Advancing Legal Protections for
Non-nuclear & Poly Families
At Rewrite the BiLine, we believe that local, state, and national policies must reflect the realities of how people live and love. For too long, laws and public benefits have centered on the nuclear family model. Our policy work aims to shift that.
Why It Matters
Non-nuclear families are everywhere — among LGBTQ+ communities, immigrant households, multi-generational homes, and beyond. Yet many of these families remain invisible or unprotected under current laws. Without laws protecting diverse family and relationship structures, people can be denied housing, employment protections, visitation rights, leave to care for a partner, healthcare access, and parental recognition.
What We Do
We provide research-driven guidance to city councils, commissions, and legislators seeking to update laws and policies to be more inclusive of diverse family and relationship structures.
Rewrite the BiLine's Interactive Policy Map
Our map sheds light on the scope of work being done across the country and across movements to pass laws that protect diverse family and relationship structures.
Current Campaign Spotlight
In March 2025, Rewrite the BiLine began working with the City of West Hollywood in California to update its nondiscrimination ordinance and domestic partnership law to recognize diverse family and relationship structures.
Campaign Timeline
May 19, 2025 - the City unanimously voted to evaluate updates to the West Hollywood Municipal Code Chapter 9.28—the City’s Nondiscrimination Ordinance—to include protections against discrimination based on diverse family and relationship structures.
June 23, 2025 - the City voted to direct the City Attorney to evaluate amending the City’s Domestic Partnership ordinance to allow people in diverse family relationships, including triads and polyamorous relationships, to register as domestic partners.
