Mister thanks lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr muni for ‘selfls ditn’ to vulnerable children.
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GAY ADOPTN: WHAT ARE MY OPTNS?
Thkg of adoptg? Take a look at all the gay adoptn optns the UK, as well as other child optns for gay upl. * gay adoption in uk *
Sce then, the number of children adopted by lbian, gay, bi or trans parents has grown year on year.
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. Rearch published by CoramBAAF actually suggts that gay fathers show greater levels of teractn wh their child than other typ of parents.
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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, Lbian and Heterosexual Adoptive Fai: Fay Relatnships, Child Adjtment and Adopters’ Experienc (BAAF) (2013). The study, which was rried out by Cambridge Universy, suggts that adoptive fai wh gay fathers might be farg particularly well. In-pth rearch to the experienc of adoptive fai head by same-sex upl suggts that children adopted by gay or lbian upl are jt as likely to thrive as those adopted by heterosexual upl.
This rearch volved the terview of children and young people wh lbian, gay and bisexual parents and found that very young children didn’t see their fay as beg any different to others. Ccially, the children and young people wh lbian, gay and bisexual parents didn’t want their fay to change. He says: ‘I thk there is a perceptn for some the LGBTQ+ muny that is gog to be harr for them bee they are gay/bi/trans etc and I don’t believe that is the se.