Pride is a funny concept, with both positive and negative connotations. It goeth before a fall. It makes a combustible pairing with prejudice. The Marines, though few, lay claim to it. Pride can be overweening. It can blind us to the needs of others. But it can also remind us of what is important in life: our children, our families, our identities.
Watch 79-year-old George Smith, an Air Force veteran, Baptist church trustee, and father of Equality Florida CEO Nadine Smith, share his personal journey of coming to support Nadine in her marriage.
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on marriage equality today—which has gotten me thinking about my own twisty road to marriage and the importance of parents in moving equality forward.
Two adults with same-sex parents last week publicly defended families like theirs against those who sought to disparage them—including two gay men and a woman with two moms.
Transgender teen Jazz Jennings is not only getting a show about her life on TLC, but will also be featured in an ad campaign for a major beauty brand. Here’s why this matters to all of us, trans- and cisgender alike.
Last Friday, the voices of children with same-sex parents were sent to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Family Equality Council, COLAGE, and Kentucky teen Kinsey Morrison filed a “friend of the court” brief in support of marriage equality and highlighting the impact of inequality on children and young adults raised by same-sex couples.
When the U.S. Supreme Court hears four cases this spring challenging state bans on marriage for same-sex couples, most of the plaintiffs will be parents. Let’s meet them.
Marriage equality brought a little more sunshine to Florida this week. Among the six plaintiff couples in the case that won it are four couples raising children, and another with an adult child and two grandchildren.
Sisters Kinsey, Jillian, and Teagan live in Kentucky with their two moms. They’ve made a wonderful video about why the U.S. Supreme Court should allow their moms to marry.
Did 2014 bring LGBTQ parents and our children closer to equality? Most visibly, it was the year that marriage equality spread to most of the U.S.—a great thing for many families, but certainly not all that happened.
