Recent Blog Posts

  • #SayTheirNames: Transgender Day of Remembrance 2019
    Family Equality joins peer organizations, advocates, and community members around the world in honoring Transgender Day of Remembrace (TDoR), a day dedicated to remembering the November 20, 2019
  • Outspoken Voices Podcast
    48 | Listening to Adoptees
    More About Inside Out Radio INSIDE OUT LGBT RADIO looks at everything from pop-culture to politics through a LGBTQ+ inclusive lens. For people in the November 19, 2019
  • Chosen Family: A Resiliency Strategy at El/La Para TransLatinas
    November is Transgender Awareness Month—November 13–19, 2019 has been recognized as Transgender Awareness Week—a time to help raise the visibility of transgender people and address issues members of the community face. To mark this special time, Family Equality is spotlighting the work of El/La Para TransLatinas. November 15, 2019
  • The How-To of Domestic Agency Adoption for the LGBTQ+ Community
    “Hi,” the nervous voice on the phone says. “I am hoping that you are able to help my partner and me in our quest to adopt a baby that needs a caring family. We were a lesbian couple until a year ago when I transitioned. We have been married for two years. We are eager to adopt and quite honestly, are feeling overwhelmed!” November 6, 2019
  • Outspoken Voices Podcast
    47 | Adopted Queerspawn of Color
    Meet the Guests Kaley is a proud second generation genderqueer queerspawn from North Carolina. Raised in Charlotte, Kaley was brought to America by two loving November 5, 2019
  • Outside-the-Box: My Experience as an LGBTQ+ Surrogate
    LGBTQ+ family building is rarely linear. The LGBTQ+ community is a scrappy one, often coming up with outside-of-the-box solutions to systems that weren't created with us in mind. When it comes to growing our families, we get to make the playbook. November 1, 2019
  • 5 LGBTQ+ Authors to Celebrate With Your Family
    By Isabel Corp It is more important now than ever to see LGBTQ+ stories reflected in media; better representation means a safer, more inclusive world, November 1, 2019
  • Family Equality Sponsor Spotlight: CCRM Fertility
    Family Equality is thrilled to have the support of corporations who both serve our communities and elevate our work through their contributions to our organization. October 23, 2019
  • Cherie and Hideko Take Turns Carrying a Pregnancy
    Some LGBTQ+ parents take turns carrying a pregnancy as they grow their family. What’s that experience like when shared by partners? October 15, 2019
  • Nuestras Familias: Full of Complexities and Love
    To mark Latinx Heritage Month, we asked our community to share stories about how their Latinx identities intersect with their identity as an LGBTQ family. In this story, Nancy A. Angel-Hurtado of Somos Familias shares how her Mexican heritage has shaped her coming out experience—and how building her family has helped her heal. October 11, 2019
  • Why We Need to Talk About Mental Health and the LGBTQ+ Community
    An essential piece of the conversation around mental health is how queer identities—and the identities of other affinity groups such as people of color, people who are HIV+, people with disabilities, and more—impact and intersect with mental illness. October 10, 2019
  • Family Equality Tells Trans Fertility Stories with HuffPost’s IVFML Podcast
    One of our great gifts at Family Equality is the opportunities we get to partner creatively with genius storytellers. In 2018, we got an email from Anna Almendrala, who, at the time, was a writer for HuffPost. October 2, 2019