Connecticut has launched a campaign to recruit more LGBTQ parents to become foster or adoptive parents, even as Kansas becomes the ninth state to allow child welfare agencies to discriminate against LGBTQ prospective parents or youth, among others, on the basis of the agencies’ religious beliefs.
A few victories to make your week!
And could a queer mom end up as prime minister of the U.K?
Will Oklahoma, Kansas, and Colorado become the next states to allow adoption and foster care agencies to discriminate against LGBTQ prospective parents, youth, and others who don’t align with their religious beliefs?
There are less than two days left to tell the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) why you oppose a new rule that will allow health care providers to refuse a wide range of medical services to patients if furnishing them violates the providers’ religious or moral beliefs. The new rule “weaponizes” HHS’ Office of Civil Rights against LGBTQ people, people living with HIV, and many others, says Lambda Legal. Here’s how to add your voice in opposition to it.
Several LGBTQ organizations are condemning the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS’) plan to delay the collection of foster care and adoption data that was required by a 2016 rule, including data related to sexual orientation and gender identity.
It’s LGBT Fostering and Adoption Week in the U.K., so even though I’m based in the U.S., it seemed a good time to share some information about the event, along with stories and resources about fostering and adoption.
A mixed bag of news this time, with a few big wins, one legislative loss, and two library battles, among other news.
When spouses Fatma Marouf and Bryn Esplin wanted to become foster parents for a refugee child, they were told by the child services agency that they could not apply because their family structure did not “mirror the Holy Family.” Now, they’re suing the agency’s parent organization, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), and the funder of its program to place refugee children, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
As a growing number of states allow child welfare agencies to discriminate against LGBTQ prospective foster and adoptive parents and LGBTQ youth in care, a new campaign is fighting back—but it needs our help and our stories.
The two moms who gave us a glimpse into their foster-to-adopt journey this fall want to bring us a second season of their video series, looking more broadly at the world of foster care.
