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 [...]

I just got off the phone with David Giller, the organizer I’ll be working with in the Hudson Valley.  He’s been on the ground for three weeks, making sure that Senator Ball knows that New Yorkers want the freedom to marry.  He reviewed his day for me: mornings he greets commuters headed into the city, [...]

This guest post, by our Director of Policy Emily Hecht-McGowan, was posted at the American Constitution Society for Law and Politics In a stunning reversal of both the district and appellate court rulings in Adar v Smith, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit sitting en banc found that the refusal of the Louisiana state [...]

Last week was critical for the health of the LGBT community.  On the tails of the study released by the Institutes of Medicine (IOM), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a series of policies and recommendations to the Obama administration that will make great strides in improving the health of LGBT individuals [...]

Congrats to Washington Post conservative columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner Kathleen Parker who has, like so many conservatives recently, seen the light around marriage equality and LGBT families. In an online Q&A yesterday, she said, “I have softened my views on marriage equality, partly as a result of studying this issue and having many long, open [...]

By Laura Waldon, LGBT Partnership Specialist, U.S. Census Bureau The U.S. Census counts every resident in the United States, and is required by the Constitution to take place every 10 years. Data from the 2010 Census help allocate more than $400 billion in federal funds each year to communities for things like hospitals, schools, public [...]

On Friday, The Massachusetts Senate passed S.B. 2313, An Act Relative to School Bullying, which brings much-needed attention to the crisis of bullying and harassment in commonwealth schools. However, the bill falls short as it fails to enumerate the classes of persons who have historically and disproportionately been the subjects of bullying and harassment. Research [...]

Chris Johnson, DC Agenda | Mar 12, 2010 | Comments A tearful moment interrupted a congressional panel discussion on LGBT adoption Thursday when a gay foster parent described how state officials in Florida were threatening to take away his two children. Martin Gill of Miami and his partner are seeking to adopt two young brothers — referred [...]

Rep Pete Stark (D-CA) is hosting a panel discussion on the “Every Child Deserves a Family Act.” Panelists will include foster children who will discuss their experiences in the foster care system, parents who have been prevented from adopting their foster children because of state laws prohibiting gays, lesbians and bisexuals from adopting, and experts [...]

Chris Johnson, DC Agenda  An adoption anti-discrimination bill previously introduced in the U.S. House is set to get a new start this week when the bill’s sponsor reintroduces it with modified language. Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.), the sponsor of the Every Child Deserves a Family Act, is planning to reintroduce the bill — which would prohibit [...]