![]() I didn’t have the support I needed.”Īs an adult, Stevenson continued to face anti-LGBTQ+ bias. ![]() “I didn’t feel safe in the school anymore. Stevenson dropped out of high school after a fellow student found a love letter Stevenson had written to another girl. It’s not the first time Texas has made Stevenson feel unwelcome. She now does the job from Washington, D.C., where she moved last year with her wife and two children to escape the increasing amount of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in her home state of Texas. In 2021 she became the first Black CEO of the non-profit organization Family Equality. ![]() ![]() Stevenson had what she calls “COVID clarity” in 2020, taking stock of what she really wanted out of life and ditching her steady career in corporate finance to help lead the fight for queer families’ rights full-time. ![]() After experiencing discrimination from her parents, school, adoption agencies, and too many others, Stacey Stevenson has formed a happy family and found a home working for acceptance for all LGBTQ+ families like hers. ![]()
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