Massachusetts foster parents lose license after refusing to properly care for LGBTQ+ youth
A couple lost their foster care license after they wouldn't agree not to discriminate against LGBTQ+ youth nor attempt to change them.
October 10, 2025
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A couple lost their foster care license after they wouldn't agree not to discriminate against LGBTQ+ youth nor attempt to change them.
Jessica Bates said she would not let her kids dress how they want, nor take them to the doctor for gender dysphoria treatment.
St Clare published the San Francisco-based magazine Vanguard, took in many foster children, and produced a youth-oriented TV show.
“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.
A new rule from the Department of Health and Human Services requires that these children be placed in supportive homes.
Critics contend LGBTQ+ children could be placed in homes hostile to their sexual and gender identity.