What Mak a Fay? A Closer Look at Gay Adoptn – CWLA

Contents:

• 10 GAY ADOPTN FACTS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
• WHY GAY PARENTS MAY BE THE BT PARENTS
• STUDY: GAY ADOPTIVE PARENTS MAKE GREAT ADOPTIVE PARENTS
• OUR PARENTS ARE GAY. ARE OUR FAI GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE SUPREME COURT?
• PROCR FOR GAY COUPL LOOKG TO ADOPT
• WHAT MAK A FAY? A CLOSER LOOK AT GAY ADOPTN
• IMPORTANCE OF ACCEPTANCE OF GAY AND LBIAN ADOPTN
• WHAT DO THE BIBLE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT GAY ADOPTN?

10 GAY ADOPTN FACTS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

The Benefs of LGBT Adoptn (AKA same sex adoptn or gay adoptn)Ever sce the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage June of 2015, there has been an flux of LGBT upl gettg married and startg fai.

Beg raised an LGBT home do not make your child gay, jt as beg raised a heterosexual home do not make your child straight. Keep md that much of this data is piled on gay and lbian adoptn sce ltle rmatn is available on adoptn by bi-sexuals, transgenr and those who intify as queer or genr nonnformg. While we have seen large shifts acceptance of gay and lbian adoptn recent years, discrimatn still exists.

WHY GAY PARENTS MAY BE THE BT PARENTS

In a 2011 natnal survey of 158 gay and lbian adoptive parents, nearly half reported experiencg bias or discrimatn om a child welfare worker or birth fay member durg the adoptn procs.

Also, although gays and lbians are facg ls discrimatn, signifintly more ristance exists to adoptns by transgenr and genr-nonnformg people. In fact, many gay dads tell that they believe their sexual orientatn worked their favor when adoptg an fant domtilly bee some birth moms wanted to rema their child’s “only mother”. Some agenci specifilly or subtly prohib placement wh members of the LGBTQ+ muny, but more and more are open to workg wh LGBTQ+ fai (pecially lbian and gay), and many actively solic them.

In most domtic fant adoptn, the expectant mother or uple selects the adoptive parents and we have seen a signifint shift acceptance of gay dads and lbian moms by expectant mothers, pecially gay dads. Statistics are hard to e by, but rearch suggts that 60% of the adoptn agenci the US accept applitns om same-sex upl, which means that 40% of adoptn agenci have wrten or unwrten polici prohibg or disuragg placg children wh gays, lbians, bisexuals, or transgenr persons.

STUDY: GAY ADOPTIVE PARENTS MAKE GREAT ADOPTIVE PARENTS

We provi you wh the Top Ten Tips for Fdg a Gay or Lbian-Friendly Adoptn Agency or Adoptn Attorney. 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.

OUR PARENTS ARE GAY. ARE OUR FAI GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE SUPREME COURT?

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. 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.

PROCR FOR GAY COUPL LOOKG TO ADOPT

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.

Homosexual adoptn studi show LGBT adoptive parents are more likely to adopt transracially. 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.

WHAT MAK A FAY? A CLOSER LOOK AT GAY ADOPTN

9), Pope Benedict lled gay marriage a threat "to the future of humany self, " cg the need for children to have heterosexual rearch on fai head by gays and lbians don't back up the dire assertns.

In fact, some ways, gay parents may brg talents to the table that straight parents don' parents "tend to be more motivated, more mted than heterosexual parents on average, bee they chose to be parents, " said Abbie Goldberg, a psychologist at Clark Universy Massachetts who rearch gay and lbian parentg. Gays and lbians rarely bee parents by accint, pared wh an almost 50 percent accintal pregnancy rate among heterosexuals, Goldberg said.

IMPORTANCE OF ACCEPTANCE OF GAY AND LBIAN ADOPTN

"And while rearch dit that kids of gay parents show few differenc achievement, mental health, social functng and other measur, the kids may have the advantage of open-mdns, tolerance and role mols for equable relatnships, acrdg to some rearch. Not only that, but gays and lbians are likely to provi hom for difficult-to-place children the foster system, studi show.

WHAT DO THE BIBLE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT GAY ADOPTN?

) [5 Myths About Gay People Debunked]Adoptg the needitGay adoptn recently ed ntroversy Illois, where Catholic Chari adoptn servic cid November to cease offerg servic bee the state refed fundg unls the groups agreed not to discrimate agast gays and lbians. Catholic opposn asi, rearch suggts that gay and lbian parents are actually a powerful rource for kids need of adoptn.