New State Law Allows Discrimination for Anti-LGBTQ Foster Parents

Tennessee is first to give legal rights to anti-LGBTQ parents to foster, adopt LGBTQ kids.


Jace Wilder, education manager of the Tennessee Equality Project, says the new law “puts kids at risk of being abused, neglected and harmed again.” (Photo: John Partipilo)

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