Recent Blog Posts - Family Equality

New Book Series Tells Stories of LGBT Families

A new LGBT book series created by Rainbow Rumpus has just released a new title in their collection of free, downloadable books. “Breaking the Birthday September 17, 2012

Zach Wahls Speaks From The Floor Of The DNC

September 6, 2012

The Book Nook

I’m back at my school library desk! We are all excitedly preparing for the arrival of students and for me, the school year always begins September 5, 2012

Through The Eyes Of A Child

The California Assembly this week approved a bill which would allow judges to extend parental rights and obligations to a third person acting as a September 4, 2012

Go On

GO ON Tuesdays (9-9:30 p.m. ET) on NBC Matthew Perry (“Friends,” “Mr. Sunshine”) stars as Ryan King, a recent widower and sports talk radio August 30, 2012

The New Normal

These days, families come in all forms – single dads, double moms, sperm donors, egg donors, one-night-stand donors… It’s 2012 and anything goes. August 30, 2012

All Families Matter

In the weeks leading up to the two major party conventions, we’ve heard a lot of rhetoric from politicians and pundits about “traditional marriage” and August 29, 2012

Back To School! What you need to know

“Studies show that alarming numbers of students with LGBT parents and LGBT kids experience bullying, harassment, and discrimination at school because of who they are August 23, 2012

Lesbian Couple Wrongly Denied Medical Decision Rights

A Nevada lesbian couple in a registered domestic partnership claim they were denied the right to make medical decisions over the weekend during a pregnancy August 20, 2012

Police Chief Joins Rally, Walk Against Anti-LGBT Violence

When violence occurs in any community, fear is certainly an appropriate response. No one wants to be the victim of a violent crime or experience August 14, 2012

‘Going Stealth’: A Story of Injustice And Hope From The Father Of A Trans Child

In the fight to end LGBT discrimination, children still remain especially vulnerable to the speech and actions of those who wish to hold onto hate. August 7, 2012

Couple Fights to Change Adoption Laws So Their Kids Have Same Rights As Others

“These laws in particular are hurting families, and as we can see in this case, they’re hurting children.” Who do discriminatory adoption laws affect the July 24, 2012