to area. ”

“ I want local Rainbow Family Meetups because I won't be able to make it to the gathering this year. ”

“ I want meetups for a wide variety of reasons: to help bring Hemp to greater prominence in the Local and National consciousness; to participate with interfaith movements in town; and to build friendships and networks with progressive folks in town. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I want to meet other families like ours. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because they showed me kindness and fed me at the hempfest. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I'm looking for couples to get to know here in Portland. We are new to Ptown from Cali and I miss my gay, alternative, open-minded friends. I NEED TO MEET SOME PARENTS! :) ”

“ I want these local Meetups because We will be travelin and working in the area. We have been on the road for awhile and miss our people. We will be working in Oregon over the next few months. ”

“ We are interested in becoming part of a lesbian community in our new home of Portland (we are Seattle transplants). ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I liked to talk and learn about other GLTB issues and compare ”

“ I want local String Cheese Incident Meetups because I would feel more connected to the folks who also dig good music ”

“ Hi I'm a stay at home Mom of 2 daughters 2 1/2 & 10 1/2. I would like to meet other Mom's E-mail me @ carebales@comcast.net We would love to meet other faimlies, just don't want to pay the fee :) ”

“ I want local Barefoot Meetups because I would like to meet other people who enjoy being barefoot as much (or even more) as I do. ”