The Trump administration just warned Massachusetts over a new requirement for foster parents.
On Tuesday, the Trump administration sent a warning addressing the state’s new foster parent agreement requiring them to “support, respect, and affirm the foster child’s sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.”
The LGBTQIA+ Nondiscrimination Policy from Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF) says that it “actively recruits, screens, and assesses foster families for their ability and willingness to support and affirm LGBTQIA+ children placed in their care, including recruiting foster families that identify as LGBTQIA+.”
Foster parents must support children who want “gender-affirming clothing, such as binders, packers, body shapers, bras, breast inserts,