New steps to eliminate LGBTQ health care discrimination
The previous administration took several actions to reduce the LGBTQ community’s rights. The current administration has taken several steps to reverse those decisions and return rights to equality that were taken away. The latest change came earlier this month and concerns health care. The 2010 Affordable Care Act outlawed health care discrimination. It made clear discriminating against […]
The importance of second-parent adoption for same-sex couples
For many same-sex couples, the 2015 Supreme Court decision in favor of same-sex marriage was the first step in full recognition of their families. In 2016, a federal judge lifted a ban on adoption by same-sex couples in Mississippi. Same-sex couples are changing the portrait of American families. Second-parent adoption allows a same-sex parent to […]