PLAC Members in the Media

Why US laws must expand beyond the nuclear family

We are delighted to announce that one of our co-founders, Diana Adams, spoke at the TEDWomen 2021 conference in Palm Springs, California on December 2, 2021. Diana spoke about their advocacy for LGBTQIA+, non-nuclear, and chosen families and the work of the Polyamory Legal Advocacy Coalition! The TED Talk is now publicly available! Watch Diana’s TED Talk here.

Diana is a founding member of PLAC and a founder of the Chosen Family Law Center, a nonprofit organization providing legal support services for LGBTQIA, polyamorous, and other underserved families, public education on these family forms, and training for professionals to support these communities with dignity. They are also the founder of a boutique LGBTQ family law and mediation firm.

Diana is proud to be one of the New York State representatives for the LBGT Family Law Institute of The National LGBT Bar Association, as well as a member of The LGBTQI Family Professionals of New York. They are a leader in support of polyamorous families and nontraditional family structures. Diana has argued many child custody and divorce cases in New York State in which a parent has had their private adult consensual sexual behavior unfairly used against them in a child custody case in which the child is unaffected and no inappropriate behavior toward the child has occurred.

Diana does frequent media interviews, public speaking, and teaching. Diana does frequent law school teaching, most recently as an Adjunct Law Professor at Cornell Law School teaching LGBTQ Family Law, and as a frequent guest lecturer at Harvard law School. Diana is frequently interviewed as an expert on LGBTQ and nontraditional family structures.

You can read more about Diana Adams here and their law firm, Diana Adams Law & Mediation, PLLC, here.