Posts Tagged adoption

By Chloe Angyal • 10 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

By Chloe and Alexandra

Australian police have been accused of mishandling sexual abuse cases in the Catholic Church.

Friend of the site Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux explains why people keep praying at public high school football games, even though it’s clearly unconstitutional.

The great and powerful Ann Friedman on how October got pinkwashed.

Why don’t we talk more about adoption when we talk about reproductive justice?

The shutdown in 10 infuriating sentences.

It’s open season on open letters.

Love America? Then don’t get sick.

By Chloe and Alexandra

Australian police have been accused of mishandling sexual abuse cases in the Catholic Church.

Friend of the site Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux explains why people keep praying at public high school football games, ...
By Samhita • 11 years ago

Quick hit: You can have all the sexes, ultimately, it’s good parenting that matters

Yup, a new study released in Great Britain finds that children of same-sex parents are thriving. Via Think Progress, the study by the British Association of Adoption and Fostering released today has found that concerns about same-sex families are “unfounded.”

The report released by the British Association of Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) details the experiences of 130 adoptive families, 49 of which are run by heterosexual couples, 41 by gay men and 40 by lesbian parents.

Carried out by Cambridge University’s Center for Family Research into adoptive parenting, its release today (4 March) coincides with LGBT Adoption and Fostering week.

Professor Susan Golombok, director of the Centre for Family Research and co-author of the report, has said: ‘Overall we found markedly more similarities ...

Yup, a new study released in Great Britain finds that children of same-sex parents are thriving. Via Think Progress, the study by the British Association of Adoption and Fostering released today has found that concerns about same-sex ...
By Miriam • 13 years ago

Florida gay adoption ban is no longer

A recent court decision overturned a thirty year old Florida law that banned adoptions by gay, lesbian and bisexual* folks. The ban has been the center of attention in recent years, including advocacy by Rosie O’Donnell and her family.

Governor Crist can no longer enforce the ban because of the ruling, meaning LGB people can now adopt kids in Florida. Crist has done a 180 on queer issues recently, reversing his previous opinions on this issue as well.

The Florida law was one of the most discriminatory in the nation, not only preventing LGB couples from adopting, but single LGB folks as well.

Via MSNBC

*I didn’t include transgender folks in this because I couldn’t find any mention of gender identity in writing ...

A recent court decision overturned a thirty year old Florida law that banned adoptions by gay, lesbian and bisexual* folks. The ban has been the center of attention in recent years, including advocacy by Rosie O’Donnell and ...