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, [...]

Boston, MA–Family Equality Council announced today the hiring of Kevin Nix as communications director and member of FEC’s senior leadership team.  Previously, he was communications director for Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN), the lead policy and legal organization in Washington, D.C. working to repeal the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law. “Family Equality Council works to [...]

By Gary J. Gates, Williams Distinguished Scholar, Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law   LGBT families need to be visible and counted in the 2010 Census.  Census data gives a snapshot of the LGBT community and informs many of the public and private policies that impact the lives of LGBT individuals and their families.  The [...]

What’s a Family Equality Council staff member doing at the office at 9:00pm on the day before the Fourth of July? Well, it could be working on a piece of LGBT family-friendly legislation that needs to get filed right after the holiday. Or it could be dotting the i’s and t’s on the Family Week [...]

The following is an excerpt from a White House Blog post by Brian Bond, the Deputy Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement. Prior to working for President Obama, Mr. Bond served as the Executive Director of the Democratic National Committee’s Gay and Lesbian Leadership Council. Later today, the White House will host [...]

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 [...]

Note: Jennifer Chrisler is now on Twitter. Follow her updates on the signing ceremony and what happens next. As most of you now know, President Obama signed a Presidential Memorandum today extending certain domestic partner benefits to federal employees. Our community’s reaction is and should be mixed. While we recognize that any extension of benefits [...]

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 [...]