The following blog was written by Brent Almond of the Designer Daddy blog. I was speaking at an adoption expo recently as a panelist on the topic “Are You Ready To Adopt?” In sharing our story, I referenced our family album a few times, as it was such a big part of our home study [...]

The following blog was provided by the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health. Domestic and international sources of law recognize the right to family, including the right to rear children. Similarly, the reproductive justice (RJ) frameworkstands for the idea that all individuals have the right to have children, not to have children, and to parent the [...]

As a mother, I am grateful every day for the blessing of my family and committed to ensuring that my children are happy, health, loved and cared for.  This week, as I prepare to celebrate this time of thanksgiving, my heart goes out to children who have a very different existence than that of my [...]

The following blog was written for Mombian by LGBT blogger/writer Dana Rudolph I’ve written a lot about adoption lately—some great new resources have just come out, including a book looking at recent research on adoption by lesbians and gay men, edited by David Brodzinsky and Adam Pertman of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, and a [...]

The following blog is by Joey Guerra from the Houston Chronicle blog. Every time Emerson smiles, I tear up. Not necessarily a full-on cry (though that’s been known to happen a few times). More like a mist, a dew, a glaze of watery happiness. He has a fantastic smile that bursts from his cheeks, carves out his [...]

The following blog is reprinted from the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) blog. The Every Child Deserves a Family Act (S. 1770) was the topic of a Congressional briefing today organized by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s (D-NY) office. Advocates from LGBT and Adoption organizations engaged in a panel discussion about the bill and its promise of expanding [...]

The following post was written for the Cardozo Journal of Law and Gender blog by Heron Greenesmith, legislative counsel at the Family Equality Council. Until September of 2010, the State of Florida banned lesbian, gay, and bisexual parents from adopting their children. To be precise, Florida law prohibited an otherwise eligible person from adopting if [...]

The following blog post is by Paul Perry, who joined COLAGE’s board of directors in 2010 and is pursuing his doctorate in Educational Leadership at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education.  In honor of National Adoption Month, he shares his story as an adopted COLAGEr. I took home a word. “Faggot.” At 5 years old, I [...]

The following blog is by Adam Pertman, Executive Director of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute and Author of “Adoption Nation: How the Adoption Revolution is Transforming Our Families – and America” News flash: Today, in every state in America, gay fathers and lesbian mothers are raising children. For a range of reasons, not everyone [...]

On Sunday, November 20, Family Equality Council joins with our partners in commemorating The Transgender Day of Remembrance and will take time to remember those in our community who have lost their lives to violence. As we reflect on the many strides the LGBT community has made in recent months, we also are faced with [...]