Recent Blog Posts - Family Equality

Every Child Deserves a Family

Great blog post on our ECDF letter-of-the-day campaign by our friends over at People for the American Way. Read the full post here: http://blog.pfaw.org/content/every-child-deserves-family. Successful parenting is February 22, 2012

LGBT parent groups in every town!

How are those New Year’s Resolutions coming along? At Family Equality Council, one of our New Year’s Resolutions was to find new ways to support February 15, 2012

HealthCare.gov helps same-sex couples find coverage by adding new filters!

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has rolled out new features on the Health Plan Finder tool at HealthCare.gov, which allows consumers to February 10, 2012

Family Equality Council Testifies for Marriage at Maryland House of Delegates

This evening, our Director of Public Policy, Emily Hecht-McGowan, will be testifying in front of the Maryland House of Delegates in favor of marriage quality February 10, 2012

New Jersey Teen’s Heartfelt Speech for Dads’ Right to Marry

During the NJ State Assembly’s hearing on the marriage equality bill, 15-year old Madison Galluccio urged the NJ lawmakers to grant her two fathers the February 3, 2012

Think Before You Speak

Our friends at GLSEN have teamed up with the NBA and the AD Council to produce this amazing no name-calling campaign. Think Before You Speak February 2, 2012

The Incident: my son was bullied for having gay parents

The following post originally appeared on The Bilerico Project, crossposted with permission from the author. A few months back, I wrote that my son had never been bullied January 31, 2012

New Rule Protects LGBT Families From Discrimination In Housing

On Saturday, at the Annual Creating Change Conference in Baltimore, Shaun Donovan, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, announced a new Equal January 30, 2012

The Changing Reality of the American Family

Read the full LGBT families safety net report (pdf) Read the original LGBT families column and reports (pdf) Public discussion about American families often assumes January 30, 2012

Brand New Website!

Welcome to our new website! If this is your first time with us – Welcome! Whether you’re new to the Family Equality Council or have January 25, 2012

Gender, adoption, and identity: One new dad’s story on transitioning

Caleb and his wife Sarah are seeking an open adoption. Originally from Massachusetts and now living in California, they’re certain that the open adoption process January 24, 2012

30 years together

Celebrate. Commit. Connect. Those are the New Year’s resolutions for the Family Equality Council and I hope, in 2012, they will be yours. This year, January 10, 2012