This is a shining example of the world as it should be. Watch as these two dads experience the joy that every family feels, no matter who they are or who they love. One year has passed. Take a look what love created:

Our Midwest Region Senior Manager writes about Family Camp – A one-of-a-kind community building event for midwest LGBT families. Events like these are our way of demonstrating that nobody has to do it alone, your community is waiting. “Mommy, can we come back to camp next weekend?” were the words from my 4.5 year old [...]

A family guest post by Casey McLaughlin As the spouse of an Army officer that is currently serving, I am overcome today with joy and relief at the repeal of DADT. Shannon and I were blessed with twins 9 months ago, after having endured a difficult pregnancy that was even further complicated by the constant [...]

Every child deserves a family and now, thanks to developments last week, children in two states may be closer to finding their forever families. In Virginia, the State Board of Social Services voted to allow the public 30 days to comment on its controversial decision to strip key anti-discrimination language from proposed rules that govern [...]

As a native Rhode Islander from Cranston, I am concerned that the language in the Civil Unions bill (HB 6103) before the Rhode Island legislature is unacceptable. We almost won marriage equality last month, but the bill faltered at the last minute. It may seem as though this civil unions bill is a step in [...]

Netroots Nation- held this year in Minneapolis Minnesota- is the largest gathering of progressive bloggers, activists, and organizations in the country. I am here to represent the issues facing our families and to raise the profile and visibility of Family Equality in the larger progressive community. My first day at Netroots Nation was a day [...]

Rick Santorum couldn’t be more out of touch with reality. Just before announcing his presidential exploratory committee the former Senator from Pennsylvania blew through Iowa to speak before the Family Leader and take a nasty swipe at LGBT Families. According to Mr. Santorum parenting is a privilege, and we are not entitled to take part: [...]

This past Monday, we were proud to have our LGBT families attend the annual White House Easter Egg Roll in Washington. It has now become a tradition for our families to be included in the event. Family Equality Council first mobilized families to attend the event in 2006 under former President George Bush.  The groundbreaking [...]

Yesterday a landmark report was issued by the Institute of Medicine identifying a need for better tracking of information relating to the health and wellness of LGBT people. This important report, commissioned by National Institutes for Health (NIH), shows that gender identity and sexual orientation matter when collecting data and their findings have far reaching [...]

Yesterday a shocking announcement came from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, who had initially indicated that the department would cease deportations of married same-sex bi-national couples. Several organizations issued statements applauding the announcement, and it seemed for a while that these families were out of the woods. Immigration services had temporarily halted pending deportation cases [...]