Gerald P. Mallon, Asssg Lbian and Gay Prospective Foster and Adoptive Fai: A Foc on the Home Study Procs, Child Welfare, Vol. 86, No. 2, SPECIAL ISSUE: Adoptn (March/April 2007), pp. 67-86
Contents:
- GAY FOSTER CARE
- HOW YOU CAN BEE GAY FOSTER PARENTS OR ADOPTIVE PARENTS
- WHY GAY DADS ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM
- GAY THE RED-LIGHT DISTRICT? - AMSTERDAM FOM
- GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS AMSTERDAM
- GAY HOTELS AMSTERDAM
GAY FOSTER CARE
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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.
This lg, turn, paved the way for gay foster re and adoptn to bee legal across the untry. Sce then, gay foster re and adoptn has been legal all 50 stat and Washgton, ’s not always that simple…Still, many stat have started passg bills that allow tax-fund child welfare agenci to legally discrimate agast prospective LGBTQ parents on the basis of relig objectns.
HOW YOU CAN BEE GAY FOSTER PARENTS OR ADOPTIVE PARENTS
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WHY GAY DADS ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM
* gay foster homes *
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GAY THE RED-LIGHT DISTRICT? - AMSTERDAM FOM
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GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS AMSTERDAM
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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 HOTELS AMSTERDAM
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.