The nation’s leading LGBTQ immigrant rights organization.

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All families deserve to be treated equally

🌈 Victory for LGBTQ families!

After decades of upholding a practice harming the children of married U.S. same-sex couples, the U.S. State Department finally changed its discriminatory policy. The government refused to recognize the children of many married same-sex couples as citizens, but we fought back—and won!

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Immigration Equality Applauds Biden Administration, Urges Expansive Reform

With President Biden and Vice President Harris at the White House, and the Democrats in control of both chambers of Congress, we are in a moment of remarkable opportunity.
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Client Stories

Denise is a transgender woman from Trinidad who fled to the United States in 2004 after being brutally assaulted. Thanks to Immigration Equality, she was granted asylum.

Edafe is a gay refugee from Nigeria who was granted asylum. In Nigeria, he was a victim of mob violence due to his work advocating for LGBTQ access to health care. He is now an author and runs a refugee shelter.

Baby Simone was born abroad to a same-sex couple, and the State Department treated her as “born out of wedlock.” We represented the family in federal court, and she is now recognized as a U.S. citizen since birth!
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