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Contents:

• 10 GAY ADOPTN FACTS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
• ADOPTNS BY GAY COUPL RISE, DPE BARRIERS
• THE LOST HISTORY OF GAY ADULT ADOPTN
• LS OPPOSN TO GAY MARRIAGE, ADOPTN AND MILARY SERVICE
• 23 IMPORTANT GAY MARRIAGE STATISTICS FOR 2023

10 GAY ADOPTN FACTS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Below are the 10 stat wh the hight numbers of adopted children, unr the age of 18, who are livg lbian and gay hoeholds. As an extensn of this lg, a law banng gay adoptn Mississippi was overturned 2016, makg jot LGBT adoptn legal all 50 stat. In 2017, the US Supreme Court reversed a state urt’s lg that gay married upl mt get a urt orr to have both spo listed on their children’s birth certifit.

Thanks to a progrsg social shift as LGBT rights ntue to ga ground, gay adoptn is more accsible than ever to prospective parents like you. To help you out, we’ve piled some same-sex adoptn statistics and facts om multiple homosexual adoptn studi for your tn. Time and time aga, gay adoptn rearch has dited that there are no trimental effects to children who are raised by same-sex parents.

Cens om that year, there were 43, 000 married same-sex upl wh children, while 71, 000 of the gay upl wh children were unmarried. 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.

ADOPTNS BY GAY COUPL RISE, DPE BARRIERS

In a standout LGBT adoptn fact, California alone had more than 16, 000 adopted children livg wh gay and lbian parents. 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. Studi show that banng gay and lbian foster re would st the untry $87 to $130 ln lost child re, wh dividual stat losg as much as $27 ln.

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.

THE LOST HISTORY OF GAY ADULT ADOPTN

Equaly Marriage May Not Brg Equaly AdoptnFor gay upl, wng the battle for legal rights would be jt the first step toward securg full regnn for their fai. But bee Michigan do not allow unmarried upl to adopt, nor regniz gay marriage, Bo’s hband is the one adoptg as a sgle parent.

”Wh the Supreme Court set to le on gay marriage June, upl like Bo and his hband may not have to wa much longer for plete marriage equaly. Legal experts say will take time for certa stat to adjt to a feral lg that would require them to regnize gay marriag—and th, gay adoptns—cludg those performed out-of-state. ”Unr the stat quo, laws that rtrict gay upl om marryg have created unorthodox fay stctur, at least on paper.

Snyr, the su filed by April and Jayne, that the tradnal fn of marriage “priv [gay upl] of benefs that range om the profound (the right to vis someone a hospal as a spoe or parent) to the mundane (the right to file jot tax returns).

LS OPPOSN TO GAY MARRIAGE, ADOPTN AND MILARY SERVICE

” Then there are psychologil harms to the children of gay upl, largely ed by the stigma associated wh havg parents whose relatnship is nsired to be legally or morally ferr.

This n happen explicly, as Mississippi (“adoptn by upl of the same genr is prohibed”), or effectively, as Michigan and Louisiana—where gay marriage isn’t legal, and adoptn is unavailable to unmarried upl. Socially nservative stat have often ed direct approach to hr gay and lbian parents, says Sarah Warbelow, legal director of the Human Rights Campaign, a civil-rights anizatn for LGBT people. ”San Sommer, director of nstutnal ligatn for Lambda Legal, a gay-rights anizatn, says some stat do not give “full fah and cred” to same-sex adoptns origatg other stat.

23 IMPORTANT GAY MARRIAGE STATISTICS FOR 2023

Further cloudg that landspe are state bills which have sought to bar gay upl om adoptg, the name of relig liberty.

When the Amerin Amy of Pediatrics me out support of gay marriage 2013, clared that “adoptn or foster parentg should be available whout regard to the sexual orientatn of the parent(s). After all, wasn’t long ago that nearly two-thirds of Amerins opposed same-sex adoptn: In 1994, only 28 percent of Amerins said gay upl should have the legal right to adopt a child, acrdg to Gallup. Although public opn has flipped sce then, wh 63 percent of Amerins sayg they supported gay adoptn last year, that natnal shift belief n play out unevenly at the lol level.

Gat adds that there are important differenc between married and unmarried gay upl as well: For example, the median e of the former group is 27 percent higher than that of the latter. This suggts that married gay upl have greater rourc available to support stable fai than their unmarried peers.

“One of the ncerns I have is that if the public adoptn system don’t fully open to [unmarried gay] upl, parentg will be nfed to a very privileged group among LGBT people, ” Gat says. ”April Dwoodie, chief executive of the stute, says will be necsary some s to shift the perceptns, behavr, and trag of adoptn profsnals regards to adoptns by gay and lbian dividuals.

“Applyg what we know om rearch and experience to say that children don’t suffer when they’re non-tradnal fai needs to be a practil next step, ” Dwoodie then, the cisn to start or grow a fay will rema a ght one for many gay upl, even if they are married.