Recent Blog Posts - Family Equality

Calls to Ball

It was misty yesterday morning as I drove into SD-40, the district of New York State Senator Greg Ball. I met up with David Giller May 17, 2011

Family Equality Working For Marriage In New York

I just got off the phone with David Giller, the organizer I’ll be working with in the Hudson Valley. He’s been on the ground for May 13, 2011

Doesn’t Your Family Deserve to Be Front + Center?

Let me guess. If you have young children, you’ve probably been up since sunrise. You have made breakfasts, packed lunches, combed hair, scrambled to find May 13, 2011

The “Radical” Gay Family Agenda

A wonderful, funny, pointed and touching new blog from Family Equality Council Board Member Tommy Starling. We love his Radical Gay Family Agenda and think May 12, 2011

Gay Dads and Lesbian Moms and the Transition to Parenthood

The following post, from the American Fertility Association, was penned by our board member, Kim Bergman. by Kim Bergman, PhD After 14 attempts over 18 May 9, 2011

Rick Santorum: Out of Touch

Rick Santorum couldn’t be more out of touch with reality. Just before announcing his presidential exploratory committee the former Senator from Pennsylvania blew through Iowa May 5, 2011

Fifth Circuit Decision on Gay Adoption Undercuts Constitution, Stigmatizes Innocent Child

This guest post, by our Director of Policy Emily Hecht-McGowan, was posted at the American Constitution Society for Law and Politics In a stunning reversal April 28, 2011

Our Families – FRONT AND CENTER At the 2011 White House Easter Egg Roll

This past Monday, we were proud to have our LGBT families attend the annual White House Easter Egg Roll in Washington. It has now become April 27, 2011

We Will Not Be Invisible

As parents, we know that some things can go on the back burner, and others just can’t. We can put off the laundry until tomorrow April 15, 2011

Family Equality’s 2011 Interns, Part 6

Introducing Michaela Schwartz, Family Equality’s 2011 New Media Intern: My name is Michaela Schwartz, and I am a rising junior at Mount Holyoke College. At April 15, 2011

Governor McDonnell, Why Are You Playing Politics With Children’s Lives?

Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell opposes regulations proposed by his Democratic predecessor that would prohibit child welfare agencies in the state from discriminating on the basis April 7, 2011

Family Equality’s 2011 Interns, Part 5

Introducing Riane Herlihy, one of Family Equality Council’s 2011 Events Interns: My name is Riane Herlihy and I am a graduate of Plymouth State University April 6, 2011