DCF Issues New Foster-Parent Licensing Guidance as Part of Legal Settlements

The Vermont Department for Children and Families has changed its guidance regarding whether prospective foster parents must affirm the gender identity of LGBTQ+ youths before being licensed as part of two legal settlements reached last week.

Under the new guidance, issued February 18, the state agency will no longer be able to deny or revoke foster-parent licensure based on an applicants’ refusal to “affirm, endorse or adopt any particular views regarding gender identity, sexual orientation or related ideological concepts,” according to the settlements filed in federal court late last week.

The changes come in response to two lawsuits — Wuoti v. Winters and Antonucci v. Winters — brought by multiple couples. They alleged that the state revoked their foster-care licenses after they expressed religious objections to supporting LGBTQ+ youths when it came to matters such as using a child’s preferred pronouns, allowing them to dress in a way that aligns with their gender identity and letting them undergo gender-affirming medical treatment.

The statement is incorrect. The requirement was not that if you were required to affirm the gender identity of someone who had already decided they were "trans" but that you would do so for all children right down to newborns. Unless you are willing to do so they would not let you foster. Effectively if you were any sort of normal person they would not let you foster.

I know one of the HOA assistant democrats will whine that normal people should not be allowed to foster because they are only in it for the money or bitch about "why would you not love a poor child that has a boy brain in a girl body".

Shut. Up.

I know you want your pervert friends to have a continuous supply of fresh meat to abuse and even one child getting away bites a tender spot but don't care.

“gender-affirming medical treatment”

Golly who could oppose “medical treatment” that affirms something? Especially a child. It sounds so nice that way. So not only does a foster kid already facing horrible emotional trauma from being placed in foster care they can have their bodies butchered and brains saturated with powerful hormones. But it is affirming dontcha know.

Two lesbians adopting a girl = sexual abuse.

Two lesbians adopting a boy = death sentence for the boy.

Two gay males adopting a girl = probably won't happen.

Two gay males adopting a boy = sexual abuse.

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