Category: USA – LGBTQ Family
Mum banned from coming out as gay to her three sons finally has court ruling overturned
A mother who was banned from coming out as gay to her three sons has finally had the court ruling overturned.
HRC Releases New “Coming Home” Guide for Jewish LGBTQ People Seeking To Reconnect With Their Faith
In advance of the Passover holiday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, released today a guide to help LGBTQ Jews who are seeking to reconnect with their faith and build more inclusive communities.
Same-Sex Parents: New Study Proves No Negative Effects On Kids Raised In Gay Homes
Whoa — the conservative argument bashing same-sex parenting is no longer valid!
Federal Judge Halts Enforcement of Mississippi Ban on Adoptions by Same-Sex Couples
Today, HRC Mississippi praised a decision by U.S. District Court Judge Daniel P. Jordan III in Mississippi declaring unconstitutional the state’s ban on adoption by same sex couples, citing the Supreme Court of the United States’ 2015 marriage equality ruling in the historic case Obergefell v. Hodges.
National Child Welfare Advocates Issue Letter Opposing Nebraska ’s Anti-LGBT Adoption Bill
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation today released a letter from leading national child welfare agencies opposing a bill in the Nebraska Unicam, LB 975, which would enshrine discrimination into Nebraska law by allowing taxpayer-funded adoption agencies to reject prospective parents based on “the child placing agency’s sincerely held religious beliefs.”
U.S. Supreme Court Unanimously Reverses Alabama Court’s Refusal to Recognise Same-Sex Adoption
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, praised a unanimous decision from the Supreme Court of the United States reversing an Alabama Supreme Court’s refusal to recognise an adoption by a lesbian non-biological mother. HRC joined a coalition of organizations on an amicus brief urging the court to hear the case.