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Description
The authors outline how the experience of adopting and fostering has changed for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people over the years, major changes in policy, and what the research can tell us about LGBT parenting. They interview families involved at different stages of the fostering and adoption process, from those undergoing assessments through to the experienced foster carers and adopters who were interviewed for the first edition of this book 20 years previously. While the number of LGBT people adopting or fostering has increased since then, some of the very real challenges still endure - including social stigma, homophobia and discriminatory policies - and families share some of the strategies they have used to help to address them.
Publication
Jessica Kingsley Publishers (2018), Edition: 2, 272 pages
Language
Original language
English
Other editions
Lesbian and Gay Fostering and Adoption by Stephen Hicks (Paperback)
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ISBN
184905519X / 9781849055192
Physical description
272 p.; 5.94 inches