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This Wikipedia article is loaded with information on gay and lesbian adoption. Includes up-to-date state-by-state charts and listings showing which states allow and which ones prohibit same sex adoption. Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia that is written collaboratively by volunteers.
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Gays and lesbians have their own set of obstacles and challenges to overcome in order to successfully adopt. AdoptionOpen.com includes a list of websites that are very useful and informative for gay and lesbian families seeking to adopt in the United States.
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The Family Equality Council works to ensure equality for LGBT families by building community, changing hearts and minds, and advancing social justice for all families. Visit this site for adoption information and support.
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Families Like Ours (FLO) is the premier independent adoption exchange with a focus towards gay and lesbian adoptive families. Families Likes Ours welcomes the diversity of all pre and post adoptive-foster families, creating permanent families for children in the US foster care system.
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Gay Parent magazine (GPM) is a newsprint magazine featuring personal stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) parents from across the country and around the world. Parents speak candidly about their experiences with international and domestic adoption, foster care, donor insemination, using a surrogate and what it is like to raise their children in their part of the world.
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The IAC has a long and proud tradition of working with gay and lesbian families in their quest to adopt. Find information about adoption, approximate referral/ waiting times, and much, much more. The IAC is the most experienced open adoption agency in the country, with nearly 4,000 adoptions since 1982.
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Extensive list of books on Amazon that discuss gay/ lesbian adoption. Choose the books most helpful to you. Titles sorted by relevance.
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This forum is a place to discus same sex adoption and adoption issues and meet others who have already adopted or are in the process. Come to share experiences, share resources and/or ask questions. 400+ members.
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Find out what others are saying about agencies they have used. Learn more about prospective adoption agencies before you choose. Find recent reviews, most reviewed agencies, bottom 20 agencies, weekly poll results, adoption agency map, search by Zip and more.
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Lambda Legal focuses on state laws regarding adoption by gay and lesbian parents. This site elaborates on second parent adoptions and joint non-relative adoption by same sex couples. It views the professional's role in regards to adoption issues, such as disruption/dissolution, kinship care, open adoption, post adoption services, single parent adoption, wrongful adoption, and many more issues relating to adoption.
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