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Jan 23, 2019
Trump Administration Moves to Allow Discrimination in Child Welfare System
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration granted permission today for government-contracted child welfare agencies in South Carolina to turn away would-be foster and adoptive parent...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Oct 21, 2018
Íøºì±¬ÁÏ Statement on Reports of Trump Administration Attacks on Transgender People
NEW YORK—The Trump administration is reportedly working to dramatically roll-back protections for transgender students and narrow the definitions of sex and gender that courts ha...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Sep 26, 2018
Congress Passes Spending Bill Without Child Welfare Discrimination Amendment
WASHINGTON — The House today passed a government spending bill that includes funding for the Department of Health and Human Services without the inclusion of a child welfare disc...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Sep 14, 2018
Federal Court in Michigan Allows Challenge to Discriminatory Adoption Placement Practices to Continue
DETROIT — A federal district court in Michigan ruled today that a challenge to the state of Michigan’s practice of allowing discrimination against same-sex couples in the publi...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Dumont v. Gordon
Jul 13, 2018
Federal Court in Pennsylvania Rejects Argument that Child Welfare Agencies have a Right to Discriminate
PHILADELPHIA — A federal district court today ruled that the city of Philadelphia can require foster care agencies with city contracts to abide by its nondiscrimination policies....
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
Jun 25, 2018
Supreme Court Sends LGBT Discrimination Case Back to Washington State Supreme Court for Review
WASHINGTON — On the heels of the Supreme Court’s decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop, the high court vacated and remanded the Washington State Supreme Court’s decision in Arlene...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Arlene's Flowers et al v. Washington et al
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