Recent Blog Posts - Family Equality

VICTORY! New Labor Rule Allows Employees Across the U.S. to Take FMLA Leave to Care for a Same-Sex Spouse

This morning, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division issued a new rule allowing employees to take unpaid Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) February 23, 2015

Family Equality Council on the Hill in Support of the Healthy Families Act!

Today, our Legislative Counsel Michael Porcello attended the introduction event for the Healthy Families Act. The legislation, introduced by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Representative February 12, 2015

The Marriage Box

People get married because they believe marriage is some kind of beautiful box filled with everything they desire in life: companionship, intimacy, friendship, and love. February 11, 2015

Congratulations Alabama…CAUTION!

It’s an exciting day in Alabama as the state begins issuing marriage licenses and performing weddings for same-sex couples, but couples looking to wed should February 9, 2015

Senator Shaheen Reintroduces the Charlie Morgan Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act

Last week, Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire re-introduced the Charlie Morgan Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act, federal legislation that would expand access to benefits February 2, 2015

New Portal for Research on Lesbian and Gay Parenting

What if all the best scholarly research about children with lesbian or gay parents was gathered into a single online portal? The “What We Know” project has done just January 28, 2015

Help Us Appeal to the Supreme Court for Marriage Equality

ATTENTION – MICHIGAN, OHIO, KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE FAMILIES! Remember Family Equality Council’s amazing “Voices of Children” amicus briefs, that we filed first in the historic Windsor case January 27, 2015

Middle Class Economics for the 21st Century – Helping Working Families Get Ahead

Over the past six years, we’ve rescued and begun to rebuild our economy on a new foundation. Middle class economics has begun to work. Now January 21, 2015

Glancing Back. Hoping Forward.

As the final minutes of 2014 tick away, thoughts come rushing to my mind. Thoughts about the 2014 marriage equality milestones. Thoughts about my wife December 31, 2014

Final Rule Published Implementing Protections Against Discrimination for Employees of Federal Contractors

This morning, the Department of Labor issued a final rule implementing President Obama’s June 2014 executive order protecting LGBTQ employees of federal contractors and subcontractors December 9, 2014

Joshua Hood Joins the Southern Advisory Council

Family Equality Council is happy to welcome our newest Southern Advisory Council member. Joshua Hood is the owner of Creative Design Solutions, which is a December 9, 2014

The Gift of Adoption

My son is precious. When my husband and I adopted him in 2008 we couldn’t begin to understand just how much joy he would bring December 1, 2014