Foster Care

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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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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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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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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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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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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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.

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Montana gay couple files bias complaint after losing foster child

"[She said] that other social workers wouldn’t want to work with us because we’re a gay couple, and because we’re two males."

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Watch Lady Gaga sing ‘Born This Way’ for Mexican foster kids

The singer posted a clip to Twitter with an appeal for fans to donate to the organization.

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