Welcome 2026

Another year has just passed by - hopefully many of our rainbow families had a good 2025. Family understandings and acceptance of all family members started or continued successfully. We warmly welcome all families and friends that willingly reach out and maybe learn new information or continue enriching their knowledge and awareness of their personal family members. Family friendship and acceptance is God’s desire for all of His families. Explore the many bible activities where Jesus lovingly reached and accepted all folks he connected with. He never judged anyone no matter what they did or believed.

If you are a family that is still struggling with understanding and accepting a family rainbow member welcome to 2026 where you can connect with Kinship Families and Friends to ask valuable questions - connect with other families in an open and safe area to ask any questions and explore all ideas - feel accepted and safe as you each explore and learn valuable information. None of us can walk in your shoes - we can lovingly walk beside you as each of you discover valuable information and facts regarding our real rainbow world.  

Carolyn and I were very naive when we helped our gay son come out of his closet. Fortunately we became aware of that possibility and were able to research and understand better the gay part of our human rainbow. So when he did come home for Christmas we were comfortable asking him directly if he was gay - then standing up and hugging him when he said “Yes”. He was our son and we loved him very much. We did not want him rejected or excluded from his family. We often share with family members about being naive. We all believe what we’ve learned from our parents, grandparents, teachers, and pastors. It’s OK to realize they shared what they knew and believed. We had to help ourselves learn, understand and adjust our own beliefs and understandings.  

We humans enjoy focusing on each year - each trip around our sun. Humankind has lived thousands of years but still celebrates the end of one year cycle and the beginning of the next year cycle. We can adjust and shift our goals for “our” new year. We can overcome challenges and actually start over if we’ve been struggling with a rainbow experience within our personal lives. Carolyn and I are very comfortable believing over half the families around the world have a rainbow family member. It may not just be a son or daughter, it could be a grandson or granddaughter, maybe a niece or nephew - even a brother or sister. Detailed research on almost 500,000 genetic databases discovered almost 59% of that data showed genetic possibility for a personal rainbow sexuality. It is not a decision someone makes, it is the real condition of their personal mental wiring for sexuality and personality. None of us chose our sexuality or personal desires - our brains were wired very early in our development - around 5 months before we were born.  

So if your family or a family you know are trying to understand what and how to support and accept their family member you and they are welcome to connect with us. We are very happy to listen and share valuable information for you and they to research and consider. Our personal growth and adjustments didn’t happen overnight. We had to listen, read, and discuss new ideas and information to help make our own personal decisions regarding our son. We will not tell you what is right or wrong - instead we will help you discover what is the best actions and reactions you will feel comfortable doing.  

All rainbow folks deeply enjoy being accepted and understood. So welcome 2026 - may many families continue to learn, understand, and lovingly accept their own family member(s).  

Many hugs to all - Carolyn and I look forward to connecting with you and your family.  

Carolyn & John Wilt,

Kinship Families & Friends

families-friends@sdakinship.org