| HRC's Mother of the Year: Nominate a Mom in Your Life 
This year, honor a mother in your life by nominating her for HRC's Mother of the Year. We will be collecting stories of all of the great mothers out there, whether it's a lesbian mom, a straight supportive mom, or just an amazing mom that you would like to honor. Submit your nomination at www.hrc.org/motheroftheyear and stay tuned for the announcement of "Mother of the Year" before Mother's Day on May 8. Nominate someone for HRC's Mother of the Year» HRC Celebrates National Healthcare Decisions Day Saturday, April 16th was National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD), an annual event focusing on the importance of advance healthcare directives. In times of emergency, you may be unable to make medical decisions or state who you want to visit you. That is why it is important to have these directives in place. This year HRC celebrated NHDD by announcing an exciting new opportunity for HRC members. Since quick access to these directives is especially important to the LGBT community, HRC has negotiated a discounted rate for HRC members for the services of DocuBank — the nation's largest electronic access service for healthcare directives. For more information and to set up your DocuBank account, visit www.docubank.com/hrc. HRC Calls on Gov. McDonnell to Put Children First There are over 1,000 children in Virginia's foster care system waiting to be adopted into a loving home. At the same time, Virginia law allows for discrimination based on sexual orientation in private adoption agencies licensed by the state. And VA (which has a constitutional amendment banning same-sex couples from marrying) unmarried couples can be denied the ability to adopt. Earlier this month HRC joined elected officials, adoptive parents and child welfare professionals to ask Governor McDonnell and the State Board of Social Services to put the best interest of Virginia's children first by eliminating discrimination in the adoption process. Despite these efforts, on April 20th, the State Board of Social Services voted 7-2, to strip legal protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, disability, political beliefs and family status from the final rules governing licensed adoption and foster care agencies. In response, HRC and Equality Virginia called on the VA state legislature to pass legislation that makes the best interest of the child the sole basis for adoption, not whether someone is gay or whether two caring adults are able to be married. Read more on HRC Backstory» | 
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