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  • ECDF Lobby Day Group
    LGBTQ Parent and Foster Alumni Voices Heard Loud and Clear on Capitol Hill
    Congressman John Lewis:  We’re gonna get this bill passed. This week, Family Equality Council and FosterClub hosted briefings at the U.S. Capitol on “Ending Discrimination
  • Gay couple sitting in a meadow enjoying the view
    When an Adoption Plan Fails: A Coping and Empowerment Guide
    By Carolyn Berger, L.C.S.W Anne and Tori were at a hospital near Rochester, New York when they learned that the pregnant woman they had made
  • Summer Inspiration from Outspoken Voices
    Spring is officially here and summer isn’t far away. Family Equality is also coming up on one full year of our Outspoken Voices podcast! Releasing
  • Shot of a gay couple teaching their child how to walk
    First Came Love – How to Keep your Relationship on Track when Kiddo Makes Three
    By Andrea Mechanick Braverman, M.S., M.A., PhD Before you have a baby, it is easy to wonder how parents are not able to do simple
  • Candy Guinea and her Family
    Reflections of a Rainbow Parent for International Family Equality Day
    By Candy Guinea, Digital Marketing Coordinator As many other rainbow families are aware, growing our queer family was an emotionally difficult but hard-won journey. My
  • a cute family holding a sign that reads family
    What’s a Second Parent adoption?
    By Kathy Brodsky, L.C.S.W How I hate that term – second parent – all parents should be equal. Unfortunately, under the law, that’s not the
  • The Long and Winding Road to Parenthood: Reflections on National Infertility Awareness Week
    I have a clear memory from when I was about 12-years-old. I was lying in the grass with some friends when things suddenly became a
  • Brenda Strong Staying Grounded on your Path to Parenthood
    Staying Grounded on Your Path to Parenthood
    By Brenda Strong The path to parenthood isn’t always an easy one, but ultimately it is always worthwhile in the end, especially when you are
  • Siblings Day: My Brother Was My QueerSpawn Community
    By Lara Lillibridge Our biological parents divorced when my brother was three and I was in diapers. When I was three and he was four
  • Male Couple Talking With Financial Advisor In Office Smiling
    Post-DOMA: Second Parent Adoption Tax Credit Updates for Same-Sex Unmarried Parents
    By Melissa B. Brisman, Esq In most cases, if a same-sex couple is not married, a federal income tax credit is likely to cover many
  • Family Equality and COLAGE: An Update on our Partnership
    UPDATE (01/2020): Since the year-long merger trial period in 2019, we realized the independence required to fulfill the “by COLAGErs for COLAGErs” cornerstone of the
  • 2019 Family Week Interns
    Welcome our 2019 Family Week Interns!
    We’re delighted to add five talented interns to our team to help prepare for Family Week 2019! Learn more about each of them below: Leo