Our Midwest Region Senior Manager writes about Family Camp – A one-of-a-kind community building event for midwest LGBT families. Events like these are our way of demonstrating that nobody has to do it alone, your community is waiting. “Mommy, can we come back to camp next weekend?” were the words from my 4.5 year old [...]

Congratulations are due to Nicholas Foley, just awarded the Boys and Girls Club’s National Youth of the Year Award!  Nicholas joined the Boys and Girls Club ten years ago and has since donated 1500 hours to community service.  An alumnus of the foster care system, Nicholas was 6 years old when his aunt and her [...]

Let’s face it. There are a lot of things we have to worry about as parents.But some of them are things we shouldn’t HAVE to worry about. As you watch the school bus pull away in the morning … You shouldn’t HAVE to wonder if your son’s school day will include being called names by [...]

A family guest post by Casey McLaughlin As the spouse of an Army officer that is currently serving, I am overcome today with joy and relief at the repeal of DADT. Shannon and I were blessed with twins 9 months ago, after having endured a difficult pregnancy that was even further complicated by the constant [...]

Two weeks ago, I attended the Lavender Law Conference, an annual gathering of LGBT lawyers and lawyers working for LGBT equality.  I was fortunate to attend the Family Law Institute held the day before the conference itself.  The Institute is a gathering of the greatest minds in LGBT Family Law; it was an honor to [...]

This is not what I envisioned. I was sure that one day, years from now, when my two daughters were teenagers, they would face some sort of harassment in school because they have gay dads. In my daydream, they would stand up on the cafeteria tables and belt out some incredible song about diversity, inclusiveness [...]

Labor Day has come and gone. You’ve packed away the lawn furniture and BBQ grill and the summer public pool schedule on the refrigerator is now covered up by this week’s lunch menu. It so hard to say goodbye to summer. And what a summer it was!  It kicked off with the battle for and [...]