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Trump Administration Trashes Biden-Era LGBTQ Foster Care Rule

Remember a few years ago when the administration of failed US President Joe Biden came up with a foster care rule that sought to require children who identify as LGBTQ be placed with families willing to accept them through gender identity? That outrageous rule was never implemented but the Trump administration formally eliminated it which is good for the United States, according to a news report by Newsmax.

To put things in perspective, posted below is the excerpt of the Newsmax report. Some parts in boldface…

The Trump administration on Tuesday formally eliminated a Biden-era foster care rule that sought to require children who identify as LGBTQ be placed with families willing to affirm their stated gender identity or sexual orientation.

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families (ACF) removed the April 2024 regulation from the Code of Federal Regulations, saying the move will provide clarity and help recruit more foster families nationwide.

The rule never took effect after it was struck down by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, but the administration said removing it entirely closes the door on the policy.

Assistant HHS Secretary Alex Adams told The Daily Wire the decision reflects the administration’s belief that more families should feel welcome to foster children.

“The message that we think it sends is that all families are welcome,” Adams said. “We have too few foster families nationally. We must roll out the red carpet, and we must ensure that there’s homes waiting on kids, not kids waiting on homes.”

The Biden administration’s rule directed federally funded child welfare agencies to ensure that children who “self-identify with an alternative sexual orientation or self-identify as something other than their sex in foster care” were placed with families that would affirm those identities.

The Trump administration said rescinding the regulation supports first lady Melania Trump’s “Fostering the Future” initiative and a related executive order calling for a government-wide effort to strengthen the nation’s foster care system.

Adams said the administration has also launched its “Home for Every Child” campaign to increase the number of foster homes available for children entering the system.

“Nationally, we have a shortage,” Adams said. “We only have 57 homes for every 100 kids coming in, so we can and must do better to ensure that there’s enough homes for kids because when there’s not enough homes, kids end up in short-term rentals, hotels, government office spaces, etc.”

Adams said families with strong religious beliefs and moral convictions make up a large share of those willing to foster children, making it critical that the federal government not discourage them from participating.

Let me end this piece by asking you readers: What is your reaction to this development? Are you delighted that US President Donald Trump and his administration scrapped the Biden-era rule and made sure it would not be revived soon? Do you think the woke, the SJWs and LGBTQ mob will react violently to this development?

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You Know Someone: Harvey Milk’s Fifty-Year-Old Message We Never Finished Hearing

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/06/you-know-someone-harvey-milks-fifty-year-old-message-we-never-finished-hearing/

You Know Someone: Harvey Milk’s Fifty-Year-Old Message We Never Finished Hearing

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/06/you-know-someone-harvey-milks-fifty-year-old-message-we-never-finished-hearing/

You Know Someone: Harvey Milk’s Fifty-Year-Old Message We Never Finished Hearing

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/06/you-know-someone-harvey-milks-fifty-year-old-message-we-never-finished-hearing/

What is your sexual orientation?

:boost_requested: :BoostOK: :boosts_ok_gay: Please boost / share!

#nates1984 #nates1984poll #sexualOrientation

Minnesota Supreme Court rules USA Powerlifting's ban on trans women is discrimination

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/minnesota-supreme-court-transgender-sports

TRIGGER WARNING: Military Psychology

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TITLE: ‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans
URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/16/va-doctors-refuse-treat-patients

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New Rules at VA Effect Treatment and Hiring of Patients and Staff Based Upon Political and Marital Affiliations

New Rules at VA Effect Treatment and Hiring of Patients and Staff Based Upon Political and Marital Affiliations

Please note this not "only" effects patients -- staff can be discriminated against (or fired?) for #nationalorigin , #sexualorientation , #maritalstatus, membership in a #union and/or lawful political party affiliation.

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TITLE: ‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans
URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/16/va-doctors-refuse-treat-patients

"Doctors at Department of #Veterans Affairs ( #VA ) hospitals nationwide could refuse to treat unmarried veterans and Democrats under new hospital guidelines imposed following an executive order by Donald Trump."

"The new rules, obtained by the Guardian, also apply to #psychologists, dentists and a host of other occupations. They have already gone into effect in at least some VA medical centers."

"Medical staff are still required to treat veterans regardless of race, color, religion and sex, and all veterans remain entitled to treatment. But individual workers are now free to decline to care for patients based on personal characteristics not explicitly prohibited by federal law."

"Language requiring healthcare professionals to care for veterans regardless of their politics and marital status has been explicitly eliminated."

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"They 'seem to open the door to #discrimination on the basis of anything that is not legally protected', said Dr Kenneth Kizer, the VA’s top healthcare official during the Clinton administration. He said the changes open up the possibility that doctors could refuse to treat veterans based on their “reason for seeking care – including allegations of #rape and #sexualassault – current or past political #partyaffiliation or #politicalactivity, and personal 'behavior such as alcohol or marijuana use'."

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"Similarly, the bylaw on 'decisions regarding medical staff membership' no longer forbids VA hospitals from discriminating against candidates for staff positions based on national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, membership in a labor organization or 'lawful political party affiliation'."

