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Tennessee Republicans introduce religious exemption bill protecting anti-LGBTQ+ foster parents
Opponents say the proposed law will lead to further traumatization of LGBTQ+ foster children.
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Retired gay couple has fostered 33 kids
Their love is unlimited.
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LGBTQ+ people are more likely to consider fostering kids. But one big barrier is stopping them.
Because of this, thousands of children may be missing out on loving homes.
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Rep. Jim Banks introduces bill to place trans foster kids into abusive homes
He justified his bill by saying that reasonable adults oppose “irreversible sex change procedures” on kids. But such surgeries aren’t conducted on minors.
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18 Republican AGs are outraged that the Biden administration wants to help LGBTQ+ foster kids
They say protecting LGBTQ+ kids isn’t as important as Christian agencies’ religious freedom.
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Woman sues Oregon for denying her application to foster kids because she’s anti-LGBTQ+
Jessica Bates felt a sudden calling to help children – but only if those kids aren’t LGBTQ+
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Out lawmaker files bill to ban hateful foster parents
A lot of foster kids are LGBTQ+. Scott Wiener is trying to keep them out of hateful homes.
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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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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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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.