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Five facts about LGBTQ+ fostering and adoption
Same-sex couples and single LGBTQ+ adopters have had the legal right to adopt since 2005, and the number of children adopted by same-sex parents is growing every year. Read our five facts about LGBTQ+ adoption.
1 in 6 adoptions in England in 2020 were to same-sex couples. At Coram, we welcome enquiries from single people and couples from across the spectrum of sexual and gender identities; the most important thing is to be able to provide safe, secure and loving families for vulnerable children.
The Adoption and Children Act 2002 (which came into force in 2005) gave LGBTQ adopters the same legal rights as heterosexual or cisgender parents. Since then, the number of children adopted by lesbian, gay, bi or trans parents has grown year on year. Last year, more than one in five children adopted through Coram were placed with loving lesbian, gay, bi or trans adopters.
Despite the law, some people still think being gay means you can’t be a parent. CoramBAAF research showed that while most heterosexual couples expected to become parents as a matter of course, this was less frequently the case for same-sex couples. This was particularly true of gay dads, many of whom thought their sexual identity was incompatible with parenthood – despite having always felt paternal.
Fears that children adopted by same-sex couples would face bullying or that their own gender identities might be affected are largely unfounded. In fact, studies suggest that same-sex families are thriving – they score particularly well in assessments of family relationships, parental wellbeing and child adjustment.
Parent-child relationships are typically just as strong in same-sex couples as in heterosexual ones. Research published by CoramBAAF actually suggests that gay fathers show greater levels of interaction with their child than other types of parents.
The CoramBAAF Bookshop has a range of books for parents and children themed around adoption and fostering, with a specific topic area for lesbian and gay families.
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2002: Same-sex couples free to adopt with the Adoption and Children Act
2002: Same-sex couples free to adopt with the Adoption and Children Act
Before then, research had shown that when same-sex applicants for adoption were open about their sexuality, they received negative responses from adoption agencies. And even if they were approved as carers, they often didn’t have children placed or were only see as providing short-term fostering or respite care.
Speaking during the parliamentary debate in the House of Lords, Baroness O’Cathain said: "By extending the category of would-be adopters to include homosexual couples of both genders and cohabiting heterosexuals, I contend that the Bill is now being used as an instrument of social engineering ... Is it political correctness? Is it social engineering? Or – perish the thought – is it the permanent downgrading of marriage and the family? I repeat that it is the children that I am concerned about."
And Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor, head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, wrote to Cabinet ministers saying Catholic adoption agencies "would not be able to recruit and consider homosexual couples as potential adoptive parents."
But the Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer, told the BBC that if society takes the view it does not discriminate against same-sex couples, people couldn’t be given exclusions on the grounds of their religion.
In England, the Adoption and Children Act passed into law in November 2002. It came into effect on 30 December 2005. In Scotland, the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 received royal assent in January 2007, enabling same-sex couples north of the border to jointly adopt children.
Stonewall Scotland’s director, Carl Watt, told the press: "What all children need and deserve most of all is a safe, secure, loving and stable home environment and same-sex couples are equally able to provide this as opposite-sex couples. This legislation also means that there will be hopefully fewer children in care homes and more with homes and families of their own."
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