Download Resources for Same Sex Couples interested in adoption

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Gay adoption refers to the adoption of children
by a same-sex couple. Gay adoption is legal in
Sweden, the Netherlands, Spain, England and
Wales and Belgium. Iceland, Norway, Germany
and Denmark allow "stepchild-adoption" so that
the partner in a civil union can adopt the natural
(or sometimes even adopted) child of his
partner. In the Republic of Ireland and some
other countries, individual persons, whether
heterosexual/homosexual, cohabiting/single
may apply for adoption.
 www.ilga.org
Goldberg, A., & Smith, J. (2009) suggest
that regardless of gender or sexual
orientation, all new parents en-route to
parenthood (whether biological or
adoptive), experience similar increases
in perceived skill after the transition to
parenthood, though lesbians appear to
show the least increase and gay men the
most
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 Adoption
Open created this Gay and
Lesbian Adoptive Parents resource page
because in the adoption world, Gays and
Lesbians have their own set of obstacles
and challenges to overcome in order to
successfully adopt.
 Friends
in Adoption (FIA) is a nonprofit, non-traditional, licensed agency
whose goal is to help people make
informed decisions concerning adoption.
FIA works with both those interested in
adopting and with pregnant
women/couples considering placing
their children with adoptive families.
 Founded
in 1978, Gay & Lesbian
Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) is New
England’s leading legal rights
organization dedicated to ending
discrimination based on sexual
orientation, HIV status and gender
identity and expression. LGBT page.
Greenwood & Fink (G & F) is a law firm
with a significant adoption practice.
We work with both same-sex and
heterosexual couples. Families may be
having their own birth child with the
assistance of a known or unknown
sperm donor, contracting with a
surrogate and/or egg donor or
undergoing a second parent or
stepparent adoption.
Families who adopt in Rhode Island
receive a decree from the Rhode
Island Family Court listing both
partners as parents. For same sex
couples who either give birth or
whose surrogate gives birth in Rhode
Island, the State of Rhode Island will
issue a birth certificate that lists
"parents" rather than "mother and
father."
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play?docid=1266541720730775952#
 http://web.me.com/josdewittevanleeuwe
n/fgf/About_the_book.html
 Created
by;
 Guillermo Torres
 Mandel School of Applied
 Social Sciences
 Case Western Reserve University
 February 25, 2012
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz3kzh
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