Adoption and Foster Care by Gay and Lesbian Parents in the United States

By G. Gates, M. Badgett, J. Macomber, Kate Chambers. 2007

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Parenting and Child Development in Adoptive Families: Does Parental Sexual Orientation Matter? (2010, result): “Our subsample of lesbian and gay adoptive couples was demographically similar to other samples of lesbian and gay adoptive parents in terms of race, income, and educational attainment (e.g., Erich et al., 2005; Gates et al., 2007).”
The Experiences of Gay Men and Lesbians in Becoming and Being Adoptive Parents (2009, background): “The Urban Institute ( Badyett, Chambers, Gates, & Macomber, 2007 ) estimates that LG parents are currently raising 4% of adopted children in the United States and caring for 3% of the nation's foster children.”
Sexual orientation and the desires and intentions to become parents (2013, background): “Similarly Gates et al. (2007) discovered that, compared to childless heterosexual men, childless gay men were less likely to express a desire for children (52–67%).”
To Be a Parent: Issues in Family Formation among Gay and Lesbian Adults (2010, methodology): “The 2002 NSFG data, upon which both the Gates et al. (2007) and the Riskind and Patterson (2010) studies were based, have many strengths.”
System Justification, Right-Wing Conservatism, and Internalized Homophobia: Gay and Lesbian Attitudes toward Same-Sex Parenting in Italy (2011, background): “Furthermore, same sex families are frequently denied rights and protections that are assigned by default to heterosexual families in both the United States (Patterson 2009) and Europe (Polikoff 2000)—even if there is considerable variation in laws and policies governing adoptions by lesbian and gay ”
The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People: Building a Foundation for Better Understanding (2011, background): “In recent years, some states have enacted laws or policies forbidding gay and lesbian individuals or couples from foster-parenting or adopting children; other states have considered laws banning same-sex couples, or all unmarried couples, from fosterparenting or adopting children (Gates et al., 2007”