About Us

Mission

Rainbow Families Action is a group of parents of trans youth and their allies in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. We came together in response to increased attacks on trans youth. Rainbow Families Action builds a world where trans and gender expansive youth can live authentically and freely. We engage in collective advocacy, mutual aid, and creative action.

Values

We act with an audacious love that uplifts and fights for the liberation of queer and gender-expansive families.

We build a fierce community that creates opportunities to collaborate and act.

We stand resolute because the joy, health, and safety of trans and gender-expansive children is non-negotiable.

Vision

RFA envisions a joyful world full of radical empathy and acceptance of all genders.

Read more about how you can support trans youth and their families or contact us at: info@rainbowfamiliesaction.org

RFA in the News

  • 12/9/25 - The San Francisco Standard

    Trans kids lose lifeline: NorCal’s largest hospital to end gender-affirming care

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  • 12/9/25 - KALW

    Sutter Health to discontinue gender-affirming care for people younger than 19

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  • 12/8/25 — San Francisco Chronicle

    Parents protest Sutter’s retreat on gender-affirming care for transgender teens

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  • 12/5/25 — Bay City News / SFGate

    Gender-affirming care for minors Is legally protected in California. So why are major healthcare providers ending it?

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  • 11/26/25 - KQED

    ‘It’s Just Cruel’: Bay Area parents say Sutter Health to halt trans youth care

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  • 7/29/25 - Erin in the Morning

    Devastating Blows to Trans Care at Kaiser, Yale & Others

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  • 7/25/25 - KTVU

    Kaiser pauses gender-affirming surgery for minors

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  • 7/24/2025 - KRON

    Kaiser pauses gender-affirming surgeries for patients under 19 years old

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  • 7/24/25 - KQED

    Kaiser to Stop Gender-Affirming Surgeries for Minors, Leaving Trans Kids With Fewer Options

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  • 7/23/25 - SF Standard

    ‘A huge betrayal’: Parents fume as Kaiser ends gender-affirming surgeries for kids

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  • 7/11/25 - The Guardian

    Trans youth fight for care as California clinics cave to Trump: ‘How can this happen here?’

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  • 4/1/25 - KQED

    LGBTQ Activists Rally at Newsom’s Home, Demand Stronger Trans Rights Commitment

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  • 4/1/25 - Marin Independent Journal

    Kentfield demonstrators protest Newsom position on transgender athletes

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