SCOTUS reverses AL lesbian adoption

This is an unholy mess brought on by different states having different laws regarding adoption and LGBT rights.  And the ones who pay most dearly are the children.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously reversed an Alabama court's refusal to recognize a same-sex adoption.

The justices upheld a challenge brought by an Alabama woman after her state's highest court refused to recognize the adoption she and her former lesbian partner were granted in Georgia.

The couple never married and have since split up. But the case presented a test of an issue that crops up occasionally in state and federal courts since the Supreme Court struck down state bans on same-sex marriage: Can gays and lesbians be denied adoption rights?

The case was brought by "V.L.," as she is identified in court papers, against her former partner "E.L.," who gave birth to three children between 2002-04 while the couple was together. To win adoption rights for V.L., they established temporary residency in Georgia.

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Alabama Woman 1st Trans Murder Victim of '19

I am several days late in sharing this information, for which I apologize. I do not blog from my phone, but I do everything else there, including finding stories to share here. I saved this story via my phone and got busy and unable to share. I truly hope Ms Martin finds peace in death; peace she wasn't allowed to have while walking this earth.

Dana Martin, shot to death Sunday in Montgomery, Ala., is the first transgender homicide victim of 2019.

Police found Martin, 31, in a vehicle in a roadside ditch about 11 p.m. Sunday, the Montgomery Advertiser reports. The newspaper did not mention her gender, and some other media outlets misgendered her, but local activists told The Advocate she was an African-American trans woman. She lived in Hope Hull, an unincorporated area near Montgomery.

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