Today, our own Executive Director, Jennifer Chrisler, wrote a guest post for Pam’s House Blend. We’re proud to be cross-posting her statements and Pam Spaulding’s comments here: This is a guest post by Jennifer Chrisler of the Family Equality Council; as executive director for the organization, she attended the Presidential limited federal benefits extension signing [...]

This post is an interview with one of our new interns. Welcome, Emily! Who are you? Hi everyone! My name is Emily Michelman and I am the new Volunteer Intern for Family Equality Council. I grew up in Annapolis, Maryland, but when I graduated from high school my parents headed down south to Durham, North [...]

This post is an interview with one of our new interns. Welcome, Heather! Who are you? Quite the existential question. My name is Heather Noble, and I’m from the New Jersey suburbs of New York City. I’m an upcoming junior at Smith College in Northampton, MA where I’m studying both government and religion. I am [...]

This post is an interview with one of our new interns. Welcome, Bryan! Who are you? Hello! My name is Bryan, I’m a rising junior and an English major at Haverford College, and I grew up in a small town outside of Boston called Boxborough, MA. What brought you to Family Equality Council? What interests [...]

This post is an interview with one of our new interns. Welcome, Amanda! Who are you? My name’s Amanda Whelan. I was born in Maryland and when I was 10 my family moved to Wellesley, just outside of Boston. I go to school at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in upstate New York and I [...]

This post is an interview with one of our new interns. Welcome, Ian! Who are you? My name is Ian Hedges, and I am a Program Intern this summer at Family Equality Council. I was born and raised in Charleston, West Virginia. I currently attend Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin, where I am studying International [...]

The Family Equality Council is proud to announce its Summer 2009 interns! Emily, Amanda, Ian, Heather and Brian will be with us through August, helping in particular with Family Week, our largest event undertaking of the year! To introduce you to these great advocates for family equality, I had them answer a couple of questions [...]

How difficult is it to be openly gay and a politician? Many politicians believe fear it to be the kiss of death, campaign-wise. The reasons given are many (and some even carry a little weight – homophobic counter-campaign, anyone?) How much does being openly LGBT really hurt a campaign? How much do people really care [...]

Yesterday — May 17th — was the 5-year anniversary of marriage equality in Massachusetts. Jennifer Chrisler, executive director of Family Equality Council and longtime Bay Stater, reflected on the significance of marriage equality for her family in this past week’s issue of Bay Windows, New England’s largest LGBT newspaper. Here’s an excerpt: Cheryl and I [...]