‘TYRANNICAL’: CA Foster Care Bill Allows Secret Abortions, Forces Parents to Use Preferred Pronouns | CBN News

Yes! Use the child’s preferred pronouns! —————— California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill this week dealing with foster care which critics are calling “tyrannical”. — Read on www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2019/october/tyrannical-ca-foster-care-bill-allows-secret-abortions-forces-parents-to-use-preferred-pronouns

How (and Why) to Become a Foster Parent – NYT Parenting

The licensing process – and the training, home visits and court dates – can be intimidating. Here’s what you need to know. — Read on parenting.nytimes.com/becoming-a-parent/foster-care

Kansas DCF draft guidelines: Affirm LGBT youth in foster care | The Wichita Eagle

The Kansas Department for Children and Families is telling child placement agencies that foster parents should affirm LGBTQ youth and their gender identity. That’s angering some conservatives. — Read on http://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article232890842.html

Organization seeks to find foster families at Pride festival | News | wsmv.com

This is where we met our agency – at Columbus Pride festival. For decades, the Nashville Pride Festival has been a celebration with loud music and big fashion. One group’s seeing the event as a powerful opportunity. — Read on http://www.wsmv.com/content/tncms/live/

Dads Adopt 6 Siblings in Foster Care | POPSUGAR Family

Steve and Robert Anderson-McLean, two dads from Pittsburgh, PA, recently changed the lives of six siblings who were in foster care for nearly five years. After — Read on http://www.popsugar.com/family/Dads-Adopt-6-Siblings-Foster-Care-46288869

Foster families granted free admission to state sites

House Bill 303, Foster Family Park and Museum Free Admission, took effect last week to ensure young people have with access to the outdoors and cultural sites throughout New Mexico. — Read on http://www.ruidosonews.com/story/news/local/community/2019/06/14/foster-families-granted-free-admission-state-sites/1461047001/

#GoodNewsRUHLES: Lawmakers focus on foster youth

Lawmakers in the nation’s capital are working together this week to help some of the most vulnerable people in our country – children living in foster care. Watch Congresswoman Karen Bass and Racquell Perry, who spent a significant amount of her childhood and teen years in the system, join Stephanie Ruhle to share how Congress …

Democrats just introduced a bill to ban discrimination against LGBTQ parents / LGBTQ Nation

Civil rights icon Representative John Lewis will champion the legislation… — Read on http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/06/democrats-just-introduced-bill-ban-discrimination-lgbtq-parents/

This Gay Couple Was Inspired to Become Foster Dads Thanks to the Show “The Fosters” – Gays With Kids

Dr. Matthew Hamparian and his husband Brian Lawrence have been together for over 18 years and live in Columbus, Ohio. “We had talked about c — Read on http://www.gayswithkids.com/matthew-and-brian-2631638999.html

Celebrate #LGBTQFamiliesDay on June 3rd! – Family Equality Council

Family Equality Council’s mission is to advance legal and lived equality for LGBTQ families, and for those who wish to form them, through building community, changing hearts and minds, and driving policy change. — Read on http://www.familyequality.org/2019/05/23/celebrate-lgbtqfamiliesday-on-june-3rd/