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  • Becoming a Lesbian Grandmother: The Joy, The Excitement…. The Panic!
    Family Equality’s Family Speak Out Programs offers outspoken members of our community opportunities to raise their voices and share their stories. The following testimony comes
  • Volunteer at Family Week 2020 with COLAGE
    Applications for COLAGE Family Week Volunteer and Intern Positions are now open! COLAGE unites people with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer parents into a
  • Queerness, Family, and Going Home For the Holidays
    The holiday season is here and family reunions are at an all-time high. However, when you are LGBTQ+, the holidays can be a painful or traumatic time of year.
  • Dear Grandparents: Embrace the Joy That is So Near
    Family Equality’s Family Speak Out Programs offers outspoken members of our community opportunities to raise their voices and share their stories. The following testimony comes
  • Broadway Direct Pledges to Stand with LGBTQ+ Families this Giving Tuesday
    Broadway Direct—the official source for shows, tickets, and everything Broadway—announced that it will support Family Equality and LGBTQ+ families across the country this Giving Tuesday. 
  • Children are Waiting: Fostering and Adopting from Foster Care
    To mark National Adoption Month, Family Equality is spotlighting issues and stories related to adoption. Today’s story comes from Rita L. Soronen, the president and
  • #KidsCreatingChange with COLAGE
    COLAGE unites people with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer parents into a network of peers and supports them as they nurture and empower each
  • #SayTheirNames: Transgender Day of Remembrance 2019
    Family Equality joins peer organizations, advocates, and community members around the world in honoring Transgender Day of Remembrace (TDoR), a day dedicated to remembering the
  • Chosen Family: A Resiliency Strategy at El/La Para TransLatinas
    November is Transgender Awareness Month—November 13–19, 2019 has been recognized as Transgender Awareness Week—a time to help raise the visibility of transgender people and address issues members of the community face. To mark this special time, Family Equality is spotlighting the work of El/La Para TransLatinas.
  • The How-To of Domestic Agency Adoption for the LGBTQ+ Community
    “Hi,” the nervous voice on the phone says. “I am hoping that you are able to help my partner and me in our quest to adopt a baby that needs a caring family. We were a lesbian couple until a year ago when I transitioned. We have been married for two years. We are eager to adopt and quite honestly, are feeling overwhelmed!”
  • Outside-the-Box: My Experience as an LGBTQ+ Surrogate
    LGBTQ+ family building is rarely linear. The LGBTQ+ community is a scrappy one, often coming up with outside-of-the-box solutions to systems that weren't created with us in mind. When it comes to growing our families, we get to make the playbook.
  • 5 LGBTQ+ Authors to Celebrate With Your Family
    By Isabel Corp It is more important now than ever to see LGBTQ+ stories reflected in media; better representation means a safer, more inclusive world,