Nebraska Ban on Adoption and Fostering for Same-Sex/Unmarried Couples

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Harry Di Lise

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Scott Jones

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Sue Stroesser

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Michael Gordon

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Lauren Ward

In 1995, a policy implemented by Nebraska's Department of Health and Human Services officially banned same-sex couples from becoming foster parents or adopting. 

The policy was struck down by the Nebraska Supreme Court in 2017.


All interviews were collected in 2016-2020 for the Queer Omaha Archives in UNO Libraries' Archives and Special Collections. The first interviews were collected by Dr. Jay Irwin in 2016 and his students in the Intro to LGBTQ Studies Sociology course in fall 2016. Since 2017, Luke Wegener has collected interviews for LGBTQ+ Voices: The Queer Omaha Archives Oral History Project. 

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Nebraska Ban on Adoption and Fostering for Same-Sex/Unmarried Couples