GOP Senator Introduces Bill That Throws LGBTQ+ Foster Children Under the Bus
The new bill takes aim at recent changes to HHS policy on adoption, ensuring LGBTQ+ foster children are placed in supportive homes.
December 10, 2023
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The new bill takes aim at recent changes to HHS policy on adoption, ensuring LGBTQ+ foster children are placed in supportive homes.
Republicans are going after our most vulnerable.
The "traditional" American family isn't so traditional after all.
The Department of Health and Human Services' proposed rule is in keeping with the Biden administration's promise to support LGBTQ+ youth.
A new rule from the Department of Health and Human Services requires that these children be placed in supportive homes.
The suit comes from notoriously anti-LGBTQ+ Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
LGBTQ+ advocates are relieved the court didn't establish a broad right to discriminate, but some call the decision troubling.
In 2020, Kelly Easter was denied a foster care opportunity because she is a lesbian, but now Catholic bishops say they approve.
One in six children were adopted by same-sex couples in this European country.
Obama-era rule sought system-wide data to improve care for queer kids. But Trump officials say practice would be intrusive for children and burdensome for agencies.
Kristopher Sharp, an out survivor of the foster care system in Texas, says a new Lone Star law places bigotry over kids' lives.
After living with adoptive parents for seven years, Dax says the family stopped loving them because of their LGBTQ+ identity.
St. Vincent Catholic Charities says it can refuse to place children in LGBTQ homes despite taking state funds.
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Democrats boycotted the Senate Judiciary Committee vote on the ultraconservative Supreme Court nominee.
The platform is the first from either major party to mention trans women of color, nonbinary people, and much more.
Thousands of LGBTQ+ people have been invited to attend a celebration of Pride on the South Lawn of the White House.
Fathers from conservative religious backgrounds have band together in a private support group, fostering a culture of acceptance and advocacy for their LGBTQ+ children.
The city of Philadelphia was within its rights to end a contract with a foster care agency that won't place children with LGBTQ people, the court ruled.
“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.
That's among the findings just released from a study by Gallup and the children's charity Kidsave.