After a big shift, it seems to take some time for the dust to settle, to start seeing the ripples of change and how it all plays out. The big change I’m referring to here is the recent Supreme Court ruling on same sex marriage. I often find myself feeling a little (or maybe a…
While County Clerk Kim Davis was in jail this past Labor Day weekend for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses, her lawyer released this statement: “She’s not going to resign, she’s not going to sacrifice her conscience, so she’s doing what Martin Luther King Jr. wrote about in his Letter from the Birmingham Jail, which…
For years, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals and their families faced difficulties in getting health coverage and access to medical services they needed. However, thanks to the passing of the Affordable Care Act and a recent Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage, these situations have drastically improved for the LGBT community and their…
Our families come in all different shapes and sizes. Our LGBT families know better than anyone that gender can have very little to do with who provides nurturing and care-taking of a new child. Gender certainly doesn’t dictate how much we want children, how much we love our children, and certainly doesn’t make a difference…
June 26, 2015 – The Supreme Court ruled same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states. Marriage equality is deemed a constitutional right. In a Time Magazine interview with Gabriel Blau, executive director of the Family Equality Council, we think he said it best with, “Around the country there are millions of Americans in families with…
I have to say…It has been a HUGE week for the LGBT community – Particularly in terms of same sex marriage reaching the SUPREME COURT. It almost feels surreal to me – I remember that bittersweet moment in 2004 when we celebrated Massachusetts legalizing gay marriage and feeling some sort of tug about this being…
