Recent Blog Posts - Family Equality

a letter a day to governor schwarzenegger

When we came across California resident Jim Smith’s story, we knew we had to share it with all of you. Here’s what Jim has been August 13, 2007

UPS and the inside story of New Jersey’s failing civil unions law

We bring this post courtesy of Steven Goldsten, the Chair of Garden State Equality. This piece is cross posted on Steven’s blog. Caving in to August 12, 2007

Preacher’s Sons: love makes a family

Meet the Stewart Family: Rev. Greg Stewart, his partner Stillman, and their five adopted sons. C Reed and Mark Neely follow the family for four August 11, 2007

America: meet our families!

We noticed something interesting about this year’s Family Week in Provincetown. Many of the families that were in attendance didn’t have queer parents. We weren’t August 10, 2007

murderer says God made me kill

This post comes from Michael Crawford, an African-American activist and blogger based in Washington, D.C. He has more than fifteen years of experience working on August 9, 2007

welcoming Nina Selvaggio to team family equality!

Thanks to our unprecedented growth, we’ve created a new position on our staff; we’re thrilled to welcome Nina Selvaggio as our Director of Policy & August 8, 2007

adoption.com fallout continues

Back in may, we issued a call to action against adoption.com because it refused to post adoption profiles for same sex couples. By mid-June, several August 7, 2007

Israel helps same-sex couples adopt

Until recently, same-sex couples suffered from discrimination when it came to adopting in Israel. But now, all of that is changing: The Welfare Ministry has August 6, 2007

conservative press loves that Rupert Everett doesn’t support family equality

A few weeks ago, Rupert Everett (the well-known and openly gay actor) spoke out against gay parenting. It’s shocking when a member of our own August 5, 2007

slideshow: our families are beautiful!

Yesterday, we asked for family photos in our eNewsletter and the response was overwhelming! So, I decided to share some of the many photos with August 2, 2007

Families Turn Out in High Numbers for Family Pride Workshops

Even in a week devoted to rest, relaxation and family fun, Family Weekers make time in their days to learn and grow together as a August 1, 2007

family week year two

Last year when I arrived in Provincetown (after our 11 hour car ride) I was a fresh, new Family Pride employee who had only been July 30, 2007