At COLAGE: People with a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender or Queer (LGBTQ) Parent, we know that it doesn't matter how many parents a person has or the sexual orientation or gender identity of their parents. What matters most is that young people have loving, supportive families.  

The Every Child Deserves a Family (ECDF) Act, reintroduced in the House as H.R. 1681 by Representative Pete Stark, (D-CA) on May 3, 2011, would prohibit any child welfare service provider receiving federal assistance and involved in adoption or foster care placements from discriminating against prospective adoptive or foster parents solely on the basis of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status, or on the basis of the sexual orientation or gender identity of the child involved.