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LGBTQ+ Paths to Pregnancy: Using Donor Sperm to Build Your Family We’re thrilled to provide a FREE educational community panel with leading LGBTQ+ family-building experts AND the opportunity to win a $2,195 voucher for fertility services at California Cryobank

NEW DATE! Our rescheduled Paths to Pregnancy webinar will now take place on Thursday, October 16 at 4pm PT / 7pm ET! Join LGBTQ+ family-building experts while having the chance to win a $2,195 voucher for fertility services. Register now!

Happy #LatineHeritageMonth! This month is about honoring culture, joy, and resilience — and the words we use matter. Here are five affirming terms to help you spread love and celebrate Latine #LGBTQ+ identities.

Outspoken Voices: Fear - Family Equality Join us for a casual hour of connection, reflection, and storytelling centering around the theme of FEAR.

This Halloween season, we're putting a spin on the "scary story"! Join us for a casual storytelling circle on October 14, where we'll connect and share five minute stories about overcoming fear and tapping into our courage. Register to join the fun:

Tell the FTC: Hands Off Gender-Affirming Care | A4TE The FTC has opened a 60-day public comment portal—and your action and your story are urgently needed. This is a critical opportunity to submit your public comments in support of gender-affirming care ...

TAKE ACTION: Submit your public comments in support of gender-affirming care for adolescents!

The last day to submit comments is Friday, September 26.

Know Your Rights: Title IX for LGBTQ+ Families Title IX is a powerful tool for LGBTQ+ families to safeguard your rights and protect against discrimination.

The Trump administration has made clear that they do not intend to enforce Title IX in favor of LGBTQ+ individuals.

Read our updated resource on how Title IX can still protect LGBTQI+ students and their families this back-to-school season.

Mahmoud v. Taylor: Everything You Need to Know About the Supreme Court Case that Affects LGBTQ+ Inclusion at School  - Family Equality What did the Court decide in Mahmoud v Taylor and how does it impact LGBTQ+ inclusion in schools?

The Supreme Court ruled that Montgomery Public Schools should have allowed a group of religious parents to opt their children out of lesson time that included an option for reading books with LGBTQ+ characters.

How does this affect schools across the country? Read our resource below

LGBTQ+ Paths to Pregnancy: Using Donor Sperm to Build Your Family We’re thrilled to provide a FREE educational community panel with leading LGBTQ+ family-building experts AND the opportunity to win a $2,195 voucher for fertility services at California Cryobank

Ready to grow your family? Join us on Thursday, Sept 25 at 4pm PT / 7pm ET for a FREE webinar with LGBTQ+ family-building experts! Plus, you’ll have the chance to win a $2,195 voucher for fertility services from California Cryobank. Register now with the link below!

Baby Making for Everybody: Reading and Q&A with Marea Goodman, LM, CPM - Family Equality Join us for a virtual reading and discussion about LGBTQ+ family-building with Marea Goodman, queer millennial midwife and parent.

Deciding to expand your family comes with a lot of questions. Which path is right for you? How will you afford it? What do you say to family and friends? For answers to all these questions and more, join us on Sept. 16 for a virtual Q&A!

Beating the Back to School Blues: Share Your Story with Family Equality - Family Equality Share your story and help us bring visibility, hope, and queer joy to other LGBTQ+ families across the country who are entering this back-to-school season feeling lonely or lost.

Share your story with Family Equality and show the rest of the world that LGBTQ+ families are a valuable part of everyone’s neighborhood, state, and country!

Fill out the form on our blog to submit your first day of school photos and include a message!

It's back-to-school season! Calling all bookworms! 📚 🐛 What is a book or a few LGBTQ+ books that you'd recommend to our families? Please let us know!

We'll go first! Family Week by Sarah Moon!

LGBTQ+ Paths to Pregnancy: Using Donor Sperm to Build Your Family We’re thrilled to provide a FREE educational community panel with leading LGBTQ+ family-building experts AND the opportunity to win a $2,195 voucher for fertility services at California Cryobank

Register for our FREE educational webinar on Thursday, September 25 at 4pm PT/7pm ET with leading LGBTQ+ family-building experts AND the opportunity to win a $2,195 voucher for fertility services at California Cryobank! Registration is free but required, so be sure to sign up today!

This op-ed highlights the robust bipartisan support for the freedom to marry, significant evolutions from former opponents, and two decades of evidence that marriage equality helps families and harms no one. Please read and share.

Join us and our friends at PregnantTogether for a special virtual conference created by and for queer families this Nov. 4-5, 2025! This two-day event features workshops and panels on fertility, legal rights, emotional wellness, and more. Nab Family Equality's special $5 discount on registration:

Marriage Equality: Five Things You Can Do Right Now - Family Equality By now, I’m sure you’ve seen the headlines about Kim Davis’s request for the Supreme Court to reconsider its landmark marriage equality decision, Obergefell v. Hodges – the case that […]

I know a lot of you are worried because the U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to revisit the case that made marriage equality the law of the land. But here’s what’s important to remember: it’s only a request to hear the case. Action is the antidote to worry. Here are five things you can do now:

We’re collecting stories from Pennsylvanians who have grown their families through assisted reproduction to help lawmakers understand why this bill matters. Share your story at the link below: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Our VP of Public Policy, Luce Remy shares that the best way for LGBTQ+ people to build a family is to assume you don't have rights. Protect your family line by line to the point that it becomes a muscle. By doing so, you are fighting for your family everyday.

