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LGBTQ families are part of the fabric of neighborhoods and communities across the United States. An estimated two million children are being raised by LGBTQ parents. Decades of research shows that children with LGBTQ parents grow up as happy, healthy and well-adjusted as their peers.

The following resources cover a broad spectrum of policies that help protect and support LGBTQ families, in addition to policies that permit discrimination and unequal treatment. The issues included here are: relationship and parental recognition laws, child welfare laws, and medical decision-making policies, among others.

 

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