This comprehensive report provides detailed information to state legislators, legislative staff, family policy advocates, activists and others interested in how public policies affect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) families.

Family policy covers the following:

• partner recognition
• parent-child recognition
• youth and elder issues
• health care and end-of-life issues
• the impact of welfare reform
• the faith-based initiative
• the legal status of LGBT families in all 50 states
• maps, charts, and moving profiles from families