LGBTQ+

March 9, 2012

March 8 is International Women's Day - first celebrated over 100 years ago. International Women's Day brings attention to women around the world- the underserved, the underrepresented, the undervalued, the invisible, the hardworking, the poor. In October 2011, Family Equality Council, along with...

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Heron Greenesmith

Immigration

September 27, 2011

Being a new parent is hard. The sleepless nights, the sudden loss of free time, the aching biceps from carrying around a surprisingly heavy baby, the spit up, the bottles, the picking up, the picking up, the picking up. But during my most miserable nights of waking up at 12am, then 2am, then 4am –...

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Miriam Yeung

Health Care Blog Carnivals

July 7, 2011

In the banquet of spending cuts laid out as part of the debt negotiations, everyone seems to want a piece of Medicaid. Congress and the Administration are hungry for $4 trillion in savings, and while a powerful voting bloc of seniors helps protect Medicare, Medicaid serves people whose voices at...

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Kellan Baker

June 30, 2011

The Family Equality Council, America’s foremost advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) families, today issued a statement congratulating New Yorkers for achieving marriage equality. On behalf of the 1 million LGBT parents raising 2 million children in our country today, I want...

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Jennifer Chrisler

June 24, 2011

Last year I visited Spokane, Washington, for a listening session on housing discrimination issues facing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) individuals and families. After hearing a number of compelling stories, I met Mitch and Michelle, a couple with children, a family like any other. But...

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Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity John Trasviña

May 11, 2011

May is National Foster Care Awareness month, a time when our country and Congress need to pay attention to the plight of the more than 424,000 children living in foster care. But we need to do more than be aware about this issue, we need to act. Recently the Every Child Deserves a Family Act was...

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Jennifer Chrisler

Health Care

April 27, 2011

This year’s annual LGBT Health Awareness Week, sponsored by the National Coalition for LGBT Health, was full of exciting news. The Department of Health and Human Services released a directive outlining a wide array of new and existing initiatives focused on the health of LGBT people and their...

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Jeff Krehely

Politics & Policy

March 12, 2011

Cross posted from IWPR A year ago today, the District of Columbia legalized same-sex marriage, and according to the Washington Post , the number of marriages soared from 3,100 in the year prior to 6,600 in the year since. According to a court representative, the number of marriages usually varies...

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Robert Drago

July 28, 2010

I want to share this op-ed published in the Atlanta Journal Constitution with everyone who believes that gay adoption is a family issue, not a political one. Please re-post to Facebook, Tweet, or send to others if you like it. — Jenn A week before the Republican gubernatorial primary, Karen Handel...

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Jennifer Chrisler

June 25, 2010

I want to share this article published on CNN.com this week with all the moms out there who agree our child’s well being comes first–-and that good parents come in many forms. No one family is better than any other. Please re-post to Facebook, Tweet, or send to other moms (and dads) if you like it...

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Jennifer Chrisler