Recent Blog Posts: Uncategorized

  • Family Equality Sponsor Spotlight: CCRM Fertility
    Family Equality is thrilled to have the support of corporations who both serve our communities and elevate our work through their contributions to our organization.
  • Nuestras Familias: Full of Complexities and Love
    To mark Latinx Heritage Month, we asked our community to share stories about how their Latinx identities intersect with their identity as an LGBTQ family. In this story, Nancy A. Angel-Hurtado of Somos Familias shares how her Mexican heritage has shaped her coming out experience—and how building her family has helped her heal.
  • Why We Need to Talk About Mental Health and the LGBTQ+ Community
    An essential piece of the conversation around mental health is how queer identities—and the identities of other affinity groups such as people of color, people who are HIV+, people with disabilities, and more—impact and intersect with mental illness.
  • Family Equality Tells Trans Fertility Stories with HuffPost’s IVFML Podcast
    One of our great gifts at Family Equality is the opportunities we get to partner creatively with genius storytellers. In 2018, we got an email from Anna Almendrala, who, at the time, was a writer for HuffPost.
  • Talking Trans With Your Kids
    "What do you mean? Your DAD had a baby? That's impossible!" As a transgender parent, I know my kids get asked a lot of questions about their family. Most of these questions come from innocent curiosity, but occasionally malice sneaks in.
  • Going from “Daddy” to “Mommy”: What Will I Tell My Kids?
    For those of us who are transgender, our relationship with self may be complicated. I became a parent long after I realized I was transgender and long after I had taken steps to transition physically. But for people who are already parents, grappling with a shifting identity—or decision to transition—may be doubly complicated.
  • What Doesn’t Bend, Breaks: Resiliency Strategies for Trans Folks on Fertility Journeys
    "Your ultrasound technician called me by the wrong pronoun. She was lovely the rest of the time, but I'm sure you know that it's not acceptable for that to happen."
  • Transgender Youth & Fertility: How and Why We Should Plan for the Future
    Here at Family Equality, we believe that everyone should be able to build a happy, thriving family on their own terms. But what does that mission mean for transgender youth?
  • Bringing Trans Resources to You: Family Equality Announces Partnership with Fertility IQ
    After building so many resources for the people who support you, we're pleased to announce a partnership that allows us to build things for you.
  • Voter Supression in the LGBTQ+ Community and Why You Should Register Today
    Despite our power as a voting bloc, LGBTQ+ Americans are registered to vote at lower rates than their non-LGBTQ+ counterparts (61 percent compared to 67 percent), and they show up at the polls at slightly lower rates, with less than half of LGBTQ+ Americans voting in the last presidential election.
  • #BiVisibilityDay: Understanding and Accepting the Bi+ Umbrella
    To mark Bisexual+ Visibility Day, guest blog post writer Isabel Corp reflects on her experiences as a bi+ person—the nuances of the bisexual+ umbrella, the effects of under-representation, and why we should all do better by our bi+ friends and family.
  • That’s the Way I Get Bi
    To mark Bisexual+ Awareness Week, author, advocate, and artist Natalie Perry reflects on her experiences as a bi+ person—how she came to understand and eventually own this label and why we need to support identities that we might not hold ourselves.