Baby Making for Everybody: Reading and Q&A with Marea Goodman, LM, CPM - Family Equality Join us for a virtual reading and discussion about LGBTQ+ family-building with Marea Goodman, queer millennial midwife and parent.

Want to have kids but don't know where to start? Join us on September 16 for an informative and empowering virtual reading and Q&A with Marea Goodman, queer midwife and co-author of Baby Making for Everybody: Family Building and Fertility for LGBTQ+ and Solo Parents!

Join us TODAY at 3pm ET at our storytelling circle! We're embracing back-to-school season by talking about the lessons we've learned in our lives.

Outspoken Voices: Learning - Family Equality Join us for a casual hour of connection, reflection, and storytelling centering around the theme of LEARNING.

What moments in life have taught you something new? If you're curious about honing your storytelling skills — or are just looking to spend time in community with other LGBTQ+ folks for an hour — join us NEXT WEEK for our virtual open mic as we talk about learning in all its unexpected iterations:

Outspoken Voices: Learning - Family Equality Join us for a casual hour of connection, reflection, and storytelling centering around the theme of LEARNING.

What moments in life have taught you something new? If you're curious about honing your storytelling skills — or are just looking to spend time in community with other LGBTQ+ folks for an hour — join us NEXT WEEK for our virtual open mic as we talk about learning in all its unexpected iterations:

Outspoken Voices: Learning - Family Equality Join us for a casual hour of connection, reflection, and storytelling centering around the theme of LEARNING.

Looking for a way to slow down and connect with other LGBTQ+ families? Our casual storytelling circle is August 12, and you should come! We're embracing back-to-school season by talking about the lessons we've learned in our lives. Register to join the fun: familyequality.org/event/outspo...

With the current legal landscape, it could be difficult to start a family at a time when LGBTQ+ families are under attack. Read this new resource by Mombian to learn about 3 key things you need to know as LGBTQ+ prospective parents.

TOGETHER: Queer Family Building Conference 2025 A 2-day virtual conference featuring expert-led discussions, real-life parenting journeys & strategies to navigate LGBTQ+ family-building.

Join us and our friends at PregnantTogether for a special virtual conference created by and for queer families this November 4-5! This two-day event will cover fertility, legal rights, emotional wellness, and more. Nab Family Equality's special $5 discount on registration: bit.ly/familyequality-5

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour 'John and Jim' symphony honors marriage equality with its future increasingly in doubt

10 yrs ago, marriage equality became the law when the Supreme Court ruled in the landmark Obergefell case that state bans on marriage equality were unconstitutional. Watch the the love story of Jim Obergefell and husband John, and how the fight to prevent an overturn of the case continues.

Outspoken Voices: Freedom - Family Equality Join us for a casual hour of connection, reflection, and storytelling centering around the theme of FREEDOM.

When was the last time you felt completely free? Join us NEXT WEEK for an hour of storytelling and community all about how freedom and independence have shown up in our lives: familyequality.org/e...

Boyhood Reimagined: A Reading and Q&A - Family Equality Join us for an inspiring virtual reading and discussion with the authors and contributors of Boyhood Reimagined: Stories of Queer Moms Raising Sons.

TOMORROW: Join us for a virtual reading and discussion with the authors and contributors of Boyhood Reimagined: Stories of Queer Moms Raising Sons.

Register today and spread the word!

Looking for a way to slow down and connect with other LGBTQ+ families? Our casual storytelling circle is July 15, and—hot off the fourth of July—this month's theme is freedom and independence! Register to join the fun: familyequality.org/event/outspo...

To Have and To Hold - Family Equality Explore the history of marriage equality in the United States — and the role that LGBTQ+ families played in making it possible.

Patrick got down on one knee, and Dominic said yes. About a year later, they were married in Cape Cod and have since shared nine happy years together in New York, Rhode Island, and now Los Angeles.

Read more stories celebrating love and family here: familyequality.org/to-have-and-...

Patrick knew he wanted to propose to Dominic in 2014, but they didn’t want to be in a marriage that could be invalidated simply by traveling to another state. When Obergefell v. Hodges passed the following year, Patrick asked Dominic’s parents for his hand in marriage...

YouTube video by Family Equality The Voices of Children: How LGBTQ+ Families Shaped the Fight for Marriage Equality

In 2012, Family Equality filed an amicus brief, “Voices of Children.” This brief would be referenced in cases until marriage equality was secured across the U.S. As we honor the 10th anniversary of Obergefell, we're also celebrating how LGBTQ+ families shaped the fight for marriage equality.