The Trump administration is considering wiping out recognition and protections of transgender people under federal law. This would be a sickening move that puts the safety and well-being of more than a million Americans—including children—at risk.
Here’s a beautiful, new, queer-inclusive children’s book that encourages taking action to create positive social change.
Could you use some good news today out of our courts? I sure could. The Supreme Court of Hawaii on Friday upheld a lower court ruling that said a nonbiological mother is a parent to the child she and her former spouse had through assisted reproduction.
Numerous LGBTQ advocacy and youth organizations have just filed “friend of the court” briefs in the first appeals court case that will decide whether taxpayer-funded child service agencies may cite their religious beliefs to discriminate against prospective foster parents and youth in care.
Here’s what’s happening that I haven’t covered in depth elsewhere. Pull up a cup of coffee, tea, or other beverage and read on!
Kazoo, the award-winning and queer-inclusive magazine for girls (and founded by a lesbian mom), has just dropped its subscription price and come out with its 10th issue, dedicated to action that changes the world!
California Governor Jerry Brown (D) signed legislation Friday that updates state laws so they offer the same protections to all parents and their children, including same-sex and transgender parents. Read on for details—and importantly, what this means for second-parent adoptions.Â
LGBTQ advocates, child welfare organizations, and others have helped defeat an amendment to a federal bill that would have allowed widespread discrimination against LGBTQ parents, LGBTQ youth, and others by taxpayer-funded adoption and foster care agencies.
Helen Thornton is suing the Social Security Administration for the survivor’s benefits that she would be able to claim if her partner of 27 years had not died before same-sex couples in their home state of Washington could marry.
Ellen DeGeneres and her sponsor, Shutterfly, have given $25,000 to a fund set up by students at a Catholic school in support of their former guidance counselor, who was placed on leave from her job for being married to another woman.
