Trump Denies Birthright Citizenship to Kids of LGBT Couples Born Abroad

While I personally see this as complete and utter bullshit, I know that this is the current normal.

President Donald Trump’s State Department is quietly de-recognizing the marriages of some LGBT couples, and using that as an excuse to then deny their children birthright citizenship.

The policy specifically deals with an interpretation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) that sets forth the conditions for eligibility for birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment.

According to the State Department website, “The U.S. Department of State interprets the INA to mean that a child born abroad must be biologically related to a U.S. citizen parent. Even if local law recognizes a surrogacy agreement and finds that U.S. parents are the legal parents of a child conceived and born abroad… if the child does not have a biological connection to a U.S. citizen parent, the child will not be a U.S. citizen at birth.”

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Taiwan First Asian Country with Marriage Equality

This is a huge milestone for Taiwan and for the Asian continent. I'm so thrilled that the president encouraged lawmakers to pass the only one of the three bills to offer both the ability to marry AND adopt.

The LGBT Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i’s only political, legislative and/or policy organization dedicated to advocating for LGBTQIA rights, congratulates Taiwan’s LGBTQIA community as they achieve Marriage Equality and become the first Asian country to reach this historic milestone. On Friday, May 17, 2019, the Taiwanese Parliament in a vote of 66 to 27 passed this momentous legislation.

Taiwan’s LGBTQIA community won a landmark court case in 2017 when the court ruled that same-sex couples had the constitutional right to marry. The court gave the Taiwan’s government until May 24, 2019, to extend these rights. There were three competing bills to achieve this requirement.

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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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