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Finally: Court strikes down last ban on gay & lesbian foster parents in US
After decades of discrimination, Nebraska is the last state in the nation to end its ban on lesbians and gays who want to adopt children.
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Millsaps College honors lawyer who won Mississippi same-sex adoption rights
Roberta Kaplan led the fight to overturn the Mississippi’s religious liberty law, arguing it was discriminatory.
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This heartwarming Vicks ad celebrates transgender mothers
Based on a true story, the ad depicts an Indian trans woman and the sacrifices she made for her adopted daughter, who in turn wants to fight for her mother’s rights.
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Alabama House passes anti-gay adoption bill despite protest by lesbian lawmaker
Lesbian Rep. Patricia Todd said she’s tired of dealing with institutions that know nothing about her “but make a judgment that I’m a bad person because I am gay.”
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South Dakota is the first state to legalize anti-LGBTQ discrimination in 2017
The governor signed a law Friday that allows adoption agencies to deny LGBTQ families services and child placement for “religious” reasons .
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S.D. lawmakers pass measure allowing adoption agencies to deny same-sex couples
The measure says agencies can’t be required to provide services that conflict with “sincerely-held” religious beliefs.
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Indiana will fight ruling ordering same-sex parents’ names on birth certificates
Freedom Indiana warns the state is putting “politics ahead of LGBT families, and it further damages the state’s reputation.”
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Arkansas Court puts ‘basic biological truths’ ahead of same-sex parents’ rights
“This is wrong,” said Cheryl Maples, who sued on behalf of three couples and may take her fight to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Study confirms children of gay and lesbian parents are well-adjusted
The study is believed to be the first to follow children adopted by lesbian, gay, and heterosexual parents from early to middle childhood.
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Czech government okays plan to allow gays to adopt their partner’s children
The law, however, does not allow same-sex partners to marry.