Recent Blog Posts - Family Equality

Join Team Purple in the Fight Against Bullying

On October 17th we often hear calls to “Go Purple!” These calls are not cheers for a favorite football or baseball team whose color is October 16, 2013

Updated: Marriage Equality is not a fix-all for Adoption

UPDATE: Judge Friedman heard oral arguments in the case on 10/16 and ruled that there were “issues of fact” to be decided and that, consequently, October 15, 2013

Celebrating LGBT History Month with Partnering Project with Yale University Library and San Francisco’s Harvey Milk Photo Center.

LGBT History Month is more than just a celebration of our movement’s past. For the LGBT community, it also serves as a reminder of how October 15, 2013

Coming Out Is Still Important

On National Coming Out Day, I think back on my own experience of coming out twenty years ago, the risks involved, and how much I October 11, 2013

Celebrating National Coming Out Day With Our Families

National Coming Out Day is a time to celebrate the strength, courage and fortitude of individuals who “come out of the closet” as being different. October 11, 2013

What The Affordable Care Act Means for LGBT Families

Last week the Health Insurance Marketplaces, created under the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), opened for enrollment. Each state’s Marketplace will serve as a one-stop-shop, allowing October 10, 2013

Taking back family values

The movement for family equality has never been stronger. After 30 years of tireless advocacy, the efforts of activists and supporters like you have led September 25, 2013

Creating Safer Schools: The Stonewall National Education Project

Children with parents who are LGBT, or who identify as LGBT themselves, continue to face bullying, harassment and discrimination at school. Schools shouldn’t be a September 23, 2013

Michigan Lawmakers Target Parents who are LGBT

Michigan State Representative Kenneth Kurtz (R – Coldwater), in what he has described as a “pre-emptive strike” to avoid the possibility that Michigan will – September 20, 2013

Kroger Community Rewards

Add a dash of Family Equality to your grocery list this year by shopping at your local Kroger. The Family Equality Council is now part September 20, 2013

Gabriel Blau Speaks At Adoption Panel at Fertility Planit Event in NYC

Watch Executive Director Gabriel Blau speaking on an adoption panel at Fertility Planit’s event in New York City: September 19, 2013

Too Edgy? Too Tame? Gay Pride Parades Spark Debate

Initiated as small, defiant, sexually daring protests, gay pride parades have become mainstream spectacles patronized by corporate sponsors and straight politicians as they spread nationwide. September 17, 2013