The Marriage Box
People get married because they believe marriage is some kind of beautiful box filled with everything they desire in life: companionship, intimacy, friendship, and love.
Congratulations Alabama…CAUTION!
It’s an exciting day in Alabama as the state begins issuing marriage licenses and performing weddings for same-sex couples, but couples looking to wed should
Senator Shaheen Reintroduces the Charlie Morgan Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act
Last week, Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire re-introduced the Charlie Morgan Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act, federal legislation that would expand access to benefits
New Portal for Research on Lesbian and Gay Parenting
What if all the best scholarly research about children with lesbian or gay parents was gathered into a single online portal? The “What We Know” project has done just
Help Us Appeal to the Supreme Court for Marriage Equality
ATTENTION – MICHIGAN, OHIO, KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE FAMILIES! Remember Family Equality Council’s amazing “Voices of Children” amicus briefs, that we filed first in the historic Windsor case
Middle Class Economics for the 21st Century – Helping Working Families Get Ahead
Over the past six years, we’ve rescued and begun to rebuild our economy on a new foundation. Middle class economics has begun to work. Now
Glancing Back. Hoping Forward.
As the final minutes of 2014 tick away, thoughts come rushing to my mind. Thoughts about the 2014 marriage equality milestones. Thoughts about my wife
Final Rule Published Implementing Protections Against Discrimination for Employees of Federal Contractors
This morning, the Department of Labor issued a final rule implementing President Obama’s June 2014 executive order protecting LGBTQ employees of federal contractors and subcontractors
Joshua Hood Joins the Southern Advisory Council
Family Equality Council is happy to welcome our newest Southern Advisory Council member. Joshua Hood is the owner of Creative Design Solutions, which is a
The Gift of Adoption
My son is precious. When my husband and I adopted him in 2008 we couldn’t begin to understand just how much joy he would bring
Second Parent Adoption Finalized in Georgia: The Edwards Family
On November 16, 2013 at 7:40am I read a pregnancy test that said positive. On that day I emotionally became a mother. I watched as
We Finalized Our Adoption: The Tomassetti Family
November 21, 2014 my husband Brandon and I officially adopted our son Kameron Hudson Tomassetti. Kameron has been our foster child for the past 8