A group of 66 House Democrats are issuing a call to the Biden administration to reinstate regulations barring anti-LGBTQ discrimination among federal grantees of the Department of Health & Human Services, including in adoption programs.
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.), one of seven openly gay members of the U.S. House, spearheaded the March 4 letter with Reps.
Angie Craig (D-Minn.), the only openly lesbian mom in Congress, and Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.). As the letter notes, the Trump administration quietly rescinded the Obama-era regulations against anti-LGBTQ discrimination among HHS grantees, which applies to social services and adoption programs, after the attack on the U.S.