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  • 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.
  • Senator Wyden Stands Up Against Adoption Discrimination
    By Sam White “In my view, what the Trump administration has done with the South Carolina waiver is unconstitutional. I also believe it’s just the
  • Recognizing the Mashpee Wampanoag at Family Week
    Here at Family Equality, we strive to be as inclusive as possible and grow in character with every year. This Family Week, we would like
  • Announcing Writing Contest Winners!
    This June, COLAGE and COLAGE’s Youth Action Board hosted a writing contest for young adults to share their experiences as a child of one or
  • Family Equality Opposes HHS’ Erasure of Data on LGBTQ Foster Youth and Parents
    Family Equality⁠—along with Lambda Legal, National Center for Lesbian Rights, National Center for Adoption and Permanency, and the Center for American Progress⁠—Submits Detailed Comment Letter
  • More Than One Day and One Parade
    "I am proud to be showing my children that any and every family can change the world and that indeed love wins."
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    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Equality Act Hearing Highlights LGBTQ Families
    Authors: Matt Carolan, Policy Assistant and Julie Kruse, Director of Federal Policy, Family Equality Council This week, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee held hearings on