Recent Blog Posts - Family Equality

LGBTQ Parent and Foster Alumni Voices Heard Loud and Clear on Capitol Hill

Congressman John Lewis: We’re gonna get this bill passed. This week, Family Equality Council and FosterClub hosted briefings at the U.S. Capitol on “Ending Discrimination May 17, 2019

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When an Adoption Plan Fails: A Coping and Empowerment Guide

By Carolyn Berger, L.C.S.W Anne and Tori were at a hospital near Rochester, New York when they learned that the pregnant woman they had made May 16, 2019

Summer Inspiration from Outspoken Voices

Spring is officially here and summer isn’t far away. Family Equality is also coming up on one full year of our Outspoken Voices podcast! Releasing May 10, 2019

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First Came Love – How to Keep your Relationship on Track when Kiddo Makes Three

By Andrea Mechanick Braverman, M.S., M.A., PhD Before you have a baby, it is easy to wonder how parents are not able to do simple May 9, 2019

Reflections of a Rainbow Parent for International Family Equality Day

By Candy Guinea, Digital Marketing Coordinator As many other rainbow families are aware, growing our queer family was an emotionally difficult but hard-won journey. My May 4, 2019

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What’s a Second Parent adoption?

By Kathy Brodsky, L.C.S.W How I hate that term – second parent – all parents should be equal. Unfortunately, under the law, that’s not the May 2, 2019

Welcome our 2019 COLAGE Family Week Interns!

We’re delighted to celebrate our merger with COLAGE and welcome four talented interns to our team to help prepare for Family Week 2019! Learn more April 22, 2019

The Long and Winding Road to Parenthood: Reflections on National Infertility Awareness Week

I have a clear memory from when I was about 12-years-old. I was lying in the grass with some friends when things suddenly became a April 21, 2019

Staying Grounded on Your Path to Parenthood

By Brenda Strong The path to parenthood isn’t always an easy one, but ultimately it is always worthwhile in the end, especially when you are April 17, 2019

Siblings Day: My Brother Was My QueerSpawn Community

By Lara Lillibridge Our biological parents divorced when my brother was three and I was in diapers. When I was three and he was four April 10, 2019

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Post-DOMA: Second Parent Adoption Tax Credit Updates for Same-Sex Unmarried Parents

By Melissa B. Brisman, Esq In most cases, if a same-sex couple is not married, a federal income tax credit is likely to cover many April 10, 2019

Family Equality and COLAGE: An Update on our Partnership

In the Summer of 2018, we shared the news that Family Equality Council and COLAGE would be joining forces, and we’re excited to share this April 8, 2019