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Wrapping Up 2025 and Looking Ahead to 2026 for LGBTQ+ Families
December 31, 2025
This last day of 2025 has us looking back on our four decades of fighting for LGBTQ+ families. And we at Family Equality have accomplished so much…
- We won our long fight for freedom to marry.
- We secured federal workplace benefits for LGBTQ+ families.
- We led a coalition of nearly 150 organizations that secured protections in dozens of states to ensure LGBTQ+ parents who want to foster or adopt kids can not be turned away.
- We created policies and practices that protect LGBTQ+ families in schools, healthcare settings, and child welfare agencies.
- We established what has grown to the largest gathering of LGBTQ+ families in the world — Family Week.
- We earned the historic win against Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay and Trans” law.
- And one of our proudest accomplishments is what DIDN’T happen in those years…
- Thanks to the Family Equality team and our partners, hundreds of anti-LGBTQ+ laws never saw the light of day.
But what did we do in 2025?
But what did we do in 2025?
- We helped pass laws in Vermont and New Mexico to better protect LGBTQ+ families.
- We launched a nationwide storytelling campaign centered around marriage equality and celebrating the 10th anniversary of Obergefell v. Hodges, the case that granted marriage equality nationwide (and named for our esteemed board member Jim Obergefell!).
- We shared a list of five things you can do right now to protect your marriage — but also remind everyone that marriage equality remains the law of the land.
But wait. There’s more.
- We brought the stories of LGBTQ+ families to the Supreme Court through our amicus brief for Mahmoud v Taylor.
- We released a new-and-improved resource library on our redesigned website to provide families with the support they need to navigate this uncertain political climate.
- We collaborated with the Campaign for Southern Equality and GLAD Law to launch Why Marriage Matters, a movement-wide campaign to reframe the narrative on marriage equality and preserve our progress.
And there’s even more!
- We shared details the current state of protections for LGBTQ+ families in schools, and how you can continue to advocate for safer, more inclusive schools for your children.
- We hosted webinars about LGBTQ+ paths to pregnancy and author talks, and two biweekly virtual support spaces for those trying to conceive and for transgender, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming parents to connect.
- We partnered with Just Married and their book Love: The Heroic Stories of Marriage Equality was published. Get your copy and a portion of the sales comes to Family Equality!
- We hosted nearly 600 families from across the U.S. and around the globe at our 31st annual Family Week in Provincetown, MA.
Imagine what we can accomplish with your support!
We’re grateful for your support.
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