Rsian nstutn change ends hop for gay marriage

Contents:

• 10 GAY ADOPTN FACTS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
• GALLUP FIRST POLLED ON GAY ISSU '77. WHAT HAS CHANGED?
• SECTN 2: LONG-TERM VIEWS OF HOMOSEXUALY, GAY MARRIAGE AND ADOPTN
• MORE YOUNG AMERINS SUPPORT GAY ADOPTN: SURVEY
• AMERINS FAVOR RIGHTS FOR GAYS, LBIANS TO INHER, ADOPT
• WHAT MAK A FAY? A CLOSER LOOK AT GAY ADOPTN
• LS OPPOSN TO GAY MARRIAGE, ADOPTN AND MILARY SERVICE
• RSIAN NSTUTN CHANGE ENDS HOP FOR GAY MARRIAGE

10 GAY ADOPTN FACTS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Overall, support has shifted om a clear majory the 1990s sayg same-sex or homosexual upl should not be legally permted to adopt children to the oppose now. Acrdg to an expert public policy related to lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people, Gary Gat of the Williams Instute at the UCLA School of Law, this is not unual. While popular support for same-sex adoptn is outpacg approval of gay marriage, Gat not that even lser forms of relatnship regnn -- such as civil unns and domtic partnerships -- have clud the right for same-sex upl to jotly adopt children.

GALLUP FIRST POLLED ON GAY ISSU '77. WHAT HAS CHANGED?

Methodology: Total sample size for the survey was 3, 721 US adults, cludg 169 dividuals who self-intify as gay or lbian, and 149 US adults who self-intify as bisexual.

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 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.

SECTN 2: LONG-TERM VIEWS OF HOMOSEXUALY, GAY MARRIAGE AND ADOPTN

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.

Public support of the rights of lbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgenr (LGBT) people the Uned Stat has creased signifintly and rapidly over the last three s.

MORE YOUNG AMERINS SUPPORT GAY ADOPTN: SURVEY

The LGBTQ Fay Buildg Survey provis new sight to how many lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) people are terted beg parents, and how they are planng to do so.

In 2018, Fay Equaly missned the LGBTQ Fay Buildg Survey, a prehensive rearch study signed to help better unrstand the landspe of fay-buildg for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) adults Ameri today. In: The Future of Children, 25(2), (Accsed: 12/18/2018)To terme those who are “planng” to have children, we bed rpons om those who are actively tryg, those who plan to expand their fai wh 5 years, and those who plan to expand their fai (2010), People g out as gay at younger age, rearch shows, (Accsed: 12/18/2018)Center for Amerin Progrs (2018), Discrimatn Prevents LGBTQ People om Accsg Health Care, (Accsed: 12/18/2018).

AMERINS FAVOR RIGHTS FOR GAYS, LBIANS TO INHER, ADOPT

Gay rights activists at the time enjoyed momentum om the 1969 rts at Stonewall Inn New York Cy -- an uprisg agast police raids on gay bars, the 50th anniversary of which the LGBT muny celebrat this month -- and had not yet endured the AIDS crisis that would later kill many LGBT people. Today, nearly all Amerins (93%) say gay people should have equal employment opportuni, whereas a small majory (56%) felt this way 1977, when was a hot issue state and lol polics.

WHAT MAK A FAY? A CLOSER LOOK AT GAY ADOPTN

That year, the anti-gay Save Our Children mpaign was lnched by sger Ana Bryant, who ed her celebry to advote agast lol ordanc banng discrimatn agast gay people employment.

But mori of Amerins felt that gay people should be hired as doctors (44%) or clergy (36%), and jt 27% said gay people should be hired as elementary school teachers. Today, eight 10 or more Amerins support hirg gay people for each of the jobs -- wh the exceptn of clergy, which 72% say is a profsn gay people should be nsired for. Over this time as well, and Amerins' views on the issu have unrgone some of the most dramatic shifts public opn -- cludg gay marriage, which hardly even registered as a goal for gay rights activists of the 1970s.

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.

LS OPPOSN TO GAY MARRIAGE, ADOPTN AND MILARY SERVICE

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.

RSIAN NSTUTN CHANGE ENDS HOP FOR GAY MARRIAGE

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.