LGBTQ Parenting
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If you've been discriminated against based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or HIV status, the ACLU wants to hear about it.
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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 laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
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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 laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
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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 laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
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鈥檚 still a lot of work to be done.
Need help?
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鈥檚 still a lot of work to be done.
Need help?
For non-LGBTQ issues, please contact your local ACLU affiliate.