Recent Blog Posts

  • A big week at the Supreme Court
    A big week at the Supreme Court
    As Director of Public Policy, I wanted to update you on Family Equality Council’s leading role around the  two days of oral arguments in the Proposition April 2, 2013
  • Outspoken Youth to Supreme Court: “DOMA Hurts Our Families!”
    Outspoken Youth to Supreme Court: “DOMA Hurts Our Families!”
     Xavier Becerra (D-CA) is one of a handful of Congressional Representatives who voted against DOMA in 1996. Before Proposition 8 and DOMA went to the March 27, 2013
  • Many Voices Raised at Supreme Court Rally
    Many Voices Raised at Supreme Court Rally
    This morning, thousands of advocates and families gathered at the steps of the Supreme Court to reflect, celebrate, and raise our voices. As the Justices March 26, 2013
  • Jeff, Josh, and Andrew’s Family Story
    Jeff, Josh, and Andrew’s Family Story
    Leading up to the March 26-27 Supreme Court hearings on DOMA and Proposition 8, Family Equality will feature some of the young people and families March 21, 2013
  • Paid Sick Days for All Families: Healthy Families Act Reintroduced
    Paid Sick Days for All Families: Healthy Families Act Reintroduced
    Today marks the reintroduction of the Healthy Families Act in the US Senate and House of Representatives. The Healthy Families Act is a federal bill March 18, 2013
  • Outspoken Generation Co-Chair Says “Time for Marriage”
    Outspoken Generation Co-Chair Says “Time for Marriage”
    Ella Robinson, co-chair of the Outspoken Generation project, has been telling her family’s story for years. As the daughter of Gene Robinson, the first openly gay Episcopal March 18, 2013
  • McKinley’s Family Story
    McKinley’s Family Story
    Leading up to the March 26-27 Supreme Court hearings on DOMA and Propositon 8, Family Equality will feature some of the young people and families March 14, 2013
  • New Data on LGBT Families
    New Data on LGBT Families
    Recently, our friend Gary Gates, a demographer specializing in LGBT data at the Williams Institute, published a new report on LGBT parenting in the United States. This report March 13, 2013
  • Sarah’s Family Story
    Sarah’s Family Story
    Leading up to the March 26-27 Supreme Court hearings on DOMA and Propositon 8, Family Equality will feature some of the young people and families March 7, 2013
  • Voices of Children
    Voices of Children
    This post was first published here, on the Huffington Post Blog. In connection with the DOMA and Proposition 8 cases, Family Equality Council and our coalition March 5, 2013
  • Wishing you a fond farewell!
    Wishing you a fond farewell!
    Dear Friends, I’m sitting here at my desk packing boxes and I can¹t help but reminisce about my time as executive director of the Family March 2, 2013
  • Supreme Court: Hear the voices of our children
    Supreme Court: Hear the voices of our children
    Yesterday Family Equality Council, along with our partners at GLSEN, COLAGE, Our Family Coalition, the Center on Children and Families and the Child Rights Project March 1, 2013