Recent Blog Posts - Family Equality

Author in the Spotlight: Shirley Macinnis Ringo

Shirley Macinnis Ringo As a mother Shirley, read to her children every night teaching them how important and special they were using stories of September 15, 2015

Kim & Robin’s Family Story

Kim and her partner Robin live in Southern Wisconsin in a university town of about 15,000 people. They have two children, Sanibel age 7 September 4, 2015

Lynn Santiago-Calling Joins the New England Advisory Council

Lynn Santiago-Calling works with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Annual Fund Office, where she encourages alumni in their 50th Reunion to volunteer and support their August 31, 2015

Sunnie Kaufmann-Paulman Joins the New England Advisory Council

Sunnie is currently the Director of the Skating Academy at The Skating Club of Boston. She is a business professional with more than 15 years August 31, 2015

Cari & Kimberly’s Family Story

Cari lives in Alabama with her wife Kimberly and their 9 year old son, Khaya. Family Equality Council: You were told that you did not August 28, 2015

Welcome Richard Vaughn to Ask the Experts!

We’re honored to welcome Richard Vaughn to our team of experts! Visit ask.familyequality.org to ask an expert! “As a gay, married father of twins through assisted August 24, 2015

Amber and Elisa’s Family Story

We interviewed Amber three days after the Supreme Court marriage ruling. Amber lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her partner Elisa and their two children, Benjamin August 21, 2015

Dakerri Barber-Rhone Joins the Southern Advisory Council

Dakerri Barber-Rhone works in the health care field, but is beginning her journey towards civil rights law. Dakerri is a LGBTQIA activists and is very active August 17, 2015

Author in the Spotlight: Michael Barakiva

Michael Barakiva Michael Barakiva is an Armenian/Israeli theater director and writer based in New York City. His first novel, One Man Guy, published by Macmillan (Farrar, Straus August 15, 2015

Kimberly Kantor Joins the Southern Advisory Council

Family Equality Council is thrilled to welcome our newest Southern Advisory Council member, Kimberly Kantor. Kimberly is a proud mother of two cherished daughters of the August 5, 2015

It’s Time for Equality-The Equality Act Introduced in Congress

Today we made history. Some of our greatest Congressional champions for LGBTQ equality on Capitol Hill – Senators Jeff Merkley, Tammy Baldwin and Cory Booker July 23, 2015

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing: The FHA’s Expanding Impact on the LGBTQ Community

Last week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a final rule that will assist communities that receive federal funds with meeting July 14, 2015