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Massachusetts removes rule requiring foster parents to support LGBTQ+ youth

Massachusetts has removed state rules requiring that foster parents not discriminate against LGBTQ+ youth.

River Nevaeh Goddard Nonbinary teen murdered by boyfriend two years after being reported missing

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Nonbinary 17-year-old killed two years after being reported missing

River Nevaeh Goddard was reported missing in April 2022, when they were 15 years old.

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Florida's Gay Adoption Ban Ruled Unconstitutional

A Miami-Dade circuit judge decided Tuesday that a Florida man's sexual orientation should not preclude him from adopting his two foster children, effectively ruling unconstitutional a decades-old state ban on allowing gays and lesbians to adopt.

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Massachusetts removes rule requiring foster parents to support LGBTQ+ youth

Massachusetts has removed state rules requiring that foster parents not discriminate against LGBTQ+ youth.

Even Conn. Agency Worried by DCF's Handling of Trans Teen

Connecticut's Office of the Child Advocate took the Department of Children and Families to task after a months-long debacle involving a 16-year-old transgender girl.

Catholic Charities Foster Care Cases to Be Transferred

10-Year-Old Boy Likely Beaten to Death Recently Came Out as Gay

Covered in cigarette burns, Anthony Avalos was found dead of a head injury last week in southern California.

Florida's Gay Adoption Ban Ruled Unconstitutional

A Miami-Dade circuit judge decided Tuesday that a Florida man's sexual orientation should not preclude him from adopting his two foster children, effectively ruling unconstitutional a decades-old state ban on allowing gays and lesbians to adopt.

Catholic Charities Ends Adoptions Over Civil Unions

Florida Attorney General Releases Statement on Rekers

Florida Subsidizes Benefits For Adoptive Son

Mother Charged With Murder of Boy Who Came Out as Gay

The mother of Anthony Avalos is arrested, two days after her boyfriend was.

Appeals court rejects anti-trans challenge to Washington State's laws protecting minors' rights

The court found no evidence that anti-trans groups and parents who sued had been harmed by the laws.

Arrest Made in Murder of 10-Year-Old Gay Child

Anthony Avalos had recently come out as gay before he was covered in cigarette burns and beaten to death.

NOM Injects Race into Gay Parenting Debate

Is the Catholic Church a Self-Contradiction on Adoption

Religious Groups Allegedly Blocked Foster Care

Gov Gives 13 Million for Gay Homeless Youth

REPORT: Sex Abuse Allegations Hit Homeschool Used by Duggars

The Christian school where the Duggars sent oldest son Josh after he allegedly molested his sisters is now being sued for enabling and covering up.

Ill Dioceses Suspend Adoption Licensing

Conn. Trans Teen Jailed, Housed With Adults

Following a January confrontation with a staff member, a transgender teenager has been moved from DCF custody to an adult prison despite not being charged.

Floridas Gay Adoption Ban No More

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Massachusetts has removed state rules requiring that foster parents not discriminate against LGBTQ+ youth.

Connecticut's Office of the Child Advocate took the Department of Children and Families to task after a months-long debacle involving a 16-year-old transgender girl.

River Nevaeh Goddard was reported missing in April 2022, when they were 15 years old.

Covered in cigarette burns, Anthony Avalos was found dead of a head injury last week in southern California.

A Miami-Dade circuit judge decided Tuesday that a Florida man's sexual orientation should not preclude him from adopting his two foster children, effectively ruling unconstitutional a decades-old state ban on allowing gays and lesbians to adopt.

The mother of Anthony Avalos is arrested, two days after her boyfriend was.

The court found no evidence that anti-trans groups and parents who sued had been harmed by the laws.

Anthony Avalos had recently come out as gay before he was covered in cigarette burns and beaten to death.

The Christian school where the Duggars sent oldest son Josh after he allegedly molested his sisters is now being sued for enabling and covering up.

A couple lost their foster care license after they wouldn't agree not to discriminate against LGBTQ+ youth nor attempt to change them.

Following a January confrontation with a staff member, a transgender teenager has been moved from DCF custody to an adult prison despite not being charged.