Families in the Desert
Driving into Palm Desert is one of my favorite things to do. To a life-long New England Yankee, the landscape is striking and the wind
Communications Director
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Families in the Desert
Check out this Families in the Desert piece from Pearson Brown: This weekend my partner and I are headed to Palm Springs to part-tay, with
One Nation Working Together March
Family Equality Council is proud to endorse the One Nation Working Together march in Washington, DC this Saturday, October 2. The One Nation march will
How The GOP’s Anti-Gay Campaigns Helped Americans Become More Accepting Of Gay Families
From the Wonk Room: Just as Americans are growing more accepting of gay rights and same-sex marriage, a new study by Professor Brian Powell of
Who’s a family? New study tracks shifting US view
From the Associated Press: As much as Americans revere the family, they differ sharply on how to define it. New research being released Wednesday shows
Crist may drop gay adoption lawsuit, says he’s evolved
From the Palm Beach Post: Gov. Charlie Crist said he has had an “appropriate evolution” regarding gay rights and is considering dropping the state’s lawsuit
Tonight on PBS: Adoption of an African-American Child of White Jewish Lesbians
PBS’ synopsis of the documentary airing this evening: Off and Running tells the story of Brooklyn teenager Avery, a track star with a bright future.
Call for back-to-school stories
If it hasn’t already, school is starting soon. It’s an exciting time, but it can also be stressful. Parents worry about how their child is
Family Equality’s Nix in Newsweek: Mehlman’s Coming Out Roils Gay Community
From Newsweek: George W. Bush’s 2004 campaign chief and former RNC chair Ken Mehlman, long a thorn in the side of the LGBT movement, dropped
At West Point, Hidden Gay Cadets Put in Spotlight
From today’s NYT: Code words, secret societies, covert meetings, fake identities: these are tools that a certain set of cadets learn here at the United
Family Matters: The Smiths, an Old-Fashioned Nuclear Family
The vignette below is part of Family Equality Council’s “Family Matters,” a storytelling series that highlights LGBT parenting. Here is the Smith family, in their
