Tag: Foster Care
LGBTQ charity says more foster carers and adopters needed in Stoke-On-Trent
According to an LGBTQ charity, Stoke-on-Trent is in need of more foster carers and adopters, to provide loving and stable homes for vulnerable children.
Alabama Bill Would Jeopardise Children in Need of Families
On Tuesday, the Alabama House approved a dangerous bill that would allow adoption and foster care agencies with “sincerely held religious beliefs” to discriminate against prospective parents.
On Our Own: A Survival Guide for Independent LGBTQ Youth
Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors Fund and Time Out Youth of Charlotte, North Carolina, partner with HRC to create “On Our Own: A Survival Guide for Independent LGBTQ Youth”.
TLDEF Condemns Sweeping New Anti-LGBT Law in Mississippi
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) responded to news that Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant has signed anti-LGBT House Bill 1523 into law today.
Alabama Senate Committee Advances Bill Allowing Taxpayer-Funded Discrimination by Child Welfare Groups
Alabama S.B. 204 would disregard best interest of children and create state-sanctioned anti-LGBT discrimination.
HRC: LGBT Youth In Foster Care Face Bias, Discrimination
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, in partnership with FosterClub, an U.S national network for youth in foster care, released an issue brief detailing the hostile treatment experienced by many LGBT and questioning youth in foster care, and the shocking lack of laws and policies protecting them.