Gay Dads Adopt 6 Siblgs, Ag 7 to 14, After Foster Care

Contents:

• HOW YOU CAN BEE GAY FOSTER PARENTS OR ADOPTIVE PARENTS
• PAIR OF GAY DADS ADOPT SIX SIBLGS AFTER FOUR YEARS OF NEGLECT AND ABE THE FOSTER RE SYSTEM
• GAY DADS ADOPT 6 SIBLGS, AG 7 TO 14, AFTER THEY SPENT HALF A DE FOSTER CARE
• GAY AND LBIAN FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTN
• HOE CALL: KEV GERS EXPLAS HIS EXPERIENCE FOSTERG-TO-ADOPT AS A GAY MAN
• STAT FIGHT DISCRIMATN TOWARD GAY FOSTER KIDS
• REGRETS LGER 30 YEARS AFTER GAY COUPLE HAD THEIR FOSTER CHILDREN TAKEN AWAY

HOW YOU CAN BEE GAY FOSTER PARENTS OR ADOPTIVE PARENTS

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. 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.

PAIR OF GAY DADS ADOPT SIX SIBLGS AFTER FOUR YEARS OF NEGLECT AND ABE THE FOSTER RE SYSTEM

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.

How You Can Bee Gay Foster Parents or Adoptive Parents. As you rearch ways to build your LGBT fay, you may e across rmatn on beg gay foster parents.

GAY DADS ADOPT 6 SIBLGS, AG 7 TO 14, AFTER THEY SPENT HALF A DE FOSTER CARE

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.

HOE CALL: KEV GERS EXPLAS HIS EXPERIENCE FOSTERG-TO-ADOPT AS A GAY MAN

A gay uple om Pennsylvania adopted six siblgs so they uld grow up together, after neglect and abe at the hands of their blogil parents and over four years the foster re Anrson-McLean and Rob Anrson-McLean, of Michigan, adopted all six children to make sure they weren't spl up after leavg the foster system - somethg that often happens wh large sets of uple adopted Carlos, 14, Guadalupe, 13, Maria, 12, Selena, 10, Nasa, 9, and Max, 7, on May 23, 2019, which Steve relled an emotnal terview wh Good Morng Ameri this week.

An epiphany durg the early days of the panmic led him to foster young children, and as a sgle gay dad, he’s thrivg.

STAT FIGHT DISCRIMATN TOWARD GAY FOSTER KIDS

Now Gers, 35, who is also a real tate agent Los Angel, California, is hopg to spire other sgle gay men wh hop of fosterg to adopt their own children. “I went on YouTube and I was lookg for gay men, who were fosterg to adopt.

Then I was lookg for sgle men that were gay, and then was black sgle men that were gay.

REGRETS LGER 30 YEARS AFTER GAY COUPLE HAD THEIR FOSTER CHILDREN TAKEN AWAY

I went on YouTube and I was lookg for specifilly gay men, who were fosterg to adopt. Then I was lookg for sgle men that were gay, and then was Black sgle men that were gay. Havg a child and beg gay, I fear someone wantg to live out their dreams of beg a father through me.