Recent Blog Posts

  • Which card to buy?
    Which card to buy?
    I am not a stereotypical parent.  This is not to say that I never nagged my children to do their homework and care for their May 8, 2013
  • Mother’s Day: a day I treasure
    Mother’s Day: a day I treasure
    On My 5th, my family and I celebrated International Family Equality Day, a holiday Family Equality Council helped create to celebrate families with parents who May 6, 2013
  • I AM SO GAY: An LGBT YOUTUBE star is born
    I AM SO GAY: An LGBT YOUTUBE star is born
    Our guest blogger Ash Beckham is an energetic and dynamic public speaker.  Her YouTube video, “I am SO GAY” (below blog) has garnered 350,000+ views May 2, 2013
  • FAFSA to Include Same-sex Parents
    FAFSA to Include Same-sex Parents
    Starting with the 2014-2015 FAFSA, the Department of Education will begin collecting income and other information on a student’s legal parents, regardless of the parents’ sexual orientation May 1, 2013
  • Guest Post: Why Jason Collins is a Hero
    Guest Post: Why Jason Collins is a Hero
    On April 29, Jason Collins came out as the first openly gay man playing US professional sports. In this guest post, John Armantrout, of Family Equality’s Board May 1, 2013
  • New Inclusive Health Care Application
    New Inclusive Health Care Application
    This is a great week for inclusive forms! Following up on the great news on the FAFSA application, today the Department of Health and Human Services April 30, 2013
  • My Intern Experience with Family Equality Council
    My Intern Experience with Family Equality Council
    Looking up and down the street at a sea of people and consciously recognizing that each family had two moms, two dads, or some unique April 25, 2013
  • Save the Date: Blogging for LGBT Families Day Is June 3
    Save the Date: Blogging for LGBT Families Day Is June 3
    Join Mombian and blog in support of LGBT families on or before June 3rd, 2013. It doesn’t matter if you’re an individual or an organization, April 25, 2013
  • And Rhode Island Makes Ten
    And Rhode Island Makes Ten
    Today, Rhode Island passed a historic bill legalizing the freedom to marry. This makes Rhode Island the 10th state in the nation to enact marriage equality, along April 24, 2013
  • More Nonsense From the Boy Scouts of America
    More Nonsense From the Boy Scouts of America
    This post was first published on the Huffington Post’s Gay Voices blog. The Boy Scouts of America would like you to think that they’ve changed. Armed with April 21, 2013
  • What family means to me
    What family means to me
    Angela Hucles is a two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and two-time World Cup Bronze Medalist. On top of being an international athlete and sport development ambassador, April 11, 2013
  • The Bramble Family Story: Easter at the White House
    The Bramble Family Story: Easter at the White House
    We are Heather, Jocelyn, Jonah, and Vera Bramble. Like everyone else, we have our story! It starts with two people:  Jocelyn is a black lesbian. April 3, 2013