Recent Blog Posts

  • A Lesson from Two TV Shows
    A Lesson from Two TV Shows
    Two TV shows aired this week that painted an important lesson on how best our community should focus our fight for equal rights. The first June 28, 2008
  • School’s Never Far Off..
    School’s Never Far Off..
    All the telltale signs of summer are here: the sun is out (well, not so much in Boston lately…), the temperature is rising, and kids June 28, 2008
  • Is your child in a Safe School?
    Is your child in a Safe School?
    While many students are picked on because of their size or clothes, sexual orientation and gender identity are becoming critical factors that influence harassment, discrimination June 28, 2008
  • TiVo Responds to LGBT Family Voices
    TiVo Responds to LGBT Family Voices
    Jennifer Chrisler, Executive Director of Family Equality Council, released the following statement to our supporters yesterday, June 25, 2008: Dear Friends and Families, What a June 26, 2008
  • Making a mountain out of a mole-hill…
    Making a mountain out of a mole-hill…
    Many of you may have already seen the recently released Heinz mayonnaise advertisement (we blogged about it earlier in the week), which features a man June 26, 2008
  • Heinz: Making Mayonnaise a Little Bit Gayer
    Heinz: Making Mayonnaise a Little Bit Gayer
    Part of the problem with representation of LBGT individuals in commercials, TV shows, and movies, is that too often homosexuality or gender identity is seen June 25, 2008
  • Leftover Miracles.
    Leftover Miracles.
    We’re thrilled to bring you today’s guest post by Scott D. Pomfret, author of “Since My Last Confession: A Gay Catholic Memoir”. My boyfriend’s full June 24, 2008
  • Surrogacy Agency Offers Hope to HIV-Positive Clients
    Surrogacy Agency Offers Hope to HIV-Positive Clients
    As this is my first blog post, I’d like to start out by introducing myself. My name is Chantal Tapé and I am beyond thrilled June 24, 2008
  • The Celtics, Homophobia in Sports, and Me.
    The Celtics, Homophobia in Sports, and Me.
    As a born-and-raised sports fan, living in a sports mecca like Boston is pretty great.  With the Celtics winning the NBA championship on Tuesday and June 21, 2008
  • The very best
    The very best
    As I said good night to my six-year-old daughter last night, I told her, “You’re the very best daughter in the whole wide world.” “And June 19, 2008
  • Do you have a family photo?
    Do you have a family photo?
    If you have a family photo, we’d love to add it to our Family Photo Album. Please send your photo to david.jacques@familyequality.org. Check out the June 19, 2008
  • A New Trend in Politics.
    A New Trend in Politics.
    As we talked about in this post earlier this week, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick’s 18 year old daughter recently came out as a lesbian. Even June 19, 2008