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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #military #militarypsych #militarypsychology #militarycounseling #APA #Division19 #militaryhealth #DeploymentPsychology #UniformServicesUniversity

#LGBT #Airman receives #apology for #dismissal over his #SexualOrientation

Then #senior #aircraftmantechnician #MarkShephard was asked to leave the #RAF abruptly in 1999.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #MilitaryService #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgl91g544e9o

#Washington #restaurant #illegally refuses to #cater a #samesexwedding, citing #religiousbeliefs.

Washington #law mandates #businesses #serving the #public can’t #deny #services based on #sexualorientation or #genderidentity. In 2021, the #SupremeCourt #upheld these #protections.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Washington #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews

https://www.advocate.com/news/washington-restaurant-refuses-lesbian-catering#rebelltitem1

#Truth. If you #discriminate based on something uncontrollable, like #sexualorientation, which is still not a choice, you're a #bigot.

#lgbtq #conservativechristians

#Massachusetts #ParentageAct clarifies #children born to #LGBTQ+ #families, passes #Senate .

It will allow for all #children, regardless of their #parents’ #race, #gender, #sexualorientation, or #maritalstatus, to access the #security of #legal #parentage.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Massachusetts #Politics #Progress

https://www.wwlp.com/news/massachusetts/massachusetts-parentage-act-clarifies-children-born-to-lgbtq-families-pass-senate/

#AsktheAunties: I think I am #gay, #howdoIknow for sure?

As a #young #person begins to #grapple with #questions about their #sexualorientation or #genderidentity, exploring it, and their selves can be a #complex and #introspective #journey. For a young person, this can be both a #liberating and #challenging #time in their #lives.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #SexualOrientation #GenderIdentity #ComingOut #Transitioning #Representation #Culture

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/12/11/ask-the-aunties-am-i-gay/

#Iowa #LGBTQ #students file #lawsuit over new #state #law.

The #ACLU of Iowa joined two #lawfirms in filing a #lawsuit challenging #Iowa #SF496, which #prohibits the #instruction of #genderidentity and #sexualorientation through sixth grade, #prohibits #books with #descriptions of #sex #acts and #requires #parentalnotification when a K-12 student wants to be referred to by a different #pronoun or #name in school.

https://wcfcourier.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/iowa-lgbtq-students-file-lawsuit-over-new-state-law/article_f61f502a-5899-5db9-a359-5c175afa8596.html

#Google #searches for ‘Am I #gay’ or ‘Am I #lesbian’ #increase 1,300% since 2004.

A “#poignant” #searchterm, “#howtocomeout” being #Googled the most in traditionally #conservative #areas, including #Mississippi and #Kentucky, which it noted “could indicate a more #challenging #environment for #selfdisclosure of #identity”.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #SexualOrientation #GenderIdentity #Transitioning #ComingOut #Representation #Culture
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/10/27/google-searches-am-i-gay-lesbian/

#Plaintiffs in #SupremeCourt's #LGBTQ #workplace #ruling #inducted into #LaborHallofHonor.

The court’s 2020 ruling in #BostockvClaytonCounty, Georgia, found that existing #federal #law #prohibits #workplace #discrimination based on #sexualorientation and #genderidentity.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Activism #RoleModels #Courts #Rulings #Representation #Culture `

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/plaintiffs-supreme-courts-lgbtq-workplace-ruling-inducted-labor-hall-h-rcna121051

Who Is The #Tallest of The #Lesbians

This is hardly a #comprehensive #list and it’s just #famous #people. We’re limiting the scope here to: #actors, #athletes and/or #models who are #famous enough and open enough about their lives for me to be able to confirm both their #sexualorientation (#queer, #lesbian or #bisexual) and their #height

#Women #Lesbians #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Society #Representation #Culture

https://www.autostraddle.com/who-is-the-tallest-of-the-lesbians/

The #NinthCircuit's #Monumental #Ruling on #LGBTQ+ #Rights

The #unanimous #court #held that #TitleIX #prohibits #discrimination based on #sexualorientation in #schools. And its #logic equally #protects #transgender #students. Title IX’s protections may prove crucial at a time when #LGBTQ+ #youth are under increasing #attacks

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Courts #Rulings #Education #HigherEducation #TitleIX #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia

https://www.advocate.com/voices/the-ninth-circuit-trans-rights

The proposed #Michigan #HateCrime Act, seeks to expand the state’s current statute. It would broaden the definition of what constitutes a hate crime, adding that they’re also possible on the basis of #SexualOrientation, #GenderIdentity and expression, physical or mental #disability, ethnicity and age. https://www.mlive.com/politics/2023/04/whats-in-a-hate-crime-michigan-looks-to-add-sexuality-disabilities-to-35-year-old-law.html
#WomenWithDisabilities #WomensHumanRights #DisabilityPolicy

#SupremeCourt in #SriLanka clears path for #decriminalisation of #homosexuality

#LGBTQ+ #rights #activists in the country have been #campaigning for years to change the #ColonialEra #law in a country where #homosexuality is still #punishable by a #prison #sentence and a #fine, leading to the private member’s #bill presented in #parliament last month.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ SriLanka #SexualOrientation #Decriminalization #SameSexCouples #Intimacy

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-05-09-sri-lanka-supreme-court-clears-path-for-decriminalisation-of-homosexuality/