Raise The Conversation

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Our favorite links from this week featuring stories of stepparenting, adoption, foster care, surrogacy, and non-traditional families.

Trump administration seeks to provide federal funding to faith-based adoption and foster care agencies that discriminate against L.G.B.T. families.

The Trauma of Transracial Adoption.

13 LGBTQ+ parents share what makes them great parents.

Breast Cancer Brought Me To Surrogacy And To The Coolest Woman I Know.

What To Know Before Your Surrogacy Journey.

The Broken Brown Egg: An Infertility Website and Community Centered On The Experiences Of Women Of Color.

Going Back To China In Search Of My Daughter’s Secret Past.

When Families Un-Adopt a Child.

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Jessica Butler

Jessica Butler is the co-founder of Raise, stepmother of two, and adoptive mother of one. Prior to Raise, she was a writer on USA’s "In Plain Sight" and TNT’s "The Last Ship." She and her husband, writer/producer Warren Bell, co-created the Nick at Nite series "Instant Mom," based on her life as a stepmother. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and six-year-old son, Levon.