Recent Blog Posts - Family Equality

honoring national coming out day

October 11, 2007 marks National Coming Out Day. Check out this video put together by the Human Rights Campaign. They are collecting a digital patchwork October 11, 2007

same-sex parents earn less than married counterparts

Thanks to Nina Smith of Queercents for allowing us to cross-post this great piece that debunks the myth that LGBTQ parents (especially gay dads) are October 11, 2007

Fascinating Study of Catholic Parents with LGBT Children Released

Fortunate Families, a resource and networking ministry for Catholic parents of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender children, has published the results of their “Parents Voices October 10, 2007

no need to update your blog subscription

Fear not – despite our name change and new website and blog address, you won’t need to update your blog subscription or reader to get October 9, 2007

Family Pride becomes the Family Equality Council

I am very excited to announce Family Pride is officially changing its name to Family Equality Council. For almost 30 years, we have been an October 9, 2007

exclusive: renowned Florida lesbian mom speaks out… again!

A little over a week ago, we brought you the story of Cathy James, an OUTSpoken lesbian mom in Florida who attended the ultra-conservative Family October 8, 2007

Donna Rose responds to ENDA controversy

As the ENDA debate and controversy continues, HRC’s only openly transgender board member, Donna Rose, resigned. Though long, we are reproducing her statement in its October 7, 2007

“which is the dad and which is the mom?”

My mother likes to think of herself as a wonderful ally in the fight for equality. In her mind, she thinks that she really understands October 6, 2007

LGBTQ families gather on ProudParenting.com

We’d like to thank David for inviting us to introduce ourselves to the Family Pride blog community. I’m Jeff Bennett, community editor for ProudParenting.com and October 5, 2007

ENDA Update: Lambda Legal Responds to Barney Frank

In keeping with my previous post on this issue: “ENDA Update: Three More Ways “New ENDA” Fails,” I want to direct your attention to Lambda October 4, 2007

ENDA Update: Three More Ways “New ENDA” Fails

As the 150+ citizens groups gathered together as UnitedENDA continue to fight for HR 2015, the fully inclusive employment nondiscrimination act, vital information regarding the October 4, 2007

Doogie Howser costar stands up for LGBTQ families

Many of us remember Mitchell Anderson from Doogie Howser, M.D. Anderson came out publicly back in 1996, and has been OUTSpoken on human rights issues October 4, 2007