LGBTQ+ Owned and Operated

🌈 LGBTQ+-Focused. Estate Planning That Actually Understands Your Life.

Choosing an attorney is personal.
But choosing someone to protect your partner, your family, your home, and your legacy is deeply personal — especially for LGBTQ+ people.

As a proudly LGBTQ+-owned estate planning law firm, we know firsthand that our community doesn’t always have the luxury of assuming we’ll be treated fairly, understood clearly, or protected automatically. Even in New York, where the law is more progressive than most states, queer families still face gaps, misunderstandings, hostile relatives, and systems that weren’t built with us in mind.

That’s why we built a practice centered on your lived experience — not a generic estate plan that ignores the realities of queer life.

🌈 Why LGBTQ+ Folks Need a Different Kind of Estate Plan

Estate planning isn’t just about money.
It’s about control, safety, dignity, and peace of mind.

For LGBTQ+ individuals and couples, the stakes are often higher. Families are more diverse. Relationships may not fit traditional legal boxes. And too often, non-affirming relatives, outdated laws, and administrative barriers place queer people at risk — in hospitals, in inheritance rights, and even in parenting arrangements.

We help you fill those gaps with legal documents strong enough to stand up to anybody — including family members who don’t respect your relationship, healthcare providers who pretend not to notice your partner, or systems that still treat queer families as “exceptions.”

The Reality: Not Every Family Is Supportive

Many of our clients come to us quietly saying:

“My family still doesn’t accept my partner.”
“My parents pretend my husband doesn’t exist.”
“I love my family, but I don’t trust them to make medical decisions.”

Some experience outright hostility. Others simply have families who “mean well” but erase partners, refuse to respect boundaries, or assume decision-making authority that doesn’t belong to them.

We take all of that into account.
Your estate plan can — and should — legally protect your partner or spouse from difficult, homophobic, or controlling relatives. That means:

  • Ensuring only the people you choose make medical decisions.

  • Preventing estranged or hostile relatives from interfering with your wishes.

  • Blocking unwanted family members from controlling your funeral or remains.

  • Making sure the people you actually love inherit your property.

  • Ensuring your partner can stay in your home without challenge.

Your estate plan becomes your voice — loud, clear, and legally enforceable — when you can’t speak for yourself.

Hospital Visitation & Healthcare Rights: Avoiding “Medical Kidnapping”

Too many LGBTQ+ people have experienced or fear the same nightmare:
Their partner is in the hospital, and a nurse or administrator says, “Family only.”

Even today, same-sex partners are sometimes delayed entry, questioned, or pushed aside while distant relatives are given priority.

We make sure that never happens to you.

We create:

  • Healthcare Proxies that are unmistakable

  • HIPAA releases that give your partner full access

  • Living Wills that shut down interference

  • Hospital visitation authorizations

  • Documents preventing unwanted relatives from taking over

We’ve heard the stories. We’ve lived the fear.
You deserve the peace of mind that comes with knowing your partner will not be locked out of the room when it matters most.

Marriage, Thruples, & “Recreating Marriage on Paper”

Whether you’re married or not, your legal protections should match the reality of your relationship.

Some LGBTQ+ couples marry.
Some are long-term partners but don’t want marriage.
Some are polyamorous.
Some are in evolving, non-traditional relationship structures that aren’t reflected anywhere in the law.

We can recreate the rights, benefits, and protections of marriage on paper, including:

  • Inheritance rights

  • Decision-making authority

  • Shared property protection

  • Hospital and healthcare rights

  • Guardianship of children

  • Financial authority

  • End-of-life control

  • Funeral and remains decisions

You get all the protections — without needing to fit into a box that doesn’t represent you.

Adoption, Co-Parenting & Protecting Your Children

LGBTQ+ families often grow through:

  • Gestational surrogacy

  • Assisted reproduction

  • Donor agreements

  • Adoption

  • Step-parent/second-parent adoption

  • Co-parenting with friends or chosen family

  • Blended families

We help ensure:

  • Your children stay with the parent(s) you choose

  • Non-biological parents are fully protected

  • Donor agreements are respected

  • Guardians are chosen by you — not the court

  • Estranged or homophobic relatives cannot interfere

If you are raising children or planning to, your estate plan is non-negotiable. It’s the difference between ensuring your child stays with the person they call “Dad” or “Papa,” and leaving it up to a judge who may not understand your family structure.

Caring for Elderly LGBTQ+ Parents & Partners

Queer adults often rely heavily on chosen family as we age.
We ensure that:

  • Your chosen family can act on your behalf

  • You won’t be forced to rely on unsupportive relatives

  • Your long-term partner can manage finances and healthcare

  • Your end-of-life wishes are honored

  • Your property stays protected as care needs change

No one should age without legal protection — especially LGBTQ+ elders, who face higher rates of estrangement and discrimination in long-term care settings.

Discretion for Sensitive or Unique Sources of Income

Many LGBTQ+ clients have income streams they may not feel comfortable discussing with traditional or conservative attorneys, including:

  • Content creation

  • Adult industry work

  • OnlyFans or subscription platforms

  • Drag, performance, or nightlife income

  • Sex work (legal or decriminalized contexts)

  • Cash-based freelance or creative work

  • Poly household income structures

We offer complete confidentiality, respect, and nonjudgmental advice tailored to these realities. Your estate plan should protect your income, not shame you for how you earn it.

You Deserve an Attorney Who Understands — Without Judging, Explaining, or Coming Out Twice

You shouldn’t have to “translate” your life to your lawyer.
You shouldn’t have to downplay your partner.
You shouldn’t have to guess whether you’re safe being fully honest.

We understand the nuances automatically:

  • Chosen family

  • Complicated relationships with biological relatives

  • Sensitive healthcare issues

  • Queer financial realities

  • Non-traditional relationships

  • Trauma around hospitals or family rejection

And we craft estate plans that reflect your real life, with clarity, compassion, and legal strength.

Your Life. Your Love. Your Plan.

This isn’t just estate planning.

It’s safety.
It’s dignity.
It’s control.
It’s peace of mind for you and the people you love.

And it’s built by a law firm that knows exactly what it means to be LGBTQ+ in today’s world.