Celebrate. Commit. Connect. Those are the New Year’s resolutions for the Family Equality Council and I hope, in 2012, they will be yours. This year, we will mark the 30th anniversary of our organization. Over the past 30 years we have worked tirelessly to strengthen our families by building our community to support parents and [...]

As a mother, I am grateful every day for the blessing of my family and committed to ensuring that my children are happy, health, loved and cared for.  This week, as I prepare to celebrate this time of thanksgiving, my heart goes out to children who have a very different existence than that of my [...]

Let’s face it. There are a lot of things we have to worry about as parents.But some of them are things we shouldn’t HAVE to worry about. As you watch the school bus pull away in the morning … You shouldn’t HAVE to wonder if your son’s school day will include being called names by [...]

Thirty years of scientific research and mainstream child welfare organizations confirm that children raised by same-sex parents have exactly the same chance of growing into happy, well-adjusted adults.  It isn’t up for debate. The idea that children suffer from being raised in same-sex households is unsubstantiated fantasy. But that isn’t stopping this idea from invading [...]

      Let me guess. If you have young children, you’ve probably been up since sunrise. You have made breakfasts, packed lunches, combed hair, scrambled to find a favorite book, maybe wiped a nose or tears. You have put away dishes, cleaned up an accident or two, blown kisses. And you’ve done all this [...]

As parents, we know that some things can go on the back burner, and others just can’t. We can put off the laundry until tomorrow … get back to the daily run once the baby is a little older … tackle those closets during the next school vacation. But the health and security of your [...]

Saturday’s vote in the US Senate on the repeal of DADT marked a historic and significant victory for not just gay rights, but for the American people. After 17 long years, the discriminatory stain of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy has been lifted and our service men and women will soon be able to [...]

Our deepest sympathies go out to the Portantino Family on the loss of their father, brother, son Michael. We at Family Equality Council are grateful to him for his tireless support for LGBT parents and for the incredible impact he had on the growth and success of our organization.

Family Equality Council mourns the passing on Friday of Adele Star, first president of Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG). Ms. Starr’s home served as the first office for the now-national organization; she and her husband invited 35 people into their den for the first meeting of the group of parents and [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE │December 8, 2010 CONTACT: Jennifer Chrisler, Executive Director (202) 276-4311 │jennifer.chrisler@familyequality.org Boston, MA – Family Equality Council applauds Congressman Jerrold Nadler and his introduction of the Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act. The HOME Act makes long-needed updates to the Fair Housing Act that will improve access to housing choices for lesbian, [...]