City of Belmont - Ruth Faulkner Public Library

Lesbian and gay foster care and adoption, [edited by] Stephen Hicks and Janet McDermott

eng

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

index present

non fiction

Lesbian and gay foster care and adoption

[edited by] Stephen Hicks and Janet McDermott

The authors outline how the experience of adopting of fostering has changed for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people over the years, outlining some of the major changes in policy, and what the research can tell us about LGBT parenting and adopted and fostered children. They interview families involved at different stages of the fostering and adoption process, from those undergoing assessments through to the experienced foster carers and adopters who were interviewed for the first edition of this book 20 years previously, and describe parenting adolescent and adult children. While the number of LGBT people adopting or fostering has increased since then, some of the very real challenges still endure: encounters with social stigma, racism, homophobia, and discriminatory policies -- and families share some of the strategies they have used to help address these

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