Recent Blog Posts - Family Equality

Back to School: LGBTQ+ Families in the Classroom

By Amanda Winn, Chief Program Officer for Family Equality On August 1, 2019, I paid my last preschool tuition payment ever. My baby will be August 16, 2019

Family Equality Fights Back Against Trump Administration’s Attacks on LGBTQ+ Healthcare

Family Equality joins over 200,000 organizations and individuals in submitting detailed comments opposing the Trump administration’s proposed “Nondiscrimination in Health and Health Education Programs or August 14, 2019

Senator Wyden Stands Up Against Adoption Discrimination

By Sam White “In my view, what the Trump administration has done with the South Carolina waiver is unconstitutional. I also believe it’s just the August 8, 2019

Recognizing the Mashpee Wampanoag at Family Week

Here at Family Equality, we strive to be as inclusive as possible and grow in character with every year. This Family Week, we would like July 25, 2019

42 | Changed by Family Week

Meet the Guests Rashomon is a podcast with one family telling every side of the same story. It is produced and hosted by Hillary Rea. July 16, 2019

The Bi+ Postpartum Experience

Research shows patterns in how the pregnancy, birth, and postpartum journey uniquely impacts bi+ people. In this episode we discuss what we can do to support bi+ folks. July 2, 2019

Announcing Writing Contest Winners!

This June, COLAGE and COLAGE’s Youth Action Board hosted a writing contest for young adults to share their experiences as a child of one or July 1, 2019

Family Equality Opposes HHS’ Erasure of Data on LGBTQ Foster Youth and Parents

Family Equality⁠—along with Lambda Legal, National Center for Lesbian Rights, National Center for Adoption and Permanency, and the Center for American Progress⁠—Submits Detailed Comment Letter June 20, 2019

40 | Answering Tough Questions

Meet the Guests Allison Coleman is the Owner and Founder of Syler Pregnancy & Family Planning, which provides virtual and in-person wellness services to people June 18, 2019

Why we’re changing our name to Family Equality

We’re celebrating our 40th anniversary this year, and as we plan for the next forty years and beyond, our Board of Directors and staff took June 18, 2019

My Tio’s Pulse: How a Children’s Book Brought a Community Together to Support Pulse Survivors and Victims

Introduction My Tio’s Pulse started as a passion project that has become an incredible community initiative, involving over 30 individuals donating their time, services, and June 12, 2019

39 | Queering the Campaign Trail

Meet the Guests Martin Rawlings-Fein is a Jewish, bisexual, transgender, father of two & educator who specializes in building bridges across educational divides, and ran June 4, 2019