Gay adoptn legal Victoria - 9News

Contents:

• GAY UPL VICTORIA FIGHTG FOR THE RIGHT TO ADOPT THEIR OWN CHILDREN
• GAY ADOPTN LEGAL VICTORIA
• GAY ADOPTN LEGAL VICTORIA
• VICTORIA LEGALIS ADOPTN RIGHTS FOR GAY UPL
• 10 GAY ADOPTN FACTS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

GAY UPL VICTORIA FIGHTG FOR THE RIGHT TO ADOPT THEIR OWN CHILDREN

Instead, fewer than five adoptns by same-sex upl have taken place the state sce nvener of support group Gay Dads Atralia, Rodney Chiang-Cise, is blunt about his thoughts on the issue. “The bottom le is ’s almost impossible to do adoptn Victoria, even if you’re a straight uple, let alone if you’re gay. ”But wh the war Ukrae – a popular surrogacy statn for foreigners – and several untri prohibg surrogacy for gay men, there are few optns and the sts n pile up – to about $180, 000 the US, and $40, 000 to $60, 000 Mexi.

”Jonathan says he didn’t want to pursue the adoptn pathway Atralia, after watchg several of his iends beg the procs and then, after several years, give were subject to vasive qutns about their “liftyle”, others experienced more blatant homophobia. “They may not nsir, for example, a lbian uple or a gay uple, not bee they’re necsarily homophobic but they have heteronormative views about how children should bt be raised.

GAY ADOPTN LEGAL VICTORIA

”Riggs says this is particularly apparent for gay men: “Gay upl talk about this ia that women know what to do when to children. ”“There n be a lot of scty of gay men.

NatnalVictoriaThis was published 7 years agoAs the bate around same-sex marriage tensifi natnally, Victoria many gay upl are fightg another battle for equaly – over the state's adoptn laws. Farrah Tomaz Cocks and her partner Sam still remember the homophobic qutns they had to remember the social worker who ma clear she was termed to stop "those lbians" gag permanent re of the child they had fostered for uple Anna Vla and Belle Atria wh their children Lily, 5, and Benji, 6, at home Northte. Cred: Pl JeffersThey also rell beg asked to expla how they uld provi a nurturg home pared wh tradnal heterosexual who uld fet the judgmental psychologist, who asssed their pacy to raise children by askg about their sex life, or whether they attend gay and lbian ralli, and which woman "played the man" their and his dads, Pete and Matt, who shared their story the documentary Gayby Kate Disher-Quill"She nclud that Sam played the man bee she do the lawn mowg, " Cocks says.

She's fightg for equaly for foster kids and adopted kids whose parents are gay.

GAY ADOPTN LEGAL VICTORIA

Cred: Penny StephensAs the bate around same-sex marriage tensifi natnally, Tracey and Sam are one of the many upl who fd themselv a separate battle for equaly: this time, over Victoria's adoptn other Atralian jurisdictns legalised gay adoptn years ago, Victoria's Adoptn Act – which the Andrews ernment is set to overhl – lims such rights to sgle people, or heterosexual upl who are married or facto rult is an illogil suatn where same-sex upl n bee foster rers but n't adopt a child permanently – even if that child has been their re for n a lbian or a gay man formally adopt their partner's children om a prev relatnship, or jotly adopt a niece or nephew whose parents had died, or even jotly adopt a child born through surrogacy or IVF. In the rridors of power at Sprg Street, legislatn has quietly been drafted to brg Victoria to le wh NSW, Wtern Atralia, Tasmania and the ACT, where adoptn equaly has been a realy for chang are expected later this year, givg same-sex upl the right to adopt children known to them (such as those step-parent fai or unr permanent re, which make up the bulk of adoptns) and also the right to adopt unknown fants (which acunt for about 20 adoptns per year) safeguards may be put place, but the fundamental pot is that discrimatn between gay and heterosexual upl who want to adopt will no longer exist unr the law. Gay adoptn was remend a 240-page review by the Victorian Law Reform Commissn 2007, but the then Bmby ernment lacked the polil urage to take up the difference now is that muny attus have changed, and so too has Daniel Andrews, a former Bmby mister who has recently st himself as a rabow warrr when gay g to office ne months ago, the 43-year-old Catholic father-of-three has not only bee the first Victorian premier to lead Melbourne's Pri March, he's also bee the first lear to create a dited "equaly" portfol wh his bet, the first to appot a sexualy and genr missner, and the first to make the removal of discrimatn for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI) people a central plank of his first-term, last week, when the Baird ernment banned NSW schools om screeng Gayby Baby, a documentary about the liv of four children om same-sex fai, Andrews took to Facebook to scribe the move as "cel bbish".

"If gay adoptn is realised, allowg a fah-based exemptn will not have a real effect on the number of gay adoptns, but will give proper regnn to relig eedom and strike the right balance, " Flynn unanswered qutn is whether the Victorian Coaln agre.

Opposn lear Matthew Guy has prevly revealed he personally supported same-sex adoptn and would allow Liberal MPs a nscience vote when legislatn is troduced, but has also told The Sunday Age he would be "fortable" givg exemptns to fah-based agenci "provid there are still servic to look after gay upl" ernment, however, appears to have taken a different view. "It's the kd of sentiment that Gayby Baby director Maya Newell would no doubt wele given the events of recent the child of two lbians who shared their 30th anniversary this year, Newell rells growg up a world where her fay stcture was rarely reprented the media, and where beg open about same-sex parentg was Baby was signed to buck the trend, givg the muny an sight to four children growg up same-sex hoeholds.

VICTORIA LEGALIS ADOPTN RIGHTS FOR GAY UPL

However, the are nservative timat, bee they don't necsarily pture children wh sgle same-sex parents, hoeholds whose parents may refe to intify as same-sex attracted due to stigma, or children livg -parented arrangements or across two Atralian Instute of Fay Studi also timat that 11 per cent of Atralian gay men and 33 per cent of lbians have children, although is hard to quantify how many fai have formally adopted, let alone how many would want Street policy director Julian Pock – whose agency has spent the past few years actively recg gay upl to bee foster rers – reckons a "signifint and growg number" of Victorian rers would jump at the opportuny if given the chance.

It's been a long time sce she's had to endure the homophobic qutns of judgmental psychologists, but there's no doubt stigma remas.

"Soon enough, that uld well be sex adoptnWtern Atralia: legal sce 2002ACT: legal sce 2004NSW: legal sce 2010Tasmania: legal sce 2013Victoria: bill expected to be troduced 2015NT, South Atralia, and Queensland: not legal (though Qld allows sgle gay people to adopt.

10 GAY ADOPTN FACTS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Same-sex upl will be able to adopt for the first time same-sex adoptn bill, which passed the upper hoe last month wh last-mute amendments allowg relig exemptn, was bated the lower hoe on Wednday bill passed opposn was given a ee vote on the accepted an amend versn of the bill, which will give relig agenci the right to refe adoptn to gay upl, spe prevly statg that equaly was not negotiable. "Changg the laws was a Labor electn promise ahead of the 2014 Victorian same-sex upl n foster children and be appoted their legal guardian, guardianship laps when the child turns Victorian Gay and Lbian Rights Lobby timated hundreds of children were affected by the current relig exemptns to adoptn billThe Atralian Christian Lobby (ACL) has phed for fah-based exemptns allowg relig groups to refe to place a child wh same-sex s submissn on the bill, the ACL said there should be "robt protectns for adoptn agenci to act good fah meetg the bt terts of the children" the Government said the law would not clu relig exemptns.