This weekend is Father’s Day, an opportunity for families everywhere to pay tribute to the dads who love them. In this Q&A, we hear from Alan and Carlos McMillian on [...]
By Tamara Juarez Starting a family is one of the biggest decisions a couple will ever have to make. It takes love, trust, and unwavering commitment to raise a child, [...]
By Megan Wadding Victoria Morales and Sundown Chavez are the mothers of six children and are in the process of adding another to their brood. The mothers are relatively new [...]
By Cynthia Laird, November 2018 Web Exclusive. Courtesy of the LGBT History Project. During Pride Month in June, LGBT people interested in family history received interesting [...]
By Megan Wadding, September 2016 Issue. There was a new walking group in this year’s Phoenix Pride parade. They wore pink or blue t-shirts bearing their name: Arizona Trans [...]
By Laura Latzko, January 2016 Issue. What started as a casual conversation between Nate Whitten and Gina Florio during happy hour at Kobalt is now formally known as Sunday [...]
By Laura Latzko, January 2016 Issue. Hanukkah might be behind us, but one local congregation wants the LGBTQ community know that they are welcome year-round. With the [...]
By Laura Latzko, January 2016 Issue. For better or worse, the Mormon Church always seems to be making headlines. And, while LGBTQ Mormons are finding increased levels of [...]
Equality Arizona campaign aims to unite LGBT families By Laura Latzko – June 18, 2015 Currently, there are more than 17,000 children and youth in Arizona’s foster [...]
By Desi Rubio, June 2015 Issue. Photos courtesy the Bowerman-Fuller family. In today’s tech-savvy society, where it requires very little effort to upload and share photos [...]
By Laura Latzko, March 26, 2015. For transgender individuals of all ages, coming out of the closet is met with complicated questions from therapists, healthcare providers, [...]
By Desi Rubio, Feb. 26, 2015. Pictured clockwise: David, Kevin, Cayla and Cayden. Photos by Fernando Hernández. The last time Echo sat down with Kevin Patterson and David [...]
By Desi Rubio, Feb. 26, 2015. Arizona’s 2014 marriage equality ruling propelled countless same-sex couples to the courts to legalize their relationships. And, as the saying [...]
Boutique owners say goodbye to Phoenix, plan to reopen in Portland By Hana Khalyleh – Jan. 29, 2015 Photos by Cinthia Schmidt GreenHAUS Gallery+Boutique is a cluster of [...]
By Megan Wadding, Dec. 4, 2014. Since Arizona began performing and recognizing same-sex marriages, Oct. 17, many couples have formally tied the long-awaited knot and the [...]