Keith St Clare, pioneering gay magazine publisher, dead at 79
St Clare published the San Francisco-based magazine Vanguard, took in many foster children, and produced a youth-oriented TV show.
April 14, 2025
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This gay couple is encouraging other LGBTQ+ people to become foster parents
“All the kids who come into our house have left an impact on us," say Travis and Michael VanZant, who have fostered 20 children thanks to an agency in Tennessee.
June 25, 2024
Biden admin moves to protect LGBTQ+ kids in foster care
A new rule from the Department of Health and Human Services requires that these children be placed in supportive homes.
April 30, 2024
Tennessee bill permitting anti-LGBTQ+ foster and adoptee parents passes House
Critics contend LGBTQ+ children could be placed in homes hostile to their sexual and gender identity.
April 2, 2024
Ban on gay foster parents dies in Arkansas
The Arkansas supreme court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that said gays and lesbians cannot be barred from the foster care system.
June 30, 2006
Lesbian Rejected as Foster Parent Sues Federal Government
Kelly Easter of Nashville says a faith-based agency under contract to the government turned her away simply because she's a lesbian.
October 18, 2021
Nebraska Stops Enforcing Ban on Gay Foster Parents
Although the 20-year-old policy is still on the books, state officials will no longer consider a foster parent's sexual orientation when deciding to place a ward of the state with a family.
March 1, 2015
Arkansas governor wants to keep ban on gay foster parents
One day after the Arkansas supreme court struck down a state ban on gay foster parents, Gov. Mike Huckabee on Friday urged the legislature to pass a law reinstating it.
July 1, 2006
Tennessee bill would permit anti-LGBTQ+ foster and adoptee parents
Critics say the bill opens to the door to unsafe homes for LGBTQ+ children.
March 22, 2024
What the Supreme Court Ruling on Foster Care Means for LGBTQ+ Parents
LGBTQ+ advocates are relieved the court didn't establish a broad right to discriminate, but some call the decision troubling.
June 17, 2021
SCOTUS to Decide Whether Foster Agencies Can Reject LGBTQ Parents
The case centers on the city of Philadelphia ending its contract with a Catholic agency that rejects prospective LGBTQ parents.
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February 24, 2020
Missouri to drop appeal against lesbian seeking to become foster parent
Now that a Missouri law banning same-sex sexual contact has been struck from the books, the state's attorney general says he will drop his case against a Kansas City lesbian, Lisa Johnston (pictured on right) is suing for the right to become a foster parent.
June 8, 2006