Fulton case in the news, wondering what Aiyana would think about the Supreme Court’s ruling that did nothing to protect kids or LGBTQ+ parents.
Because Aiyana subverted gender norms, foster home after foster home rejected her. She was not alone; most of the LGBTQ+ foster care youth I knew at the center had each lived in dozens of homes.
In Aiyana’s case, and others, there were stories of name calling and physical abuse, and more than one instance of sexual assault.In Utah at that time, same-sex foster parents weren’t allowed, despite the hundreds of couples yearning to foster and adopt.
The local foster care agency asked my help in changing the law, realizing that, despite their own feelings about same-sex couples, they wanted LGBTQ+ youth.