Adoption Family and Relationships Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual

Adoption

Adoption issues, services and information for gay, lesbian and bisexual individuals and couples.

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• - Article on gay and lesbian adoptive parenting by Michael Colberg; educator, psychotherapist and gay adoptive parent. Stresses the adoptee child's view of adoption and the similarities in experiences between being adopted and being gay.
  
• - News highlights, articles and other resources regarding adoption and foster parenting.
  
• - Includes Q&A on adoption, and links.
  
• - Policy Statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics in support of legal recognition of parental rights for both members of same-sex couples.
  
• - A listing of the status of gay and lesbian adoptions in each state. Includes the current law and whether current trends are supportive or hostile.
  
• - Online community for adoptive and pre-adoptive families, featuring articles, calendar of events, resources, and message boards.
  
• - Information and support about adoption and other family formation options for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.
  
• - Florida's gay adoption ban would take a boy from the only family he's ever known. About the Lofton-Croteau Family, the lawsuit against the ban, statement from Rosie O'Donnell, and form to email decision makers.
  
• - Omar and Arturo discuss their desire to adopt and their outreach for a birthmother.
  
• - Resources and information for gays and lesbians seeking to form families by adoption. Includes changing laws, current policies and practices, position papers, personal perspectives, and support.
  
• - An ongoing journal of a gay couple seeking to adopt a child. Includes helpful articles and links.
  
• - Information on helping lesbians and gay men have children through adoption, foster care, insemination, and surrogacy.
  
  

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