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Family Equality Stands with GLSEN Amid Attacks, Lies from Right-Wing Extremists

Family Equality unequivocally stands with GLSEN and all our coalition partners in light of anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. May 31, 2023

Family Equality joins 100+ LGBTQ+ Advocacy Organizations and Allies Calling on Business Community to Reject Coordinated, Extremist Anti-LGBTQ+ Attacks

Family Equality joins 100+ organizations in renewing their call for the business community to speak out against anti-LGBTQ+ extremism. May 31, 2023

Leading LGBTQ+ Advocacy Organizations Raise the Alarm to Business Community on Coordinated Anti-LGBTQ+ Attacks; Call on Target to Lead

Recent pushback against businesses such as Anheuser-Busch and Target, blatantly organized by extremist groups, serves as a wake up call for all businesses that support May 25, 2023

Celebrate LGBTQ Families Day on June 1, 2023

Mombian, Family Equality, GLAAD, GLAD, PFLAG National, and COLAGE Join Forces to Elevate Stories of LGBTQ Families May 22, 2023

Family Equality Joins Comment Letter to Department of Education in Response to Proposed Title IX Amendment

Family Equality supports the proper interpretation and application of the Department of Education’s proposed changes to Title IX. May 18, 2023

Bravo TV’s Amrit Kapai and Nicholas Kouchoukos, Inspiring Nicholas Hite, CEO Stacey Stevenson, and Tony-Nominated Performers from Kimberly Akimbo, & Juliet, Some Like It Hot, and New York, New York Raise Over $1M for LGBTQ+ Families at Night at the Pier in New York City

The organization’s gala raises more than $1M thus far for Family Equality’s work for current and future LGBTQ+ families May 16, 2023

Family Equality Condemns House Passage of the Federal Trans and Intersex Sports Ban

the Florida Board of Education voted to ban discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom through twelfth grade, expanding on the state’s “Don’t Say Gay/Trans” law. April 21, 2023

Family Equality Condemns Florida Board of Education’s “Don’t Say Gay/Trans” Rule

the Florida Board of Education voted to ban discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom through twelfth grade, expanding on the state’s “Don’t Say Gay/Trans” law. April 20, 2023

Broadway’s Top Reviewed Shows Join Family Equality for Night at the Pier in New York City

The critically-acclaimed cast of & Juliet, award-winning Justin Cooley from Kimberly Akimbo, and triple-threat J Harrison Ghee from Some Like It Hot join a star-studded program to benefit LGBTQ+ families. April 19, 2023

Family Equality Responds to Proposed Amendment to Title IX

The Department of Education took an important first step in ensuring that transgender students can participate in their school sports program without discrimination. April 6, 2023

Louisiana’s leading LGBTQ+ legal expert Nicholas Hite to be honored with the Hostetter-Habib Family Award at Family Equality’s Night at the Pier in May

Family Equality will honor Louisiana's leading LGBTQ+ legal expert Nicholas Hite at Night at the Pier 2023. March 23, 2023

Appeal Filed on Behalf of Family Equality & Florida Families in “Don’t Say Gay and Trans” Lawsuit

The bill, signed into law last spring, harms LGBTQ people—and violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution. March 15, 2023

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