LGBTQ Parenting
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What We're Focused On
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Discriminatory Treatment in Foster Parenting and Adoptions
The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the...
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Discriminatory Treatment of Transgender Parents
The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the...
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Establishing Legal Parent-Child Relationships
The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the...
What's at Stake
LGBTQ people become parents in a variety of ways, including adoption, foster parenting, donor insemination, surrogacy, and from previous heterosexual relationships. We’ve made great progress in protecting the relationships of LGBTQ parents and their children. Unfortunately, there’s still a lot of work to be done.
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For non-LGBTQ issues, please contact your local ACLU affiliate.
LGBTQ people become parents in a variety of ways, including adoption, foster parenting, donor insemination, surrogacy, and from previous heterosexual relationships. We’ve made great progress in protecting the relationships of LGBTQ parents and their children. Unfortunately, there’s still a lot of work to be done.
Need help?
FILL OUT OUR CONFIDENTIAL ONLINE FORM
For non-LGBTQ issues, please contact your local ACLU affiliate.
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