LGBT Adoptn Statistics | Gay Adoptn | Same Sex Adoptn

Contents:

• NEW LEGISLATN SE GAY STTISH UPL W RIGHT TO ADOPT CHILDREN
• STTISH GAY ADOPTN LAW TO E TO FORCE
• FIRST SGLE GAY MAN TO ADOPT A CHILD STLAND SHAR HIS JOY AFTER BEG A DAD
• GAY STLAND (UK) TRAVEL GUI
• STLAND PASS GAY ADOPTN LAW
• GAY ADOPTN ROW HS STLAND
• STTISH GAY ADOPTN LAW TO E TO FORCE

NEW LEGISLATN SE GAY STTISH UPL W RIGHT TO ADOPT CHILDREN

One gay dad who marched wh Sttish Adoptn mented about how humbled he felt wh all the support Sttish Adoptn were gettg om the people who had led the street.

He add that he was wellg up at moments durg the para bee the support for beg a gay adopter om the crowds was the march Sttish Adoptn had set up mp the Expo area where lots of other anisatns and chari had set up stalls. Lbian, gay, bisexual and trans people are protected om discrimatn unr the Equaly Act, 2010. Lbian, gay, bisexual and trans people are eligible to foster, as dividuals or as a uple.

a gay man or woman, eher on your own or wh your partner or spoe. Sce then, the number of children adopted by lbian, gay, bi or trans parents has grown year on year.

STTISH GAY ADOPTN LAW TO E TO FORCE

Last year, more than one five children adopted through Coram were placed wh lovg lbian, gay, bi or trans adopters. Dpe the law, some people still thk beg gay means you n’t be a parent. This was particularly te of gay dads, many of whom thought their sexual inty was patible wh parenthood – spe havg always felt paternal.

FIRST SGLE GAY MAN TO ADOPT A CHILD STLAND SHAR HIS JOY AFTER BEG A DAD

Rearch published by CoramBAAF actually suggts that gay fathers show greater levels of teractn wh their child than other typ of parents. The CoramBAAF Bookshop has a range of books for parents and children themed around adoptn and fosterg, wh a specific topic area for lbian and gay fai.

GAY STLAND (UK) TRAVEL GUI

Before the change a gay person uld only apply to adopt as an dividual, wh their partner havg no legal rponsibily for the child.

Next Monday’s (September 28, ) reform four years after the same change was ma England and Wal where last year there were 80 adoptns by gay upl.

After the troductn of civil partnerships, is one of the most signifint chang to the law on gay rights Stland for 40 years. Carl Watt, the director of the gay mpaign group Stonewall, said: “What all children need and serve most of all is a safe, secure, lovg and stable home environment and same sex upl are equally able to provi this as oppose sex upl.

STLAND PASS GAY ADOPTN LAW

Shona Haton, a Glasgow-basd fay law specialist, says that she has never e across an adoptn by a gay person Stland and certaly is rare. Mr Ali, who is 49 and ns a broadstg pany Edburgh, has tried to adopt wh his partner, who is a ntist, but believ they have been blocked their attempts bee of homophobia. Mr Ali believ gay upl make good parents.

GAY ADOPTN ROW HS STLAND

The sger has been told he nnot adopt the boy bee Ukrae do not regnise gay marriage. He and his partner David, who live London, adopted seven-year-old Carlos and PJ, who’s four, unr legislatn troduced England and Wal 2005 which allows gay upl to adopt as a uple.

STTISH GAY ADOPTN LAW TO E TO FORCE

“It’s easier for gay people to adopt London than Stland at the moment, ” says Peter, “but this is gog to change.

“I spect there will be que a few gay upl who have been. everyone’s opns but what do do is make ls likely for them to exprs homophobic views.

The law Stland will change om Monday meang gay upl n adopt children. At prent a gay person may adopt but their partner would not be legally rponsible for the child. Acrdg to a recent poll, 47 per cent of the Brish populatn is opposed to gay adoptn.

Carl Watt, director of Stonewall Stland, a homosexual lobby group, said: “What all children need and serve most of all is a safe, secure, lovg and stable home environment and same sex upl are equally able to provi this as oppose sex upl.