Adoption gives kids and parents a second chance at being a family. In a report by the Children's Bureau of the Department of Health and Human Services, 123,000 children were waiting to be adopted in 2008. Most adoptions are geared toward married couples who demonstrate a stable and established relationship and home environment. Same-sex couples who are married or share a home together, as well as single gay or lesbian individuals often wish to pursue a family of their own through adoption. While adoption is often a good choice, there can be...
In Utah, you must be married before you can adopt a child--an impossibility if you are gay or lesbian and live in Utah, while in Florida, you cannot adopt at all. In Mississippi, you are free to adopt as long as you are single,...
Gay adoption, also known as same-sex adoption, is the legal adoption of a minor by two parents of the same gender. Depending on state mandates, the parents may be domestic partners or legally married. One of the parents may als...
Laws across the country on gay and lesbian adoption, however, remain a confusing patchwork, with some states accepting of it, some states hostile to it and many states with differing precedents. These laws, as well as laws acro...
The first is whether gay individuals can adopt a child. The second is whether same-sex couples can adopt a child jointly. The third is whether the same-sex partner of a single parent can adopt that person's children, known as "...
In the past, the public perception of gay adoptive parents often was that they were childless single people raising orphans. In the 20th century, same-sex couples and single gay people began fighting for official adoption and f...
Adoption rights for gay and lesbian couples and singles vary from state to state. Historically, adoption existed to provide a service to parents, but as Adoption.com points out, today's laws focus on providing the best homes po...
Although some states specifically prohibit discrimination against homosexuals in adoption cases, others actively ban gay adoption, or otherwise create a climate of hostility to gays trying to adopt children.
It's the position of the American Psychological Association that children adopted by gay and lesbian parents are just as healthy and well cared for as children raised by heterosexual parents. That's good news for the nearly 12 ...
Increasingly, some families have two same-sex parents, adding yet another facet to the idea of the family unit. Adoption by gay and lesbian couples is controversial, and it is important to consider potential disadvantages as we...
According to Adoption.com, 21 states and the District of Columbia are open to homosexual couples adopting children. By adopting, gay parents provide a family unit for an orphaned or disadvantaged child. Adoption by homosexual c...
In some situations, the child may be the biological child of one of the parents. This situation can occur when the parent divorces or the parent's spouse dies, and the parent has a change in sexual preferences and finds a partn...
