Gay adoptn breaks new ground - The Globe and Mail

Contents:

• FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN TO LEGALLY ADOPT CANADA HOP NEW MEMOIR WILL BOOST ADOPTNS
• GAY UPLE CHARGED WH MOLTG THEIR ADOPTED SONS ALSO PIMPED THEM OUT TO PEDOPHILE RG, REPORT CLAIMS
• ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
• PROCR FOR GAY COUPL LOOKG TO ADOPT
• GAY ADOPTN BREAKS NEW GROUND
• ADOPTN AGENCY SHOULD BE ABLE TO REJECT GAY UPL, TMP ADMISTRATN ARGU
• CAN GAY COUPL ADOPT? WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
• ADOPTN BY GAY AND LBIAN COUPL: POLICS & PARENTG
• JUDGE TO CI IF GAY UPLE WHO TIED THE KNOT 1974 WILL HAVE MARRIAGE VALIDATED
• GAY COUPLE ACCED OF SEXUALLY ABG, ‘PIMPG OUT’ ADOPTED CHILDREN

FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN TO LEGALLY ADOPT CANADA HOP NEW MEMOIR WILL BOOST ADOPTNS

Twenty years after he beme the first openly gay man to legally adopt a child Canada, David McKstry hop that a new book about his long fight to bee a father will spire others to nsir adoptn. "'We don't give to homosexuals'After years of difficulti, 1997, he received a fateful phone ll om Canada's then-immigratn mister, Lucienne Robillard. A gay uple om Geia charged wh moltg their two adopted sons and g them to rerd child porn also allegedly pimped them out to members of a lol pedophile rg, acrdg to a disturbg new report.

Thanks to a progrsg social shift as LGBT rights ntue to ga ground, gay adoptn is more accsible than ever to prospective parents like you. To help you out, we’ve piled some same-sex adoptn statistics and facts om multiple homosexual adoptn studi for your tn. Time and time aga, gay adoptn rearch has dited that there are no trimental effects to children who are raised by same-sex parents.

As an extensn of this lg, a law banng gay adoptn Mississippi was overturned 2016, makg jot LGBT adoptn legal all 50 stat. Cens om that year, there were 43, 000 married same-sex upl wh children, while 71, 000 of the gay upl wh children were unmarried.

GAY UPLE CHARGED WH MOLTG THEIR ADOPTED SONS ALSO PIMPED THEM OUT TO PEDOPHILE RG, REPORT CLAIMS

Dpe the challeng that existed for gay parents hopg to adopt jt 10 years ago, many children found their forever fay — through an fant adoptn or foster re adoptn — wh an LGBT uple. In a standout LGBT adoptn fact, California alone had more than 16, 000 adopted children livg wh gay and lbian parents. In 2007, gay and lbian parents were raisg three percent of foster children (14, 000 children) the Uned Stat — on par wh the natnal statistic sayg 3 percent of the populatn is homosexual.

Studi show that banng gay and lbian foster re would st the untry $87 to $130 ln lost child re, wh dividual stat losg as much as $27 ln. For gay upl adoptg, the statistics actually apply to every child raised by LGBT parents — whether they’re adopted or blogilly related to their same-sex parents. Of urse, ’s important to learn more about how the same-sex adoptn procs works and to speak wh an adoptn profsnal before mtg to this procs, but the gay adoptn statistics n help you realize that you’re not alone.

ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI

Power and David Philpott had to make their own ke topper by glug groomsmen figur togetherFrom “partner” to “hband”: meet one of the first married gay upl N. Philpott and Power may have been the first gay uple the provce to be legally married, but the trail they blazed was soon followed by many, wh the St. We liked the ia of havg a geic tie to our child, and surrogacy seemed to the clost way a gay uple like uld ‘give birth’ to a child.

PROCR FOR GAY COUPL LOOKG TO ADOPT

Today, 4 percent of adopted children and 3 percent of foster children are raised by gay and lbian parents, and 2 ln more LGBTQ dividuals are terted adoptg.

GAY ADOPTN BREAKS NEW GROUND

Throughout the history of gay adoptn, same-sex upl have often faced barriers to growg their fai and have had to fight for equal adoptn rights. Combed wh the feral marriage equaly lg 2015, this urt cisn now protects the right for gay upl to adopt throughout the Uned Stat. However, like oppose-sex upl, there may still be rtrictns on adoptn laws for gay upl based on maral stat, om state to state.

ADOPTN AGENCY SHOULD BE ABLE TO REJECT GAY UPL, TMP ADMISTRATN ARGU

At Amerin Adoptns, our program, sts and wa tim are the same for gay and lbian parents as for heterosexual upl.

While the benefs of adoptn are clear, gay adoptive parents will likely also face many of the same challeng that heterosexual adoptive parents experience: addrsg their children’s racial or cultural inty, managg birth parent relatnships an open adoptn, talkg to their child about adoptn and simply adjtg to parenthood.

False Ias About Gay Adoptn’s Effects on Children: While has monly been ed as an argument agast gay and lbian adoptn, studi have shown that same-sex adoptn do not have a negative impact on children. In addn, there are no signifint differenc the velopment of genr inty and sexual orientatn between children of gay and lbian parents and children of heterosexual parents, acrdg to rearch prentg gay adoptn facts and same-sex adoptn statistics.

CAN GAY COUPL ADOPT? WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Gay and lbian upl have been expandg their fai through adoptn for a long time, and as legislatn has changed over the years, more optns have bee available. While every gay uple's adoptn procs is unique, there are some standard procr and steps every adoptive parent mt go through, and facts and rourc that n be helpful when nsirg adoptn. In the past—and likely still today some areas of the untry—some gay upl have rorted to lyg about their stat so they uld adopt.

When a gay uple adopts, is mon for one partner to adopt and the send to then apply to the urt as a send parent or -parent. A uple do not need to have a legally-regnized relatnship orr to pursue a send parent adoptn, which mak an appealg optn for gay upl who choose to not get married or enter to a civil unn.

ADOPTN BY GAY AND LBIAN COUPL: POLICS & PARENTG

Gay and lbian groups tend to show posive rults, while relig or nservative groups often dite negative rults.

JUDGE TO CI IF GAY UPLE WHO TIED THE KNOT 1974 WILL HAVE MARRIAGE VALIDATED

Many of the ncerns center around unrstandg sexual orientatn and tablishg whether children will velop emotnal problems due to havg gay parents. Know that there has not been a sgle study showg that the children of gay or lbian parents are disadvantaged any signifint rpect. Some gay upl fd that their parents—who may have been upset at one time about their children's sexualy—e around when grandchildren enter the picture.

Hopefully, you'll have lots of support your ner circle, but numero onle rourc ​are available for new gay and lbian parents to help your recently-expand fay to grow and flourish.

GAY COUPLE ACCED OF SEXUALLY ABG, ‘PIMPG OUT’ ADOPTED CHILDREN

Dpe the fact that gay adoptn grows more monplace every day, the road ahead may be difficult and filled wh obstacl, so make sure you're both on solid footg and sure about your cisn before you start the adoptn procs.