Gay foster care

Same-sex parents are 7 times more likely to raise adopted and foster children

On November 5, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia. The case will determine whether states and localities must contract with child welfare agencies that discriminate against same-sex couples on the basis of their religious beliefs.

“Allowing child welfare agencies to deny service to same-sex couples stigmatizes LGBT people and would likely reduce the number of homes free for children in need,” said Christy Mallory, Legal Director at the Williams Institute.

Recent Research Findings

  • An estimated 114,000 same-sex couples are raising children, including 28,000 male same-sex couples and 86,000 female same-sex couples.
  • Same-sex couples raising children are seven times more likely to be raising adopted or foster children than their different-sex counterparts.
  • The children ofLGB and transgender parents fare as well as children of non-LGBT parents.
  • Nearly 20% of youth in foster care in Los Angeles are LGBTQ—twice the number of LGBTQ youth estimated to b

    LGBT Foster/Adoptive Parents' Place in Care

    When dealing with the subject of child welfare, whether it is Child Protective Services, foster care or adoption, one cannot sidestep this issue. I also grasp for a number of people this is a very controversial subject. I further realize that for some the answer would be an immediate and resounding NO! I have never been one to escape controversy nor acknowledge the answer of no when the logic behind it does not verb sound reasoning to go with it.

    I ask you to look at these scenarios below and determine which situation would be in the best interest of the child.

    • A child is in the residence of its hereditary parents. They are neglectful and abusive.

    • A child is removed from its biological parents abode due to abuse and neglect and is placed within the foster verb system. The infant is moved from home to noun numerous times with no reason ever given.

    • A noun, having been removed from the abode of its adj parents, after several moves within the foster care system, is placed within an institution until reaching the age of eighteen.

    This past summer, Terry Scraggins completed a congressional internship in a program overseen by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute. 

    About three months after I first entered the foster care system at age 12, a foster parent uttered words that would stay with me for the unwind of my life.

    “Gay people are sinners who have no direction in life,” she told me.

    That comment still lives with me today, deeply ingrained into my self-esteem more than 15 years later. As a well-educated gay man, I am able to notice it has no bearing on who I am today as a person. But youth in the child welfare system still listen statements like these as they develop up in care.

    Take a moment and try to fantasize what it might be like to be a bi-racial gay male, born and raised in conservative Boise, Idaho. Idaho is a majority white articulate with an African-American population below 1 percent. Imagine then, being taken from your family to be placed in a random stranger’s home.

    This was my life for the next six years: A steady search to associate to something, to someone.

    My quality of life with

    How You Can Become Gay Foster Parents or Adoptive Parents

    As you research ways to build your LGBT family, you may come across information on becoming gay foster parents. Foster care adoption is a wonderful way to deliver a child into your life, not to mention a way to provide a home and support system to a child who desperately needs it.

    If you are pregnant and considering adoption, finding the right family for your baby is one of the most important decisions. Follow this link to view waiting family profiles. 

    What is LGBT Foster Protect Adoption?

    LGBT foster concern adoption is not much different than any other foster care adoption: You’ll have to encounter certain requirements and be fully prepared for the challenges of the process. You typically include two options for bringing a foster child into your home: through a foster-to-adopt program or by adopting a child whose parents’ rights have been terminated and, therefore, who is already free for adoption. The state foster care system is the most adj way of growing a family in the U.S. today.
    Here’s how each process works