LGBTQ+ Parenting (Part 2): Adoption

We talk about LGBTQ+ parenting: adoption with Dr. Abbie Goldberg, a Professor of Psychology and Director of Women’s & Gender Studies at Clark University. Her research and writing focus on diverse families, including LGBTQ parent and adoptive families, and she has authored and edited 8 books and over 130 peer-reviewed articles in this area.

In this episode, we cover:

Legality of LGBTQ+ parents adopting in the US.
Statistics on LGBTQ+ adoptions. Percentage, transracial, foster care adoption
Do you see any residual prejudice against LGBTQ+ parents when wanting to adopt or foster? Foster care? Domestic infant? International? Embryo?
Hesitancy with placing with someone who is transgender?
Does open adoption look different in LGBTQ+ adoptive families.
Do LGBTQ+ parents parent in ways that are different than cisgender heterosexual parents?
How are children in LGBTQ+ faring?
Lesbian, gay, and heterosexual adoptive parents’ experiences with pediatricians: A mixed-methods study.
Parental naming practices in same-sex adoptive families.
How are LGBTQ+ youth in foster care doing?

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