Adoption Agency Moves To
Have Lesbian Bias Suit Tossed
June
11: A Southern California
adoption agency has asked a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit by
a lesbian couple that
claims the company discriminated against them because of their sexuality.
The Olive Crest Family
Care and Adoption Agency, based in Santa Ana, said the discrimination
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May
2: Lesbian Couple Sues
California Adoption Agency.
Vermont First State
Seeking Gay Couples to Adopt Children
June
11: Vermont has become the
first state in the US to actively seek gay and lesbian couples to
become adoptive parents.
The agency of Social and Rehabilitation Services, SRS, said that it has
more children in the
system than there are prospective 'traditional' families to adopt them.
Officials
the system, all of whom
are considered "special needs" children.
California Foster Care
Bill Passes Key Committee
April
9: The Human Services
Committee of the California State Assembly Tuesday approved a
bill to protect foster
children in the state from discriminatory treatment, including discrimination
or harassment based on
sexual orientation, gender identity, or HIV/AIDS status. The bill passed
Judge Denies Transgender
Man Custody Of Son
April
9: A Chicago judge ruled,
that a transgender male cannot be granted parental rights because
same-sex marriages are
illegal in Illinois and therefore the man was never the boy's legitimate father.
The man is the only
father the boy, now 11, has ever known. Cook County Public guardian Patrick