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Contents:

• GAY ADOPTN: TE STORI
• GAY COUPLE'S HEARTWARMG ADOPTN STORY HIGHLIGHTS CRIL NEED
• STORI GAY DADS TELL THEIR KIDS ABOUT ADOPTN AND SURROGACY
• LGBT ADOPTN FACTS | GAY ADOPTN FACTS
• PROCR FOR GAY COUPL LOOKG TO ADOPT
• THE LOST HISTORY OF GAY ADULT ADOPTN
• GAY AND LBIAN ADOPTN

GAY ADOPTN: TE STORI

Gay and Lbian Parentg Choic by Brette Sember. This book provis a plete explanatn of the many ways gay or lbian upl n create a fay and the legal hoops they mt jump through as part of the procs.

Wrten by an attorney an-easy-to-unrstand style, this gui provis a prehensive look at the optns available to gay upl and offers advice and rmatn on how bt to proceed. Lbian and Gay Fosterg and Adoptn eded by Stephen Hicks & Ja McDermott. Prentg a llectn of personal acunts of lbian and gay parents om many different social and ethnic backgrounds, this volume is signed to dispel misnceptns and enurage gay men and lbians who are thkg about adoptg or fosterg children.

GAY COUPLE'S HEARTWARMG ADOPTN STORY HIGHLIGHTS CRIL NEED

Fatherhood For Gay Men by Kev McGarry. This is the story of one man's journey down the road ls traveled—a sgle gay man adoptg and raisg his two sons. McGarry reunts his passage to parenthood after years of havg his natural fatherg stcts stifled by the lims—real and perceived—of beg gay.

This unique book tails the emotnal, fancial, practil, and social reali of the adoptn procs for gay men. 21st Century Gay by John Malone. John Malone's excellent state-of-the-unn addrs on the stat of gay rights—such as domtic partners benefs, civil unns, same-sex adoptn, and gays the ary—is a readable and well-rearched addn to gay studi and a fe primer on social change.

STORI GAY DADS TELL THEIR KIDS ABOUT ADOPTN AND SURROGACY

While neher unreasonably psimist nor giddily ngratulatory, Malone scrib the stris ma gay civil rights the past 40 years and predicts which issu are more likely to go on Amazon ».

LGBT ADOPTN FACTS | GAY ADOPTN FACTS

Gay Men Choosg Parenthood by Gerald P. This book reveals how very natural and possible gay parenthood n be. How do the experienc of gay dads pare to those of heterosexual men?

How effectively do profsnal servic, such as support groups, serve gay fathers and prospective gay fathers?

Lbian and Gay Parents and Their Children: Rearch on the Fay Life Cycle by Abbie E. The past several s have seen creasg ntroversi over lbian and gay parenthood. This book provis a prehensive overview of the rearch on same-sex parenthood, explorg ways which lbian and gay parents rist, acmodate, and transform fundamental notns of genr, parentg, and fay.

PROCR FOR GAY COUPL LOOKG TO ADOPT

Adoptn by Lbians and Gay Men: A New Dimensn Fay Diversy by David M. The Complete Lbian and Gay Parentg Gui by Arlene Istar Lev.

Gay parentg is a productive and posive cisn, but thor and lbian mother Arlene Lev adms isn't always an easy one. Wh practil wisdom and advice and personal real-life stori, Lev prepar gay parents for this enavor wh everythg they need to know and everythg they n expect while makg their own signifint and challengg mark on fay life the 21st century.

Gay Coupl by Denis Clifford Attorney. "We never thought we’d be able to have children sce Florida always had a ban on gay adoptn.

THE LOST HISTORY OF GAY ADULT ADOPTN

"It was dntg, " says the 42-year-old former opera sger om Edgemere, Maryland, who, as a sgle gay man, did not match the agency's ual clientele. "One gay uple told me they didn't know was legal.

GAY AND LBIAN ADOPTN

As the months turned to over a year wa for his son, Marshall grew ncerned that a baby would not be placed wh him bee he was gay.

If you're a lbian or gay dividual or uple, that bravery is all the greater. Ined, lbian and gay people disproportnately adopt those harst to place, cludg olr children, children wh disabili and children wh emotnal difficulti.

It is also the se that the adoptns rarely break down, and there is evince of healthy and happy out for the fact, I n remember some circumstanc where I'd say was preferable for a child to be placed a gay or lbian hoehold.

A lbian uple rose to the challenge and the rult was the emergence of a child wh hope for the future, agast all his gripe agast the forthg Equaly Act (which will mand that Catholic adoptn agenci nsir gay upl as prospective adoptive parents), Cardal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor has foced on the petg rights between Catholics and their personal nscience and of particular groups such as gay and lbians. Unls Catholic adoptn agenci are exempted om havg to let gay upl pass through their doors, he says they may be forced to close down rather than "act agast their nscienc" if you look at the make-up of Catholic adoptn agenci, which acunted for 4 per cent of the 2, 900 UK adoptns last year, you'll often fd a signifint proportn of staff who are not Catholic, perhaps not even relig.

After all, while the Equaly Act, due to e to effect England, Wal and Stland April, outlaws discrimatn the provisn of goods, facili and servic on the basis of sexual orientatn, no gay uple their right md would seek the servic of a Catholic adoptn agency, given the church's views on the issue of homosexualy.

Nobody mentns that we're gay, and 's great to live a town where 's so accepted. You always expect to face some sort of prejudice, even though there are que a few gay fai this is que bright and knows he has a daddy and a papa, whereas some other kids have a mommy and a daddy.

But there are two other gay upl the school, so he don't feel pletely alone. The issue is not whether parents are sgle or a uple, gay or straight, but how much they have to offer to the child. Beg brought up by a gay man certaly don't turn children gay - que the oppose seems, I've never seen a gay adult who is the product of gay 's weird for me seeg that the children I tried to foster are now back the same environment as before I looked after them.

I don't know what some people thk gay people do, but I like blok - not three-year-old children.

If 's not racism 's homophobia, if 's not homophobia 's somethg else. As a gay uple you have to go through so much more - and 's the same for straight upl who want to adopt.

To go through what you go through as a gay uple tryg to adopt, you have to be really passnate about adoptg, which is why took so long to ci to do . I certaly don't thk that children adopted by gay upl will grow up nfed about their sexualy jt bee they have same-sex parents. 'Adoptn by gays is more mon the Stat - even Catholics don't thk anythg of 'Andrew Hewt, 45, and Tony Wright, 46, have two adopted children - Bryan, seven, and Gabe, four.

We'd tried other agenci, but disvered that hardly any untri allow gay upl to adopt, and only certa on allow sgle men to adopt, which is what I did the only other hurdle that we faced beg gay was that a lot of lawyers wouldn't work wh .

Also, gay adoptn is more mon the Stat - even Catholics don't thk anythg of . Back here, the children's suatn stands out more, but everyone is very nice about 've been very open wh the kids about beg gay.