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Glengariff Group, Inc., in conjunction with the pro-LGBT rights Equality Texas Foundation, found that support in that age group rose from 53.6% in 2010 to 67.9% in 2013, while within the general population in Texas, support rose from 42.7% to 47.9%. [238] Later polls have found that a majority of Texans support same-sex marriage.
Some states granted full adoption rights to same-sex couples, while others banned same-sex adoption or only allowed one partner in a same-sex relationship to adopt the biological child of the other. On 31 March 2016, Federal District Court struck down Mississippi's ban on same-sex couple adoptions. [1]
---- 1 Some Texas officials have refused to amend the sex on birth certificates to reflect a sex change after the ruling Littleton v. Prange; however, a judge can order an amendment. 2 From May 2013 to March 2017 Missouri allowed, through court order via CASE 13AR-CV00240, a quiet workaround of Mo. Ann. Stat. § 193.215(9). The workaround from ...
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a bid by religious parents to keep their children out of classes in a Maryland public school district when LGBT storybooks are read, the latest case ...
(The Center Square) – While many states expanded and adopted school choice programs in 2024, some advocates are excited about new education options for families in 2025 – made possible because ...
In the United States, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people have a long history, including vibrant subcultures and advocacy battles for social and religious acceptance and legal rights. Though the first national gay organization was formed in 1950, the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City are often cited as the beginning of the ...
On March 28, 2022, DeSantis signed Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act, which banned classroom instruction about sexual orientation or gender identity in the state’s public K-12 schools.
Same-sex adoption is the adoption of children or adults by same-sex couples. It may take the form of a joint adoption by the couple, or of the adoption by one partner of the other's biological child or adult (stepchild adoption). Joint adoption by same-sex couples is permitted in 39 countries.