Gay marriage adoption
How Did the Rule Regarding Same-Sex Adoption Modify in the U.S.?
For the longest time, homosexual couples weren’t able to adopt children in this country. If a LGBT person was lucky, they could adopt a minor on their own and then raise the minor with their partner. But to do this, they had to deny their sexual orientation. Adoption agencies would never approve an adoption for someone who was LGBT.
As more and more states legalized gay marriage, more LGBT couples became able to adopt children. This isn’t because adoption agencies suddenly beaten their biases and discriminatory attitudes. It’s only because there was no longer a legal basis for their denying same-sex adoptions.
Prior to the legalization of same-sex marriage, adoption agencies relied on an applicant’s marital status to disallow an adoption. This meant that, since LGBT couples couldn’t legally marry, they couldn’t legally adopt children either.
All of this changed a few years ago. There were two major cases that finally made LGBT couple adoptions feasible. Houston LGBT lawyers are very familiar with these cases as they paved the way for their clients to achieve their dreams of becoming parents.
Obergefell v H
Marriage And Adoption For Gay Couples
eve11
Recently my country’s government tries to legalize gay marriages but also their ability to adopt children on uppermost of that!!
So id prefer to ask whats happening in the law field of your country and whether you agree or not?
doogie2
I’d much rather a kid be in a loving home with a couple that really wants them rather than in foster care. I worked with Child Protective Services, and foster care is no place for a kid.
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zecarlo3
What country are you in?
Why do you care?
Why did you participate this forum just to post this?
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mnben
I consent. I have gay uncles that adopted two disabled brothers. Within a year they were doing much better (they came from an abusive situation). They do a good position from what I can tell. Both brothers still live at home as adults (they are preceding 20s).
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zecarlo5
I believe this is a troll asking. Note how she didn’t give her position.
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mnben
Could be. I have a tough time understanding what motivates a troll, so I assume most posts are legit. Yet, plenty do troll. They must be really bored or something?
zecarlo7
They affect my position security.
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Facts and Figures: Same-Sex Adoption Statistics
- As of , LGBTQ adoption was effectively made legal in all 50 U.S. states.
- Today, LGBTQ individuals are coming out earlier in life and an increasing number of gay couples are planning and creating their families through assisted reproductive technology (ART) and surrogacy, as skillfully as adoption and foster care.
- As of this last decade, an estimated 6 to 14 million children have a gay or lesbian parent. And, between 8 and 10 million children are being raised in gay and queer woman households.
- The states with the top percentages of lgbtq+ and lesbian parents are: Washington, D.C., Massachusetts, California, New Mexico and Alaska, with the state of California having the uppermost number of adopted children living with same sex parents.
- LGBTQ couples are four times more likely to have an adopted youngster than their counterpart different-sex couples.
- According to a insist release by UCLA’s Williams Institute, same-sex couples that adopt children are more diverse in socioeconomic status and ethnicity, contrary to popular misconceptions that they are predominantly white, urban and wealthy.
- According to a Review of Research Prepared for America
What to Know About the History of Same-Sex Adoption
Unfortunately, the history of lgbtq+ adoption is rather concise — but not for lack of interest or desire to adopt by hopeful LGBT parents. History has not treated LGBT individuals kindly and, therefore, their ability to adopt — and even obtain married — is a very recent development. In fact, most of the important moments in the history of gay adoption have only happened in the last 40 the s and s (when the gay rights movement really began to accept hold), homosexuality was something that was rarely discussed and even illegal in some places. Therefore, it was near impossible for LGBT parents to adopt or even raise children without great difficulty. Many LGBT individuals ended up having children through heterosexual marriages but, if they came out and left that marriage, they would likely lose custody of their child, as successfully. When LGBT families did exist, it was because of great secrecy and care taken to preserve them from those who would interfere. Add to that the secrecy surrounding adoption in general, and you can see why gay adoption history is scarce until the second half of the 20th century.
History of LGBT Adoption
It wasn’t
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Marriage And Adoption For Gay Couples
eve11
Recently my country’s government tries to legalize gay marriages but also their ability to adopt children on uppermost of that!!
So id prefer to ask whats happening in the law field of your country and whether you agree or not?
doogie2
I’d much rather a kid be in a loving home with a couple that really wants them rather than in foster care. I worked with Child Protective Services, and foster care is no place for a kid.
8 Likes
zecarlo3
What country are you in?
Why do you care?
Why did you participate this forum just to post this?
3 Likes
mnben
I consent. I have gay uncles that adopted two disabled brothers. Within a year they were doing much better (they came from an abusive situation). They do a good position from what I can tell. Both brothers still live at home as adults (they are preceding 20s).
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zecarlo5
I believe this is a troll asking. Note how she didn’t give her position.
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mnben
Could be. I have a tough time understanding what motivates a troll, so I assume most posts are legit. Yet, plenty do troll. They must be really bored or something?
zecarlo7
They affect my position security.
1 Like
Facts and Figures: Same-Sex Adoption Statistics
- As of , LGBTQ adoption was effectively made legal in all 50 U.S. states.
- Today, LGBTQ individuals are coming out earlier in life and an increasing number of gay couples are planning and creating their families through assisted reproductive technology (ART) and surrogacy, as skillfully as adoption and foster care.
- As of this last decade, an estimated 6 to 14 million children have a gay or lesbian parent. And, between 8 and 10 million children are being raised in gay and queer woman households.
- The states with the top percentages of lgbtq+ and lesbian parents are: Washington, D.C., Massachusetts, California, New Mexico and Alaska, with the state of California having the uppermost number of adopted children living with same sex parents.
- LGBTQ couples are four times more likely to have an adopted youngster than their counterpart different-sex couples.
- According to a insist release by UCLA’s Williams Institute, same-sex couples that adopt children are more diverse in socioeconomic status and ethnicity, contrary to popular misconceptions that they are predominantly white, urban and wealthy.
- According to a Review of Research Prepared for America
What to Know About the History of Same-Sex Adoption
Unfortunately, the history of lgbtq+ adoption is rather concise — but not for lack of interest or desire to adopt by hopeful LGBT parents. History has not treated LGBT individuals kindly and, therefore, their ability to adopt — and even obtain married — is a very recent development. In fact, most of the important moments in the history of gay adoption have only happened in the last 40 the s and s (when the gay rights movement really began to accept hold), homosexuality was something that was rarely discussed and even illegal in some places. Therefore, it was near impossible for LGBT parents to adopt or even raise children without great difficulty. Many LGBT individuals ended up having children through heterosexual marriages but, if they came out and left that marriage, they would likely lose custody of their child, as successfully. When LGBT families did exist, it was because of great secrecy and care taken to preserve them from those who would interfere. Add to that the secrecy surrounding adoption in general, and you can see why gay adoption history is scarce until the second half of the 20th century.
History of LGBT Adoption
It wasn’t.