Our Work This Year

We're halfway through 2024, and our work isn't stopping any time soon! From advocating at all levels of the government to sharing our families' stories on a national stage, the Family Equality team has been hard at work advancing lived and legal equality for LGBTQ+ families across the country.

Youth with LGBTQ+ parents and families take to the stage for a moving photo opportunity in honor of Luigi Caiola.
Visibility Award honor Niecy Nash-Betts joined us at LA Impact: There’s No Place Like Home.
Murray/Reese Family Award honoree, Bruce Cohen with Marisa Tomei
Superstar Esera Tuaolo performs at LA Impact: There’s No Place Like Home.
Family Equality families at the 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington.
Family Equality was proud to be community partners for the 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington, a commemoration and continuation of the fight for justice that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called us to six decades ago.
Family Equality families had the honor of joining the White House for a special Pride event.
Our second annual Family Night: Deep Sea Disco was a SPLASH at Family Week this year!
We welcomed movement leaders to an empowering and important discussion about the fight for LGBTQ+ equality at Family Week 2023.
More than 700 families joined us at Family Week!
Author and advocate Chasten Buttigieg joined us for a fireside chat at Family Week in Provincetown.
Family Week is all about community, connection, and fun in the sun.
Our annual Night at the Pier featured amazing performers coming together to support LGBTQ+ families.
The Family Equality team represented LGBTQ+ families at NYC Pride!
Our team member, Matthew, and our board member, Alvin, represented Family Equality at a Disney Pride event.
LGBTQ+ families from across the country joined us at the White House for Pride!
We were thrilled to spotlight LGBTQ+ family stories for our first-ever Family Equality Giving Day on #LGBTQFamiliesDay.
Johnson family on their adoption court date
Happy Adoption Day to the Johnsons, party of 8, who shared their story with Family Equality this spring.
LGBTQ+ families are incredi-bowl! We welcomed dozens of families to our family fun event in New York City.
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Restoring compassion to the classroom and more

This spring, families scored a big win with the resolution of the lawsuit against Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay and Trans” law (H.B. 1557). As plaintiffs in this critical case, Family Equality grateful for this crucial step forward — but we recognize that the journey for complete inclusion continues.

To that end, Family Equality has worked tirelessly to provide LGBTQ+ families in Florida and similar states with the resources they need to navigate our current uncertain legal landscape, including:

In addition to providing these impactful resources to our families, our team continues to work to better understand the unique needs of this community through our 2024 Family Equity Justice Survey, a facet of our Family Equity Justice Project that seeks to better understand the diverse needs and experiences of our families.  

In times like these, it’s more important than ever that LGBTQ+ families feel seen, supported, and protected. That’s what Family Equality is all about. 

Sharing our stories

Our stories are powerful agents of change. The exciting projects and events below showcase just a few of the many ways that we’re working to change the LGBTQ+ family narrative by spotlighting and sharing our stories on a national level.

Out With It Featuring Jaymes Black

On #LGBTQFamiliesDay, we launched a brand new podcast, Out with It featuring celebrities, business leaders, and changemakers like Heather Dubrow, Colton Underwood, and Adair Curtis to get unapologetic about the movement for equality. Listen anywhere you get your podcasts or watch on Youtube!

Our Second Annual Family Equality Day of Giving

For the second year in a row, Family Equality celebrated #LGBTQFamiliesDay with twenty-four hours of love, family, and freedom! In addition to raising critical funds for our work, this special day featured photos, stories, and projects that celebrate LGBTQ+ families across the country! Check out all the love on Instagram.

Embracing Hope at Night at the Pier

In May, hundreds of advocates and families joined us in New York City for our annual gala, Night at the Pier, honoring civil rights litigator Roberta Kaplan and Brooks Brother CEO Ken Ohashi. Together, we raised nearly a million dollars for LGBTQ+ families — and celebrated the beautiful, unique, joyful ways our families show up in the world.

The Road Ahead

Halfway through a pivotal presidential election year, we’re setting our sights on what’s ahead: Fiercely protecting our families through policy work, storytelling, and building resilience in the community. But we need your help. 

From the statehouse to the school board, people in positions of power are threatening the rights and freedoms of LGBTQ+ youth and families. But, we know that if we come together, we can usher in an era of full lived and legal equality. By joining this movement, you can help us create a brighter future for families!

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