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Supreme Court Masterpiece Decision Underscores Need for LGBTQ Nondiscrimination Law

June 4, 2018 — For Immediate Release NEW YORK – Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued a narrow ruling in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case that clearly reaffirms the validity June 4, 2018

Celebrate #LGBTQFamiliesDay on June 4, 2018

Mombian and Family Equality Council Join Forces to Support LGBTQ Families at the Start of Pride Month NEW YORK, N.Y — Monday, June 4, 2018, is #LGBTQFamiliesDay, a May 22, 2018

Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer Signs SB 284 Allowing Discrimination in the Foster Care and Adoption System

“When taxpayer-funded, state-licensed agencies are allowed to prioritize their own religious beliefs over expanding placement opportunities in loving homes, kids in foster care pay the price.” May May 18, 2018

South Carolina Lawmakers Hide Foster Care License to Discriminate Provision in Appropriations Bill

“By hiding this provision in an appropriations bill, lawmakers are trying to avoid public debate about a measure that would break the most important rule May 15, 2018

Oklahoma Enacts 2018’s First Anti-LGBTQ Law, Targeting Foster Care and Adoption System

“Oklahoma has now joined a small group of states that have broken the cardinal rule of child welfare — that the needs of children should come first.” May May 11, 2018

Katie Couric, Dana Rudolph, Honored at Family Equality Council “Night At The Pier” Gala

May 8, 2018

Oklahoma and Kansas Lawmakers Send Discriminatory Adoption and Foster Care Bills to Governors for Signature

May 4, 2018

Nick Scandalios to Receive 2018 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award for Service to Family Equality

April 24, 2018

Family Equality Council to Honor Katie Couric, Dana Rudolph, at May 7 New York Gala

April 9, 2018

Family Equality Council 2018 LA Impact Awards Addresses Visibility, Vulnerability, in Fight for LGBTQ Families’ Rights

Hundreds gather to honor Johnson & Johnson & Johnson Care with Pride initiative, and Nate Berkus & Jeremiah Brent at The Globe Theatre March 17. LOS March 18, 2018

Child Welfare and LGBTQ Advocacy Groups Condemn HHS Delay in Collecting Critical Foster Care and Adoption Data

Delay will harm LGBTQ, tribal, and other vulnerable foster youth who are overrepresented in foster care and experience worse outcomes. March 14, 2018—For Immediate Release March 14, 2018

Family Equality Council Calls on Georgia Legislators to Reject Discriminatory Adoption and Foster Care Bill

SB 375 would allow taxpayer-funded adoption and foster care providers to discriminate against LGBTQ parents and youth in care. For Immediate Release –March 1, 2018 NEW March 1, 2018