Press Mentions Archive - Page 2 of 3

October 21, 2018

Washington Blade: Outrage over report of sweeping Trump administration anti-trans plan

Transgender advocates were vocal in their indignation Sunday over a report in the New York Times about a sweeping anti-transgender plan within the Trump administration to limit the definition of “sex” in U.S. government policies to biological gender.

September 28, 2018

Mic: Congress passes spending bill nixing amendment that discriminated against LGBTQ adoption

The House of Representatives passed a spending bill Wednesday that did not include an amendment allowing discrimination against potential adoptive and foster care parents.

September 27, 2018

LGBTQ Nation: Measure to allow adoption agencies to ban gay & lesbian parents dies in the House

A provision that would have punished states for protecting LGBTQ adoptive and foster parents has failed in the House.

September 27, 2018

Advocate: Congress Turns Back Anti-LGBTQ Adoption Amendment

Legislation that would allow adoption and foster care agencies receiving federal funds to discriminate against prospective parents because of sexual orientation or other factors has been defeated.

May 18, 2018

Advocate: Put Children Ahead of Ideology in Adoption and Foster Care

Every parent feels differently about how to fulfill the needs of their children. When should you wean a child off their bottle? How much screen time should a child have? How do you find the right mix of punishing bad behavior and rewarding good behavior?

May 12, 2018

The Washington Post: Oklahoma’s governor angers the NRA and gay rights groups — on the same day

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) united gun and LGBTQ advocates on Friday, in a sense. LGBTQ rights groups say a bill she signed Friday legalizes discrimination against families hoping to adopt by allowing faith-based agencies to deny placing children with people they believe violate their religious views, such as same-sex couples.

May 12, 2018

AP News: Oklahoma governor signs adoption law opposed by LGBT groups

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed a bill late Friday that gay rights advocates say would allow religious-based adoption agencies to discriminate against same-sex couples, single people and non-Christians in placing children.

May 12, 2018

The New York Times: Oklahoma Passes Adoption Law That L.G.B.T. Groups Call Discriminatory

Gov. Mary Fallin of Oklahoma signed a bill on Friday that gay rights groups said would allow private adoption agencies to discriminate against L.G.B.T. couples on religious grounds when placing children.

May 7, 2018

The Chronicle of Social Change: Groups Seek to Help LGBTQ Families Fill the Foster Parent Shortage

In November of 2004, Matthew Ramsey and his boyfriend were devastated. The state where they lived at the time, Ohio, had just voted to amend the state constitution to bar same-sex marriage. “As gay men, it felt like, ‘we’re not accepted. We’re never going to be able to get married and have kids here,’” says Ramsey.

May 4, 2018

Advocate: Kansas, Oklahoma Advance Discriminatory Adoption Bills

Legislators in Oklahoma and Kansas have both passed bills that would allow faith-based foster care and adoption agencies to enforce their religious beliefs in placement without loss of state contracts, meaning they could discriminate against LGBT clients while using taxpayer funds.

March 18, 2018

The Hollywood Reporter: Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent Deliver Emotional Speech About LGBTQ Visibility on Television

The stars of TLC’s 'Nate & Jeremiah,' who are expecting their second child, were honored by the Family Equality Council at the group’s annual gala Saturday night by their good friend Armie Hammer.

March 2, 2018

Sunlight Foundation: In website reshuffle, federal committee makes reports on collecting sexual orientation and gender identity data inaccessible

If you visit the website for the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology (FCSM), you’ll find that many of the links for reports lead to dead pages or PDFs that say, “this page is currently under construction.” Among the inaccessible resources are statistical policy working papers, as well as reports pertaining to collecting data on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI), which were live on a previous version of the site.