Senator Announces Bill to End Adoption Discrimination

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will introduce a bill to ban discrimination against LGBT people who seek to adopt children.

Trudy Ring

Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.

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U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat from New York, said today she plans to introduce legislation that would ban discrimination against LGBT people in adoption services, the Associated Press reports.

"The Every Child Deserves a Family Act would prohibit any entity that receives federal funds from discriminating against adoptive or foster parents based on sexual orientation, gender identity or marital status," the AP reports.

Three states -- Louisiana, Michigan, and Mississippi -- prohibit joint adoption by same-sex couples, while four others deny second-parent adoptions to these couples. Gillibrand said a uniform national policy would facilitate more adoptions.