Iowa begins marrying same-sex couples today. Congratulations to couples marrying in Iowa today! Watch this video by Melanie and Sandi Patton-Imani, Iowa parents who serve on VOICES, Project Harmony’s Advisory Council.* *Project Harmony is Family Equality Council’s program for LGBT parents and families of color. Project Harmony is currently processing the results of a year-long [...]

Mandy Carter, a Nobel Peace Prize-nominated African-American lesbian activist, is giving the keynote address at this year’s Rainbow Families Conference, produced by Family Equality Council. Online registration for the conference is open until Monday, April 13th. Mandy recently spoke with Leigh Combs of Fresh Fruit Radio, “the longest running queer radio show in the country,” [...]

Five Family Equality Council Staff attended this year’s National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change in Denver, Colorado. Creating Change is hosted annually by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and is the LGBT equality movement’s premier national gathering for activists. Family Equality Council staff hosted the second Family Institute, a day-long session focused [...]

The National Conference on LGBT Equality, Creating Change is almost here! For more than 20 years, Creating Change has brought together LGBT people and allies from all over the country and all walks of life to build skills and share experiences to create a more just world. This year Creating Change will take place in [...]

Now in its 4th year, “52 Ways to be OUTSpoken” is your family’s weekly guide for making change in 2009. Download the document, print it, stick it to your fridge, chore chart or family bulletin board to remind yourself to take small steps toward equality throughout the year. Upcoming highlights include: Feb 1-7–Commemorate Black History [...]

We’ve just released the following statement congratulating Alicia Skillman, the new Executive Director of Michigan’s Triangle Foundation. Alicia is also a member of VOICES, the Advisory Council for Project Harmony, Family Equality Council’s initiative for families of color. This is great for Michigan and for the LGBT community-at-large. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, January 8, 2009 [...]

Earlier this year Family Equality Council launched Project Harmony, an initiative for LGBT families of color. In its first year, Project Harmony seeks to understand the needs and concerns of LGBT families of color in order to fully integrate their experiences into a national model of service. To engage families of color and collect this [...]

What is your role at Family Equality Council? I am Lisbeth Melendez Rivera and I am the project Harmony Manager at Family Equality Council. As such I work within our organization and with the community to represent and give voice to LGBT Families of Color. Why is family equality important to you? When I travel [...]

As we talked about in this post earlier this week, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick’s 18 year old daughter recently came out as a lesbian. Even before she came out, Governor Patrick was a staunch supporter of LGBTQ rights. As reported by the Detroit News earlier this week, Governor Patrick is not the only black politician [...]