The Family Policy Alliance (formerly CitizenLink and Focus on the Family Action) is the lobbying arm of Focus on the Family, with affiliate \u201cFamily Policy Council\u201d chapters in 40 states. According to information supplied directly to GLAAD from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SLPC), the Family Policy Alliance is the group that is most influential on the current slate of 2021 anti-trans bills. Among other priorities, the organization advocates:<\/p>\n
Against marriage equality<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Against transgender rights<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Against sexual consent education<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
For traditional gender roles<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\u2014Advocates against race and LGBTQ identities claiming \u201cparental rights\u201d as a Florida chapter<\/a> mobilized in support<\/a> of Florida\u2019s \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\/Trans\u201d classroom censorship bill.<\/p>\n \u2014Partnered with WoLF<\/a>, Women\u2019s Liberation Front, a group that criticizes transgender people and access to society as “gender theory,” to falsely claim that a Biden administration executive order protecting transgender children “sexualizes” all children and baselessly conflates support of LGBTQ youth with promoting “unnecessary, life-altering, and permanent medical procedures.” In a joint statement, FPA and WoLF claimed<\/a>: \u201cThough we may not agree on every issue, rest assured that our organizations will use the full weight of our resources to oppose this dangerous and out-of-touch executive order.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2014Partnered<\/a> with WoLF to oppose<\/a> high school student Gavin Grimm\u2019s right to use the boys\u2019 bathroom, disingenously and inaccurately noting alignment as activist groups, \u201cPro-family Christians and radical feminists may not agree about much, but they agree that redefining \u2018sex\u2019 to mean \u2018gender identity\u2019 is a truly fundamental shift in American law and society.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2014Provides<\/a> funding to extremist religious groups in nearly every state with the goal of undermining marriage equality and access to abortion, donating nearly $7 million to 37 different affiliated organizations from 2011\u20132015.<\/p>\n \u2014Sponsored<\/a> a resolution drafted and approved by the Kansas Republican Committee, which said the GOP affirms \u201cGod\u2019s design for gender as determined by biological sex and not by self-perception.\u201d The resolution opposes \u201call efforts to validate transgender identity,\u201d including opposing any medical treatments to alter a person\u2019s body to conform with his or her perceived gender identity. The resolution\u2019s sponsor was Eric Teetsel, president of the Family Policy Alliance of Kansas.<\/p>\n \u2014Trains legislators through its Statesman Academy<\/a> with the aim of helping lawmakers pass bills oriented to Christian theology. In 2020, the Family Policy Alliance issued a statement<\/a> congratulating 52 of its alumni on winning elections, and said that Statesmen Academy graduates are now serving in elected office in 33 states. <\/p>\n