Press Releases Archive - Family Equality Council

Zach Wahls Becomes First Person with Openly LGBTQ Parents Elected to State Government, Winning Iowa Senate District 37 Race

November 7, 2018

Family Equality Council: Report Indicates Trump Administration Planning Cruel Attack on LGBTQ People and Families

Family Equality Council responded to a New York Times report published today that details a Trump administration's plan to redefine “sex” to exclude LGBTQ people and their families from a broad range of non-discrimination protections. October 21, 2018

Family Equality Council and Path2Parenthood Announce Merger, Helping LGBTQ People Form Families

Today Family Equality Council, the nation’s leading nonprofit for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) families is pleased to announce the successful merger with Path2Parenthood, Inc., a leading national nonprofit providing educational family-building and reproductive health resources. October 8, 2018

Family Equality Council Issues Challenge to American People Following Kavanaugh Confirmation Vote

October 6, 2018

Adoption Discrimination “Aderholt Amendment” Removed from House Appropriations Bill in Final Vote

Pressure from grassroots activists and opposition from forty Senators led to defeat of “License to Discriminate” provision. September 26, 2018

Brett Kavanaugh SCOTUS Hearings (C-SPAN)

Family Equality Council: Investigate Sexual Assault Allegations Against Kavanaugh Before Confirmation Proceeds

Family Equality Council CEO Rev. Stan J. Sloan issued the following statement in response to reports of more allegations of sexual misconduct committed by U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh ... September 24, 2018

What’s At Stake- Brett Kavanaugh, LGBTQ Families, and the Supreme Court

Family Equality Council: Senate Must Halt Kavanaugh Confirmation Process; Investigate Sexual Assault Allegations

September 16, 2018

Alabama Family: What’s At Stake for LGBTQ Families as Kavanaugh Supreme Court Hearings Begin

11-year-old: “I deserve a Supreme Court justice that will not stop the progress that has been made toward legal equality for families like my own.” September 4, 2018

Family Equality Council Condemns Decision to Hold Hearings on Kavanaugh Nomination Before Records Are Released

"The rushed hearing timeline announced by Chairman Grassley allows no time for the National Archives to review and release the records of this nominee’s body of writings, and deprives the Senate and the American people of the opportunity to fully understand the impact that this nominee would have on American life for generations. This is a shameful, highly partisan approach and we condemn it." August 10, 2018

Family Equality Council Joins LGBTQ Community in Asking Senate to Reject Kavanaugh

This week Family Equality Council joined with Lambda Legal and 61 other national LGBTQ organizations in a letter urging the Senate Judiciary Committee to reject Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to fill the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court left by Justice Kennedy’s retirement. August 1, 2018

Letter: Faith, Child Welfare, Civil Rights Leaders United in Opposition to Federal Adoption Discrimination

“The Aderholt amendment would harm all foster youth waiting to be placed with loving families, state child welfare systems across the country which stand to lose $1 billion in federal funding because of their nondiscrimination policies, and LGBTQ foster youth who need supportive care.” July 26, 2018

Family Equality Council Thanks Senators for Vocal Opposition to Adoption Discrimination

“A broad coalition of child welfare, LGBTQ, and faith organizations will continue to remain vigilant to ensure this discriminatory measure is not included in any final bill that makes it to the President’s desk.” July 25, 2018