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Gay adoption

More and more same-sex couples are choosing to start a family. Gay men can now adopt openly as a couple, engage a surrogate or arrange with a woman to have a child and share the parenting. Lesbian couples can choose from adoption and donor insemination. Statistics Canada reported in the 2001 census that there were 2,900 same-sex couples with at least one child. This doesn't include single or non-custodial gay parents or those unwilling to declare they're a same-sex couple. Gay and lesbian couples are proving that a child can be raised successfully in something other than the traditional man-woman household. Studies show that the children of homosexual parents are as well-adjusted as those of heterosexual parents. Nonetheless, homosexual parents and their children still face prejudice from those parts of society which don't accept the notion of two moms or two dads. Adoption by Gays and Lesbians: A National Survey of Adoption Agency Policies, Practices and Attitudes, www.adoptioninstitute.org. 60% of U.S. adoption agencies take applications from homosexuals. Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute report, Oct. 29, 2003. American Civil Liberties Union, www.aclu.org. Gay adoption laws: search for "gay adoption". Human Rights Campaign - Adoption, www.hrc.org. LGBT equal rights. Articles, laws, stories on gay adoption. For news, search for "gay adoption". Human Rights Campaign Foundation. Gay Adoption, www.cwla.org/articles/cv0201gayadopt.htm. Article on gay parenting, CWLA's Standards of Excellence for Adoption Services. Kristen Kreisher, Children's Voice, Jan. 2002. Gay Adoption Basics, adoption.about.com/od/gaylesbian/a/gayadopt.htm. Resources. About.com. Lesbian and Gay Adoption in Ontario, www.adoption.on.ca/mcsslesbigay.html. Ministry policy in Ontario. Adoption Council of Ontario. Child Welfare Information Gateway, www.childwelfare.gov. Articles on gay adoption; resources; state laws. [Search for "gay".] Gay parenting Center Kids, www.gaycenter.org/program_folders/Families/program_view. Family program for LGBT parents. LGBT Community Center, New York. Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere, www.colage.org. San Francisco support group. Family Equality Council, www.familyequality.org. Promoting laws favouring LGBTQ families. Boston MA. Gay Parent Magazine, www.gayparentmag.com. LGBT parenting. Forest Hills NY. Lesbian Mothers Association of Quebec, www.aml-lma.org, info@aml-lma.org, 514-846-1543. Founded 1998. Bilingual group of lesbian mothers and mothers-to-be providing community, exchanging information and sharing resources. Also, a Papa-Daddy group. Montreal QC. LGBT Parenting Network, www.fsatoronto.com/programs/lgbtparenting.html. Discussions and courses for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and transsexual parents who are biological, non-biological, adoptive, foster and/or step-parents. Family Service Assn. of Toronto. Queer Parenting Brochures, www.fsatoronto.com/programs/lgbt/brochures.html. Brochures (pdf) for LGBT people, on parenting options for gay men, co-parenting, transexual parenting, sperm donation. LGBT Parenting Network of the Family Services Assn. of Toronto. Queer Parenting Programmes, www.the519.org/programs/Queer_Parenting. LGBTT parenting. Discussions, courses, drop-ins. 519 Church Street Community Centre, Toronto.

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