Adopting a child from another country can be a long and complicated quest. But a growing number of Americans, including gays and lesbians, have done it in recent years as the number of children available for adoption in the United States has declined.
Meet the 2010 GenEQ Scholarship winners, selected from nearly 500 applicants.
The Healthcare Equality Index is a project of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. The HEI provides a quality indicator for healthcare facility policies related to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Implementing a patient non-discrimination policy that includes both "sexual orientation" and "gender identity and/or expression" is a crucial step in assuring fair and equitable treatment for LGBT patients.