Brian Kaufman & Martin Swinger Who Are We? Dr. Brian Kaufman is a retired Industrial Psychologist with 25 years’ experience teaching Diversity courses and facilitating Gay/Straight Alliances (GSA’s) for college and community groups. Martin Swinger is a Nationally Awarded singer/songwriter/arts educator who worked for 20 years leading songwriting activities at all school levels (often with a theme of bullying). He was a songwriting workshop leader several years for the Maine Civil Rights Teams Annual Conference. As life-partners for 35 years, Brian and Martin have championed and encourag ..read more

RAINBOW QUEST! meets every criterion for what a board game should be! In his paper, MDA: A Formal Approach to Game Design and Game Research, Marc LeBlanc describes the “Eight Kinds of Fun” as essential elements for designing a successful and enjoyable gaming experience. He calls these eight kinds of fun Sensation, Fantasy, Narrative, Challenge, Fellowship, Discovery, Expression and Submission. RAINBOW QUEST! delights LGBTQ+ players with all eight kinds of fun. 1. Sensation. RAINBOW QUEST! is glossy, sparkly, colorful, and durable. It looks good, it feels fun, and looks like what we often c ..read more

How do children learn the alphabet? By singing it. How do they learn the value and importance of respect and diversity? Is there a song for that? There can be. RAINBOW QUEST! songwriting workshops are made possible through your tax-deductible donations to sponsor them. In better times most schools allocated funding to provide artists-in-residence programs to allow students to co-write songs to sing about any topic in the curriculum. With school budgets leaner than ever, such programs have been drastically curtailed. Your tax-deductible donations can bring back these uplifting and sound pedag ..read more

Now that including LGBTQ+ history has become law in several states, teachers are charged with the tasks of guiding students to develop civic competence, be participants in the learning process while making informed decisions for the public good as citizens of a democratic society in an interdependent world. Students must celebrate the diversity of similarities and differences in culture and personal expression among people – all inside a 45 minute per class time-frame. That’s a lot to ask of teachers and a lot to ask of students’ developing brains. Simple as Opening a Box to Play Scientifi ..read more

When we began developing RAINBOW QUEST! several years ago, we imagined our game to be a dependable programming activity for Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) and community support groups. We didn’t realize that states would begin to include LGBTQ+ culture and history to their school curriculum contents, and we are thrilled for so many reasons. Some Topics are Uncomfortable As a long-time educator, I know that even when there are topics I am personally excited to teach, I’m not always comfortable doing so. As an openly gay professor of psychology and human development, any time topics of ..read more