All About Hunter Schafer's Parents, Katy and Mac Schafer

Mar. 15, 2025

Left: Hunter Schafer attends the “Kinds Of Kindness” Red Carpet at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 17, 2024 in Cannes, France. Right: Katy and Mac Schafer.Photo:Mike Marsland/WireImage

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Hunter Schafermay be most famous for her starring role as Jules in HBO’sEuphoria, but she’s been a star in her parents’ eyes for much longer.

In 2016, before Hunter was acting and modeling professionally, Katy and Mac made headlines for supporting Hunter as a plaintiff in the ACLU’s lawsuit against HB2, an anti-trans bill that aimed to ban transgender people from single-sex restrooms and other public facilities. Per theACLU, it also “prohibited local municipalities from extending nondiscrimination protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.”

The Schafers’ support of the LGBTQ+ community made headlines, given their religious work. For Mac’s part, he has been clear that it’s his faith that motivates him to do the advocacy work, especially given what he’s learned as the parent of a transgender child.

On Alex Cooper’sCall Her Daddypodcast in 2024, Hunter opened up about how her parents feel about her career.

They share four children, including Hunter

Hunter Schafer and sisters attend HBO’s “Euphoria” premiere at the Arclight Pacific Theatres' Cinerama Dome on June 04, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.FilmMagic/FilmMagic

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Despite the magnitude of Hunter’s fame, her siblings largely keep their lives out of the spotlight.

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Mac holds a master’s of divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary, as well as his doctorate of ministry from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.

Hunter’s dad says his faith motivates him to support transgender rights

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Today, Mac is a pastor in Raleigh. In an op-ed forPEOPLE, Mac shared that his faith has called him to support his daughter and the LGBTQ+ community. “Some folks have raised concerns about whether the Equality Act interferes with people’s religious freedom. But as devoted people of faith, Katy and I strongly disagree with these concerns," he wrote.

Hunter’s parents have seenEuphoria

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In a 2024 episode ofCall Her Daddy, Schafer explained that her parents attended theEuphoriapremiere.

Though Schafer seems glad to have their support, she was also concerned that her parents, as well as their congregation, would see her in graphic scenes. She told Cooper that she’d described the show as “risque” to her parents.

Hunter’s parents continue to fight LGBTQ+ discrimination in North Carolina

Hunter Schafer shows parents Mac and Katy some of her artwork at their home in Raleigh, N.C., on Friday, May 13, 2016. The 17-year-old transgender youth, who was designated a boy on her birth certificate, is a plaintiff in a discrimination lawsuit against the state.AP Photo/Allen G. Breed

In the campaign video, Mac referenced his support of Hunter during the HB2 case, stating, “When we don’t understand things … or people, or lives, I think the first posture is always a posture of ‘well let me listen, let me learn, and let me grow.’ Unfortunately, HB2 pressed fear first.”

Regarding the law, Katy also described how it was affecting their own family. “It worked against everything that we were doing to support Hunter to thrive as her best self. Everything that was coming from that law was undoing that," she said.

The video not only centers on their famous daughter’s situation, but also showcases that they haven’t allowed their religion to be a barrier to equality. Katy explains, “I hope one day soon we [will] look at [a ‘No Hate in My State’ sign] and go, ‘Thank heavens that this has been put to rest.’ ”

source: people.com