Yesterday a shocking announcement came from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, who had initially indicated that the department would cease deportations of married same-sex bi-national couples. Several organizations issued statements applauding the announcement, and it seemed for a while that these families were out of the woods. Immigration services had temporarily halted pending deportation cases [...]

When you think of Family, what ideas come to mind for you? Love? Commitment? Picnics, playdates, and home cooked meals? If you asked almost anyone what Family means, they would likely talk to you about love. Almost no one would mention a renewable parent parental authority document, talk about their trip across state lines to have their child, or tell you about worrying over the latest version of their living will.

Introducing Jess Novak, Children’s Programming Intern located in our Midwest Office: Hey ya’ll! My name is Jess Novak and I am the Children’s Programming Intern for Family Equality Council at the Midwest Office. To tell you a bit about myself- I was born and raised on the south side of Chicago and came to the [...]

Last month the US Department of Housing and Urban Development issued proposed regulations that would prohibit housing discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender families and individuals. The Fair Housing Act currently prohibits housing discrimination on the bases of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, and familial status. In addition to leaving out sexual [...]

Continuing our introductions of our 2011 interns, here’s a post from Elliot Kennedy, our Public Policy Intern in our Washington, DC office. This spring I am working part time as a public policy intern for Emily Hecht-McGowan and Heron Greenesmith at the Family Equality Council in Washington, D.C. So far, my work here has involved [...]

Boston, MA – (Mar. 16 ,2011) – Family Equality Council, America’s foremost advocate for LGBT family equality, today offered its full support for the Respect for Marriage Act introduced in the U.S. Senate by Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Sen. Christopher Coons (D-DE) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) [...]

Equal Family will be featuring an intern each week this spring. This week, we introduce our Executive Department Intern, Eleanor. My name is Eleanor Krahenbuhl and I am currently the intern to the Executive Assistant, Ms. Rebecca Sniderman, at Family Equality Council. I studied International Relations at Boston University. In search of that ‘next step’ [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Steve Majors | Communications Dir. 202.664.0079│Steve.Majors@familyequality.org Boston, MA – (Mar. 10, 2011) – Family Equality Council, the nation’s largest organization working on behalf of the two million children of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender families (LGBT), released the following statement in response to the important developments today in efforts to create [...]

Registration is now open for the 2011 Pride and Joy Families Weekend Conference, happening Friday, April 8 through Sunday April 10 at the RIT Inn and Conference Center in Rochester, New York. Pride and Joy will bring together Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) individuals, families, and allies from all over upstate New York for [...]

Rodrigo Martinez and Edwin Echegoyen were married in DC on March 1st, hoping to stay an order from the Department of Homeland Security for Martinez’s deportation on March 9th. Despite the Administration’s promise to cease defending Section 3 of DOMA (the Defense of Marriage Act), deportations of married non-US citizens continue. For more information on [...]