Gay/Lesbian Families Adoption is an extremely sensitive subject‚(insert dash) especially for individuals who are Gay or Lesbian. There is much controversy on the topic. There are a variety of ways to which it isn’t possible for a couple to adopt. Infertility is becoming a greater problem in our time. In Gerald P. Mallon’s article‚ “Assessing Lesbian and Gay Prospective Foster and Adoptive Families: A Focus on the Home Study Process‚” in 2007. He introduces a few different ways gay men and lesbian
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Gay and Lesbian Adoption: What is the best interest of the child? Most critics of gay adoption argue that if a child is brought up in a home with same sex parents that the child will be "ruined". However‚ most child welfare advocates do not agree‚ they feel that if these orphaned children are not allowed to be adopted by gay and lesbian parents‚ a lot of children who have been waiting for a very long time to be adopted and are in desperate need of a home‚ may have to wait even longer‚ unnecessarily
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Nusantara‚ national magazine for gay men and lesbians. Covers topics on gay/lesbian identities‚ relationships‚ coming out. Gay Lestari- lesbians to coming out. Cowok-Cewek are from working class and not like lesbians from middle/upper class. Gayatri 1993- excluded cowok from her earlier work on lesbians in Indonesia. Tombois perceived as imitating men and needed modernization and education. Gayatri 1997-report stories about Indonesian lesbians who try to marry. Sex-congruence surgery- bringing
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Article The article‚ In Plain Sight: Gay and Lesbian Communication & Culture (2010) discussed the concept of viewpoints within the gay and lesbian community. Viewpoints focused on ways to define‚ measure and track the development of an entity. The entity discussed in this article was the gay and lesbian identity. This concept was told through concepts such as the outsider‚ the coming out process‚ media’s depiction of gay and lesbian and how gay and lesbians achieve intimacy and find community. Eadie
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gay men and lesbian couples adopting children in the United States. Thesis: Social stigma‚ legal hurdles‚ and agency biases are the main points surrounding the gay adoption controversy. Introduction: In 2011‚ 400‚540 children in the US were in the foster care system‚ waiting to be adopted according to the Children’s Bureau page at the Administration for Children and Families webpage. However‚ an entire demographic is being excluded from giving these children a home: gay and lesbian couples.
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Issues and Ethics in Counselling Lesbian‚ Gay and Bisexual Individuals A considerable number of lesbian‚ gay and bisexual (LGB) people will turn to helping professionals when they need assistance with problems. Lesbians‚ gay and bisexual individuals experience similar problems to heterosexual clients‚ such as anxiety‚ depression‚ suicide ideation‚ alcoholism‚ violence‚ relationship problems‚ and anger. There are unique issues faced by LGB persons‚ however. This paper will summarize the major
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Beverly R. "College Students ’s Perceptual Stigmatization of the Children of Lesbian Mothers." ProQuest. Pro Quest‚ Apr. 1999. Web. 14 Nov. 2012. Loren‚ Marks. "Same Sex Parenting and Children ’s Outcomes: A Closer Examination of the American Psychological Association ’s Brief on Lesbian and Gay Parenting." ScienceDirect.com. ScienceDirect.com‚ July 2012. Web. 14 Nov. 2012. Patterson‚ Charlotte J. "Children of Lesbian and Gay Parents." ProQuest. Pro Quest‚ Nov. 2009. Web. 14 Nov. 2012. Wainright
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insemination‚ gay/lesbians parents “coming out”‚ homosexuals winning custody cases‚ and adoptions as an alternative‚ the idea of homosexuals as parents have entered mainstream society. Homosexual couples raise children as well as heterosexual couples which is proven by the social/psychological aspects and the relationship between gay parents and their children. In the article Concerns and issues faced by families headed by a gay/lesbian couple‚ the focus is on issues affecting lesbian headed households
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Radicalesbians – The Woman-Identified Woman In their paper “The Woman-Identified Woman” (1970)‚ the collective Radicalesbians‚ much like Wittig will do in the following decade‚ focuses on the marginalized sexual standpoint of ‘women’ and ‘lesbian’ that emerge from the intersection of the personal and the political circa late 1960’s/early 1970’s. It is the agenda of the political environment of the day‚ Radicalesbians argue‚ that the former is policed in part by weaponizing the latter as a stigmatizing
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better than having heterosexual parents Lesbian parents provide a more supportive environment for their children enhancing their understanding of society and performance in school compared to children of heterosexual parents. There are many negative criticisms of homosexual parenting that are mainly influenced from religious beliefs or teachings from their parents. Religious groups that are against homosexuality would say having parents that are lesbians is an abomination. Many groups are from
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