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7 Questions LGBTQ People Have for the 2020 Presidential Candidates

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By Ariel Goldberg

October 10, 2019

As the 2020 election approaches, all eyes are on D.C. (and sometimes on Twitter).

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Fair Courts Project, Health Care Fairness, HIV, Housing, Intersex, Law & Policy Project, Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Military, Racial Justice & Low Income Advocacy, Religious Exemptions, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Same-sex relationships, Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights
Same-Sex Maryland Couple Sues U.S. State Department for Treating Their Six-Month-Old Daughter as Born out of Wedlock

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By Lambda Legal

September 12, 2019

Today, Immigration Equality, Lambda Legal, and pro bono counsel Morgan Lewis filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Maryland against the U.S. Department of State for refusing to recognize the citizenship of Kessem Kiviti, the daughter of married U.S. citizens Roee and Adiel Kiviti. The State Department’s policy treats the children of U.S. citizens in same-sex marriages as “born out of wedlock,” unconstitutionally stripping their children of citizenship.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Immigration, Maryland
Every Child Deserves a Family Act Introduced in Congress

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By Cathren Cohen

June 5, 2019

Eliminating discrimination against relatives and those seeking to foster and adopt will allow more children to have loving homes while in foster care.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Tennessee Senate Must Reject Effort to Deny Children Loving Families

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By Lambda Legal

April 25, 2019

The Tennessee State Senate is soon to vote on Tennessee SB 1304, a license-to-discriminate bill that allows taxpayer-funded child welfare agencies to reject foster or adoptive parents based upon the agency’s religious beliefs.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Religious Exemptions, Teens & Young Adults, Youth in Out-of-Home Care, Tennessee
The Trump Administration Just Moved to Allow Discrimination in Foster Care

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By Lambda Legal

January 23, 2019

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Religious Exemptions, Youth in Out-of-Home Care, South Carolina
Same-Sex Couple Blocked from Serving as Foster Parents Deserve Their Day in Court

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By Lambda Legal

November 30, 2018

The couple was denied the opportunity to apply to serve as foster parents for refugee children because they did not “mirror the Holy Family.”

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Same-sex relationships, Texas
Lambda Legal and 75 National, State & Local Orgs To HHS: Don't Grant South Carolina a License to Discriminate

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By Lambda Legal

November 19, 2018

Today, Lambda Legal and 75 national and state civil rights, child welfare, and faith organizations submitted a letter to U.S. Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Secretary Alex Azar urging him not to grant South Carolina’s request for an exemption from federal nondiscrimination law for faith-based, government-funded child welfare providers.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Religious Exemptions, Teens & Young Adults, Youth in Out-of-Home Care, New York
Kansas Adds Name to Roll of States Denying Children Loving Families

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By Lambda Legal

May 18, 2018

Today, Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer signed into law Kansas SB 284, a license-to-discriminate bill that allows taxpayer-funded child welfare agencies to reject foster or adoptive parents based upon the agency's religious beliefs.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions, Teens & Young Adults, Youth in Out-of-Home Care, Kansas
Oklahoma Becomes First State In 2018 To Sign Anti-LGBTQ Legislation Into Law

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By Lambda Legal

May 11, 2018

Today, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed SB 1140, a license-to-discriminate bill that would allow taxpayer-funded child welfare agencies to reject foster or adoptive parents based upon the agency’s religious beliefs.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions, Teens & Young Adults, Youth in Out-of-Home Care, Oklahoma
Oklahoma and Kansas License-to-Discriminate Bills Deny Children Loving Families

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By Lambda Legal

May 4, 2018

The governors of Oklahoma and Kansas must veto these damaging child welfare bills, not compete to see who will become the first in 2018 to sign discrimination into law and withhold loving homes from vulnerable children.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Rulings, LAWS AND AMENDMENTS, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions, Teens & Young Adults, Youth in Out-of-Home Care, Kansas, Oklahoma

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