Family Equality Council

Family Equality (formerly Family Pride and Family Equality Council) is a national American nonprofit organization whose mission is to advance legal and lived equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) families, and for those who wish to form them, through building community, changing hearts and minds, and driving policy change.[1]

Family Equality Council
Type501(c)3 Nonprofit
PurposeAdvance LGBTQ rights
HeadquartersNew York
CEO
Stan J. Sloan
Websitewww.familyequality.org

History

In 1979 a group of gay fathers formed the group that would eventually become Family Equality Council.[2] Originally called the Gay Fathers Coalition, in 1986 this fathers’ group expanded to include lesbian mothers, prompting a name change to the Gay and Lesbian Parents Coalition International (GLPCI), a chapter-based organization.[2] In 1998, GLPCI changed its name to the Family Pride Coalition in order to include bisexual and transgender parents.[2] In 2007, in order to better capture the full breadth and scope of their mission, Family Pride changed its name to the Family Equality Council.[2]

In 2006, Family Equality Council collaborated with the University of Pennsylvania on a two-day symposium for professionals who work with households headed by same-sex couples and their advocates. The symposium led to the creation of an online databank of resources for same-sex couples with children.[3]

Family Equality Council launched an initiative called "The Outspoken Generation" in April 2012, with young adult children of LGBT parents as its spokespersons. The co-chairs were Zach Wahls, the son of a lesbian couple who came to public attention after his testimony before an Iowa legislative hearing went viral on YouTube, and Ella Robinson, the daughter of New Hampshire Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson.[4]

References
  1. Familyequality.org. "Family Equality - Family Equality Council". Family Equality Council. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  2. "History - Family Equality Council". Family Equality Council. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  3. Gambone, 56-7
  4. Huffington Post: Zach Wahls To Co-Chair 'Outspoken Generation,' Gay Parents' Initiative For Adult Children, With Ella Robinson," April 6, 2012, accessed May 29, 2012

Sources
  • Philip Gambone, Travels in a Gay Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans (Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, 2010), ISBN 978-0-299-23684-7
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