Press Mentions Archive - Family Equality

October 27, 2022

Out100 2022: LGBTQ+ Policy Makers and Advocates Changing the World

Family Equality's CEO, Stacey Stevenson, is named one of Out Magazine's Out100 for 2022 for fighting against anti-LGBTQ+ bills and advocate on our behalf—be it on an international, national, or local stage.

September 7, 2022

Why we’re leaving our beloved Texas home in search of freedom from anti-LGBTQ attacks | Stacey Stevenson for USA Today

Read the rest of this opinion piece on Yahoo News.

September 7, 2022

What LGBTQ+ Families Should Know for Back-to-School Time | Mombian

As school-related anti-LGBTQ legislation and policies continue to rise, what should LGBTQ parents know about recent moves and how to protect their families? Two experts from Family Equality shared their thoughts with Mombian.

September 6, 2022

“We Have to Do Something” | Stacey Stevenson on MSNBC’s The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart

The Department of Health and Human Services announced this week that it intends to ax an Obama-era measure that called for data collection on LGBTQ foster youth and parents.... The stated goal of the rule, adopted in December 2016, at the end of the Obama administration, was “to help meet the needs of LGBTQ youth in foster care.”

April 18, 2019

Health Department proposes nixing data collection on LGBTQ foster youth

The Department of Health and Human Services announced this week that it intends to ax an Obama-era measure that called for data collection on LGBTQ foster youth and parents.... The stated goal of the rule, adopted in December 2016, at the end of the Obama administration, was “to help meet the needs of LGBTQ youth in foster care.”

February 13, 2019

Washington Blade: LGB parents in Congress denounce Trump anti-LGBT adoption waiver

Three LGB members of Congress led an effort on Wednesday in opposition to a Trump administration waiver allowing South Carolina adoption agencies to refuse child placement into LGBT homes.

February 8, 2019

Washington Post: Administration seeks to fund religious foster-care groups that reject LGBTQ parents

President Trump made religious leaders a contentious promise at this week’s National Prayer Breakfast: Faith-based adoption agencies that won’t work with same-sex couples would still be able to get federal funding to “help vulnerable children find their forever families while following their deeply held beliefs.”

February 7, 2019

NBC: LGBTQ families poised for ‘dramatic growth,’ national survey finds

An increasing number of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer millennials are planning to have children, according to a recently released national online survey from the Family Equality Council, a nonprofit group that advocates for LGBTQ families.

February 6, 2019

USA Today: LGBTQ families are on the cusp of dramatic growth, and millennials lead the way

One of the key findings from the survey by the Family Equality Council shows that 63 percent of LGBTQ millennials, those 18-35, are considering expanding their families by becoming first-time parents or by having more children.

January 24, 2019

CNN: South Carolina foster care providers can reject people who don’t share their religious beliefs

Federally funded child welfare agencies in South Carolina can refuse to perform services that conflict with their religious beliefs, the US Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday.

January 24, 2019

Daily Beast: Trump Administration Helps Faith-Based Agencies Block LGBT Adoption

The Department of Health and Human Services has exempted South Carolina's faith-based child welfare agencies from non-discrimination regulations protecting LGBT and other couples.

January 4, 2019

LGBTQ Nation: New York’s surrogacy laws may get a major update to be more inclusive of queer families

A broad coalition of organizations has come together to support the passage of the Child Parent Security Act this year. The bill would change New York law, allowing for better protections for those using modern reproductive strategies such as in vitro fertilization.