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March 4, 2013
Children of gay parents are thriving, family experts say

British gay couples are being urged to consider fostering or adoption as a new study shows they make great parents

As a new study shows adopted children of same-sex parents are thriving, the UK government is urging more gay couples to adopt.

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.

March 4, 2013
Gay dads and moms could rescue thousands of kids from care

British charity Action for Children marks LGBT fostering and adoption week by calling on community to provide loving homes for abandoned kids

Leading charity Action for Children has said LGBT people could solve a care crisis by adopting or fostering thousands of kids.

The organization is key sponsor of the second annual LGBT Adoption and Fostering Week in the UK, which starts today (4 March) and runs until 10 March.

Action for Children believes LGBT people could be help make up the shortfall of foster carers and adoptive parents across Britain so all kids could be moved out of care and into loving homes.

February 14, 2013
Irish gay parenting study reveals major challenges

A research of LGBT parenting in Ireland found that many gay parents face legal and social difficulties

The first study into LGBT parents in Ireland revealed legal vulnerability which adversely affects gay families.

The study, published yesterday (13 February), examined the experiences of 153 LGBT people who are already parents to 272 children and 170 people who are actively attempting to become parents.

January 23, 2013
Gay couples giving homes to nearly half of Flanders' adopted kids

Six years after Belgium allowed homosexuals to adopt, 14 out of 30 children were given to gay couples

Gay couples are giving homes to almost half of adopted children in the Flanders area of Belgium.

The Flemish Center for Adoptions announced today (23 January) in 2012, 14 children went to gay couples and 16 went to straight ones.

By law, Belgian mothers are allowed to stop adoptions if they do not approve of the hopeful family.

A FCA spokesman said the numbers show the organizations in charge of adoptions are thinking without prejudice.

November 30, 2012
UKIP's McKenzie says gay adoption is like throwing kids to 'dogs'

UK Independence Party would-be MP loses election but still rants over gay adoption saying it is like the fall of the Roman Empire

UK Independence Party politician Winston McKenzie has ranted against gay parenting on live TV after losing his bid to become an MP.

The UKIP culture spokesperson was standing to become a Member of Parliamment for Croydon North in London in a by-election yesterday (29 November) but lost to Labour’s Steve Reed.

November 27, 2012
UKIP member says gay adoption is 'child abuse'

Winston McKenzie, the right-wing party's culture spokesman, warns LGBT parents would raise their child to be gay

A member of the right-wing UK Independence Party claims gay adoption is 'child abuse'.

The party's culture spokesman, Winston McKenzie, called for a ban on gay and lesbian people adopting.

The Christian spoke to The Metro ahead of the Croydon North by-election on Thursday (29 November) in which the former boxer is running to become a Member of Parliament.

During the interview, he said: 'To say to a child, "I am having you adopted by two men who kiss regularly but don't worry about it" - that is abuse.

November 3, 2012
Catholics lose fight to stop gays from adopting

Adoption agency Catholic Care has lost its appeal against discrimination laws in the highest court of England

A Roman Catholic charity has lost their fight to stop gay people from adopting from their agency.

UK-based adoption agency Catholic Care had gone to the Upper Tribunal to sanction its belief in refusing same-sex couples as potential parents.

However the Charity Commission, the regulator for charities in England and Wales, has insisted Catholic Care’s stance is ‘divisive, capricious and arbitrary’, and demeaning to the dignity of gay couples.

October 4, 2012
Despite the law, gay Italians find a way to 'adopt' a child

LGBT association Equality Italia launches a campaign to get more gays and lesbians to 'adopt' a child living in poverty abroad

The LGBT Italian association Equality Italia has launched a campaign to encourage single gays or lesbians, or same-sex couples to 'adopt' a child living in poverty abroad.

The campaign is called ‘Io ce l’ho grande il cuore’ or ‘My heart is very big’ and it's thought to be the first of its type to target LGBT people.

Many Italians use 'long distance adoption' to support a child living in poverty in another country - though the 'adoption' does not, of course, make them the legal parents or guardians of the child.

June 11, 2012
Study shows children from gay families 'worse off'

Two new reports criticize landmark 2005 gay parenting brief that says LGB families as good as straight ones

Children with lesbian, gay or bisexual parents are worse off, a report from US university scientists claims.

In the study of 3,000 adults, Mark Regenerus, author and professor of sociology at the University of Texas, found that children from planned LGB families did worse than children in conventional relationships with stable families.

The study asked young adults questions about social, emotional and relational experiences in 40 areas.

May 28, 2012
NZ Prime Minister to support gay adoption

John Key says he would give initial support to potential legislation to allow gay adoption

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key says he would give initial support to potential legislation to let gay couples adopt.

Key told Radio Live today he would support a bill that looks to legalize gay adoption through its first reading in parliament.

'I'm not afraid to have debates on those areas,' he said.

Despite his ‘great sympathy’ for people who wanted to adopt but could not, he noted there are wider issues to consider.

May 23, 2012
American gay dad wins Colombian custody battle

The Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of Chandler Burr, a gay American who was blocked from taking his legally adopted sons out of the country 

Colombia's highest constitutional court has guaranteed Chandler Burr custody of his two sons.

The gay New York Times journalist sued the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare (ICBF) for barring him from taking his two legally adopted sons outside of the country.

The ICBF called for the US Embassy to revoke the boys' adoption emigration visas in March 2011 after he disclosed he is gay.

Burr had adoption the boys through an international adoption agency and met all legal requirements, including obtaining the adoption decree.

February 22, 2012
Paul O’Grady backs LGBT Fostering and Adoption week

Popular British TV star backs UK’s first gay and trans adoption and fostering week

One of Britain’s best-loved TV presenters, Paul O’Grady, has given his support to LGBT Fostering and Adoption Week.

O’Grady, who is gay himself and made his name as drag queen Lily Savage, told Gay Star News: ‘There are so many children in need of a home and someone to look after them.

‘For many of these children it doesn’t matter that they have two dads or two mums, what is important is that there are people to care for them.

February 7, 2012
White House against Virginia bill that could block gay adoptions

Says adoption should not be based on 'discriminatory and irrelevant factors'

Both houses of the Virginia State Legislature last week passed a bill that would allow private adoption agencies to deny placements to gay people or anyone else who conflicts with their religious beliefs.

The White House issued a statement on Tuesday (7 February) against the bill which the state's Republican governor, Bob McDonnell, is expected to sign the bill into law.

February 4, 2012
Virginia legislators pass bill that could block some gay adoptions

Private adoption agencies could deny placements based on religious  beliefs

Both houses of the Virginia State Legislature passed a bill on Friday (3 February) that would allow private adoption agencies to deny placements to gay people or anyone else who conflicts with their religious beliefs.

The state's Republican governor, Bob McDonnell, is expected to sign the bill into law.

The vote went along party lines. A Senate committee voted to endorse the bill in an 8-7 vote which then then sent it to the House where it passed 71-28.

January 27, 2012
Gay kids more likely to be poor

A new report reveals gay families in the US are more likely to live in poverty and experts call for changes in the law and government policy

Children raised by gay parents in the US are more likely to live in poverty, a report has revealed.

The All Children Matter report, co-authored by several national organizations, including The Center for American Progress and the Family Equality Council, claimed youngsters raised in LGBT families are twice as likely to be poor as those raised by married heterosexual couples.