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shortly after Trump won. And in just a few months, Trump has signed H[HFXWLYHRUGHUVWKDWVHQGDVWURQJVLJQDODERXWWKHDGPLQLVWUDWLRQ¶V nar- row view of family as one that excludes LGBTQ+ couples, and its view that WUDQVDQGQRQELQDU\SHRSOHGRQ¶WH[LVW . According to a UHSRUWIURPWKH:LOOLDPV,QVWLWXWHDW8&/$ PLOOLRQ/*%74DGXOWVLQWKH8QLWHG6WDWHVDUHSDUHQWLQJFKLOGUHQ:KDW DUH WKH ODZV WKDW SURWHFW WKHP" $QG ZKDW UHVRXUFHV DUH DYDLODEOH IRU /*%74SDUHQWV"7KH WKGXJLQWRDYDLODEOHUHVHDUFKWRH[SODLQ Where can LGBTQ+ families find support? )RUIDPLOLHVRIWUDQV\RXWKORRNLQJIRUORJLVWLFDODQG¿QDQFLDOKHOSDV WKH\QDYLJDWH¿QGLQJJHQGHUḊ UPLQJFDUHIRUWKHLUFKLOGUHQWKH Cam- paign for Southern Equality has resources available. The advocacy group for LGBTQ+ people in the South is providing patient navigation services DQG HPHUJHQF\ JUDQWV WR IDPLOLHV VWUXJJOLQJ WR DFFHVV JHQGHUḊ UPLQJ care. As much of the country bans such care for trans youth, families in the South have relied on this project to fund travel across state lines in VHDUFKRIPHGLFDOFDUH VRXWKHUQHTXDOLW\RUJ $GGLWLRQDOO\.HVKHWDQGWKH+HEUHZ)UHH/RDQ6RFLHW\DUHR̆ HULQJ in- WHUHVWIUHHORDQVRIXSWR to support relocation costs for individu- als and families who are moving to another state because of anti-LGBTQ+ laws in their current state. Applicants do not have to be Jewish and can EHPRYLQJIURPDQ\VWDWHLQWKH86WRDQRWKHUVWDWH²EXWQRWRXWRIWKH FRXQWU\ ZZZNHVKHWRQOLQHRUJ 2QOLQH³NQRZ\RXUULJKWV´LQIRUPDWLRQKXEVIURPQRQSUR¿WVOLNH Fam- ily Equality IDPLO\HTXDOLW\RUJ FDQEHKHOSIXOIRU/*%74SDUHQWVZLWK TXHVWLRQVDERXWWKHLUOHJDOULJKWVIRUVSHFL¿FLVVXHVOLNHKRZWKHLUFKLO - dren can be treated in school — just ensure that those hubs have been updated recently. The National LGBTQ+ Bar Association and the Nation- al Center for Lesbian Rights also run a family law attorney directory for SHRSOHVHHNLQJVSHFLDOL]HGOHJDOKHOS OJEWTEDURUJ For parents looking for local community support, LGBTQ+ family ad- YRFDF\JURXS3)/$*1DWLRQDO ZZZSÀDJRUJ KDV chapters throughout the country. Although not catered to families, state-level LGBTQ+ organi- ]DWLRQV can also be found through the Equality Federation (www.equali- W\IHGHUDWLRQRUJ $QGUHVRXUFHVIRUWKRVHPDQDJLQJLQIHUWLOLW\VWUHVVDQG pregnancy after infertility can be found through Resolve: The National Infertility Association, which is LGBTQ-friendly. Can I take leave from work to care for my partner? What if we are not married or in a legally recognized relationship? LGBTQ+ couples who are legally married (or in a common law mar- ULDJH KDYHWKHVDPHULJKWWRWDNHH[WHQGHGXQSDLGOHDYHIURPZRUNWR care for their sick spouse or child, or to bond with their newborn child, as heterosexual couples do under the federal )DPLO\DQG0HGLFDO/HDYH$FW . This applies whether or not your child is adopted or fostered. Eligibility UHTXLUHPHQWVGHSHQGRQGHWDLOVDERXWVRPHRQH¶VHPSOR\HUQRWWKHLUUH - lationship. +RZHYHU /*%74 FRXSOHV ZKR DUH QRW PDUULHG QHHG WR FKHFN WKHLU state laws. In WZHOYHVWDWHVDQG:DVKLQJWRQ'& , workers can take leave WRFDUHIRUWKHLUSDUWQHUHYHQLIWKHFRXSOHLVQRWLQDOHJDOO\UHFRJQL]HG relationship — and in many of those states, that leave is actually paid. Is fertility treatment care LGBTQ-inclusive and covered by pri- vate insurance in my state? What about Medicaid? <HV²LI\RXOLYHLQ&DOLIRUQLD&RORUDGR,OOLQRLV1HZ<RUN0DLQH1HZ -HUVH\ RU :DVKLQJWRQ '& DFFRUGLQJ WR WKH 0RYHPHQW $GYDQFHPHQW Project. In nine other states, private insurers are required to cover fertil- ity treatment care, but those laws are not explicitly inclusive of LGBTQ+ people. Three states that provide some form of private insurer coverage IRUIHUWLOLW\WUHDWPHQW²+DZDLL7H[DVDQG$UNDQVDV²LQFOXGHSROLF\ODQ - guage that may exclude LGBTQ+ couples.
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