Category: USA – LGBTQ Family
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Supreme Court hears Philadelphia foster parent dispute pitting religious freedom against LGBTQ rights
The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed likely to side with a Catholic social services agency in a dispute with Philadelphia over the agency’s refusal to work with same-sex couples as foster parents.
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Father (30) left his son outside a closed police station because ‘he thought the boy was gay’
A father from Florida has been charged with negligent child abuse after police claim he dumped his son at the side of the road because he ‘thinks that the boy is gay.’
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Anti-LGBTQ Mike Pence praises rule that would let adoption agencies exclude gay parents
The Trump administration’s proposed rule would allow adoption agencies that refuse to place children with LGBTQ families to still collect federal dollars.
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Catholic School in Kansas Faces a Revolt for Denying a Same-Sex Couple’s Child
A Catholic school in Kansas is facing pressure to reverse its decision not to enrol a child with married same-sex parents.
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Gay fathers face stigma and mistreatment as parents
Even as parenting by same-sex couples becomes more common in the U.S., many gay men and their families still experience discrimination and are stigmatised by relatives, neighbours, salespeople and other members of their communities, a study suggests.
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The Biden Foundation launches «As You Are» story map
The Biden Foundation today announced it has collected almost 500 stories of family and community acceptance and rejection as part of its «As You Are» campaign, many of which can now be read on a new online story map.