How 1967 changed gay life Bra: ‘I thk for my generatn, we’re still a ltle b uneasy’ | LGBTQ+ rights | The Guardian

Contents:

• A TIMELE OF GAY RIGHTS THE UK
• GAY ADOPTN: WHAT ARE MY OPTNS?
• KEY DAT FOR LBIAN, GAY, BI AND TRANS EQUALY
• HOW 1967 CHANGED GAY LIFE BRA: ‘I THK FOR MY GENERATN, WE’RE STILL A LTLE B UNEASY’

A TIMELE OF GAY RIGHTS THE 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.

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.

GAY ADOPTN: WHAT ARE MY OPTNS?

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. The number of children adopted by lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) upl and dividuals has reached rerd highs over the last 12 months, wh over 480 children placed lovg stable hom the last year.

The act, which crimalised homosexual sex acts between nsentg men over the age of 21, opened the door to a slew of legal and social chang which would transform the way Brish society viewed same-sex relatnships over the next 50 are some of the key dat the history of gay rights the UK:1533: The Buggery Act, the first ever law to specifilly outlaw anal sex, was signed to English law. The same year Wilblood was the only openly gay man to ttify before Lord Wolfenn's quiry, which would ultimately remend the crimalisatn of homosexualy. 1957: The Wolfenn mtee published s report, based on three years of ttimony om police, psychiatrists and gay men but one of the mtee's 15 members, drawn om the world of polics, law, medice and amia, agreed that homosexual acts between nsentg men over the age of legal majory - 21 at the time - should not be a matter for the law.

KEY DAT FOR LBIAN, GAY, BI AND TRANS EQUALY

Dpe cross-party support for the Act, MPs were hardly lg up to accept homosexualy as a legimate orientatn. "Even those supportg crimalisatn lled homosexualy 'a disabily' and 'a great weight of shame', " says the Huffgton Post. 1972: By the early 1970s, "gay rights anisatns were sprgg up lolly and natnally, " says the Lbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive.

1988: Then-Prime Mister Margaret Thatcher troduced an amendment to the Lol Government Act 1988 banng state schools om teachg or promotg the "acceptabily of homosexualy as a pretend fay relatnship" notor "Sectn 28" ed wispread outrage and as the talyst for a massive surge gay activism, cludg the formatn of LGBT rights group Stonewall UK. Several gay upl were wed at the stroke of midnight on 29 March 2014, when the law officially me to effect.

HOW 1967 CHANGED GAY LIFE BRA: ‘I THK FOR MY GENERATN, WE’RE STILL A LTLE B UNEASY’

Speakg durg the parliamentary bate the Hoe of Lords, Barons O’Catha said: "By extendg the tegory of would-be adopters to clu homosexual upl of both genrs and habg heterosexuals, I ntend that the Bill is now beg ed as an stment of social engeerg... And Cardal Murphy-O'Connor, head of the Catholic Church England and Wal, wrote to Cabet misters sayg Catholic adoptn agenci "would not be able to rec and nsir homosexual upl as potential adoptive parents.

HomosexualyGay MarriageCensorshipChangg GenrNon-bary genr regnnDiscrimatnEmployment DiscrimatnHog DiscrimatnAdoptnMilaryDonatg BloodConversn TherapyAge of Consent. 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. ‘The send one, and this has been the only isolated se we’ve experienced of homophobia, is that one girl our youngt son’s class at school told him that her mum said she uldn’t be his iend anymore bee he had ‘gay dads’.

‘I thk is also important to not only thk about yourselv as beg part of the LGBTQ+ adoptn muny but jt beg part of the wir adopter muny – our kids particular aren’t bothered about spendg all their time wh “other two dad fai jt like them” – they’re ls worried about havg gay dads and more ncerned wh jt g to terms wh the stigma of “beg adopted”. 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.

You are young people, and I’m sure a lot of you are gay and progrsive, ” he said addrsg the dience. This article tak a specific look at gay adoptn, what the procs is and why ’s such a popular choice for gay upl. Before we look at gay adoptn self, let’s take a look at what other parentg mols there are for same-sex upl.

The adoptn orr is the most permanent optn for gay adoptn and for adoptive parents to acquire full parental rponsibily. Surrogacy n be ed as a type of gay adoptn, as a gay uple n apply for a parental orr to ga legal parenthood. But don’t let that sre you – surrogacy n be a great optn stead of gay adoptn, as your child will be geilly related to you.