Gay and Lbian Foster Care and Adoptn - The North Amerin Council on Adoptable Children

Contents:

• HOW YOU CAN BEE GAY FOSTER PARENTS OR ADOPTIVE PARENTS
• GAY FOSTER CARE
• GAY AND LBIAN FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTN
• SUPREME COURT BACKS CATHOLIC AGENCY CASE ON GAY RIGHTS AND FOSTER CARE
• GAY AND LBIAN FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTN

HOW YOU CAN BEE GAY FOSTER PARENTS OR ADOPTIVE PARENTS

How You Can Bee Gay Foster Parents or Adoptive Parents.

GAY FOSTER CARE

As you rearch ways to build your LGBT fay, you may e across rmatn on beg gay foster parents. However, beg gay foster parents this way n be difficult when a child is placed back wh their legal parents. Child welfare agenci like AdoptUSKids provi special trag and rourc to make sure that all LGBT fai workg through their agenci feel wele and prepared for the gay foster re and adoptn procs.

GAY AND LBIAN FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTN

Studi have even shown that whout gay fosterg, the untry would lose $87 to $130 ln child re, wh dividual stat losg as much as $27 ln. When you choose to adopt gay youth or foster gay youth, you n provi them a posive role mol of an LGBT dividual, which they may have never had growg up. Clearly, when you ci to bee a gay foster parent or adoptive parent, you will make a huge difference the life of the child that you wele to your home.

SUPREME COURT BACKS CATHOLIC AGENCY CASE ON GAY RIGHTS AND FOSTER CARE

for Foster ParentsThis factsheet was wrten for foster parents to help them learn about LGBTQ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and qutng) youth the child welfare system, the unique risks they face, and the important role that foster parents n play rcg those risks. Of the youth, an timated 5–10 percent—and likely more—are lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or qutng (LGBTQ) all young people, LGBTQ youth foster re need the support of a nurturg fay to help them negotiate adolcence and grow to healthy adults.

GAY AND LBIAN FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTN

Studi by the Fay Acceptance Project have found that most people report beg attracted to another person around age 10 and intifyg as lbian, gay, or bisexual (on average) at age 13.

Gay or transgenr people are not more likely than heterosexuals or genr-nformg people to molt or otherwise pose a threat to children.

Profsnal mental health anizatns agree that homosexualy is not a mental disorr and is a natural part of the human ndn. Foster re offers gay men the opportuny to provi a home, eher temporarily or permanently, to one of the more than 400, 000 children the natn's foster re system. Members of the Amy have accs to the world’s largt social muny dited exclively to gay dads and dads-to-be.