Family Equality

Family Equality is a New York, NY-based organization dedicated to advancing legal and lived equality for LGBTQ families and those seeking to form them. Through comprehensive advocacy, community building, and policy initiatives, Family Equality works to create systemic change that recognizes and protects the rights of LGBTQ individuals and families across all contexts. The organization focuses on multiple pathways to family formation, including adoption, foster care, and assisted reproductive technology, ensuring that LGBTQ individuals have equitable access to the same family-building opportunities available to others. Family Equality's approach combines strategic policy change with grassroots community engagement, addressing the unique challenges faced by LGBTQ families regardless of their creation or composition. Based in New York, the organization serves as a catalyst for transformation, working to change hearts and minds while simultaneously driving legislative and systemic reforms. Their efforts are grounded in the recognition that LGBTQ families deserve communities that fully recognize, respect, protect, and value them. Family Equality is committed to eliminating discrimination in service systems and creating pathways for LGBTQ youth seeking permanency and LGBTQ adults pursuing family formation. The organization's mission extends across all demographics, ensuring that support systems are accessible and affirming regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religion, national origin, geography, socioeconomic status, disability, or any intersection of these characteristics.