Recent Blog Posts - Family Equality

Parent Power: Stephanie Hazen Speaks at MN’s justFair Lobby Day

Yesterday, hundreds of Minnesotans traveled to their statehouse in St. Paul for OutFront Minnesota’s justFair Lobby Day. This year, OutFront MN is advocating for marriage April 24, 2009

Transgender Families at the White House

While Easter might have come and gone, people are still talking about the White House Easter Egg Roll. In this guest post Justin Tanis, Community April 23, 2009

VIDEO: Terry Boggis, Clay Aiken Honored at Family Equality Council’s NYC Event

Last night was our 4th annual Night at the Tavern, Family Equality Council’s NYC event, where we celebrate our successes as a community of LGBT April 22, 2009

VIDEO: Maine Marriage Hearing!

Maine’s Joint Standing Committee on the Judiciary is holding an important hearing this morning–right now!–on the state’s marriage equality bill (LD 1020). Watch streaming video April 22, 2009

Wed: National LGBTQ Equality Story Summit!

Post-election analysis from the Prop 8 campaign shows that one-on-one storytelling is one of the most effective ways to bring people to the side of April 21, 2009

LGBT Families & the Day of Silence

Today marks the 13th Annual Day of Silence, the largest single student-led action towards creating safer schools for all, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity April 17, 2009

Transgender Equality Lobby Day

Last Tuesday, April 7, the entire Boston staff of Family Equality Council lobbied at the Massachusetts Statehouse in support of House No. 1728, a bill April 16, 2009

Live Blogging the Egg Roll @ Bilerico.com

The Family Equality Council is very excited to partner with Bilerico.com for a special live blog of this year’s White House Easter Egg Roll. Click April 13, 2009

Mandy Carter on Fresh Fruit, Discusses Upcoming Keynote at Rainbow Families Conference

Mandy Carter, a Nobel Peace Prize-nominated African-American lesbian activist, is giving the keynote address at this year’s Rainbow Families Conference, produced by Family Equality Council. April 11, 2009

Huff Post Publishes Egg Roll Originator’s Op-Ed

(Pictured from left: Alisa Surkis, Ella, Colleen Gillespie, Zelda) We’re very excited that Huffington Post has published an op-ed written by Alisa Surkis, who with April 10, 2009

Ready to Roll…Again

We’re delighted to feature this guest post by Cathy Renna, Managing Partner at Renna Communications, a public relations firm based in Washington, DC, with an April 9, 2009

AP: White House invites gay families to Easter event

The AP recently posted a news story about the Obama administration’s efforts in reaching out to LGBT families for the White House Easter Egg Roll. We, at Family Equality Council, are thrilled April 7, 2009