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Life
Gay man adopts five siblings because family is forever (even if it changes slightly)
A former foster kid, he knew how hard it could be in the system. After all, he was separated from his eight siblings when he entered the system himself.
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Politics
Michigan bans discrimination against gay couples by adoption agencies
“Limiting the opportunity for a child to be adopted or fostered by a loving home not only goes against the state’s goal of finding a home for every child, it is a direct violation of the contract every child-placing agency enters into with the state.”
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Health and Wellness
LGBTQ youth are flooding the child welfare system, but they’re treated the worst
LGBTQ youth face poorer conditions in the child welfare system, even as more LGBTQ youth end up in the system than their non-LGBTQ counterparts.
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News (USA)
California passes landmark legislation to help transgender foster youth
A bill to help transgender foster youth access health care is headed to the governor’s desk for a signature.
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Is the LGBTQ community really taking away adoption rights from Christians?
An article on LifeSite claims kids are “getting hurt” because LGBTQ activists are forcing straight Christians out of adoption services.
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News (USA)
Civil rights & child welfare groups gear up to fight attempts to legalize bans on gay adoption
The U.S. has nearly 440,000 children in foster care, more than 117,000 of whom are waiting to be adopted.
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News (USA)
Texas governor signs license to discriminate law that will hurt orphans
Gov. Greg Abbott’s Pride gift to LGBTQ Texans is to give faith-based adoption agencies a license to discriminate against them.
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News (USA)
Texas adoption agencies could ban gay, Jewish, Muslim parents
Not only could agencies turn away hopeful parents, they could also require children in foster care to comply with their faith-based requirements.
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News (USA)
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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News (USA)
Young LGBTQ Nevadans ask lawmakers for change in foster care laws
Young adults formerly in Nevada’s foster care system told state lawmakers Monday that LGBTQ kids would be safer if social workers are specially trained to help them.