The federal government and foster care agencies are taking divergent paths in the area of recognizing the LGBTQ identities of foster youth. Last month, the Trump administration finalized new rules to ...
NASHVILLE – As part of the prep work for a presentation at the PFLAG National Convention 2015, David Stocum, president of PFLAG Thief River Falls in Minnesota, is circulating a short, confidential ...
Los Angeles is home to the nation’s largest population of foster youth. A new study out today from UCLA’s Williams Institute and the Los Angeles LGBT Center that finds gay youth are – in big numbers – ...
LGBTQ groups are applauding new rules from the Biden administration on health care, foster care, and workplace harassment. The flurry of executive branch actions comes just weeks before a looming ...
Imagine being a gay or trans teen in foster care in a state that’s currently debating whether same-sex couples can adopt children. You’re 15, bullied in your new high school for being LGBT, and you’re ...
This month, Ennis Center for Children and Affirmations will present "Exploring Foster Parenting and Adoption for Singles and Couples." Topics at the event include an overview of the foster care system ...
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey this week joined with 18 other states to oppose a proposed federal rule that aims to protect LGBTQ youth in foster care and provide them with necessary services ...
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Couple continues legal battle after foster application was blocked over LGBT beliefs
A Catholic couple who alleges that Massachusetts officials banned them from welcoming foster children into their home due to ...
Nearly 118,000 children are awaiting adoption in the United States, and yet some religious conservatives are insisting that they have a right to put their own religious beliefs ahead of the best ...
While the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, which oversees the foster care system, does not track such data, some advocates estimate about 30% of foster children identify as LGBTQ+.
The Iowa Senate passed a bill that would bar foster parents from having to accept policies conflicting with their moral or religious beliefs about gender identity and sexual orientation. Supporters ...
A federal appeals court granted a Malheur County woman’s request to halt Oregon’s policy requiring adoptive parents embrace their child’s sexual or gender identity, urging the state to implement a ...
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