March 28, 2007

LGBT Adoption

The Williams Institute (UCLA) did a study on the number and effect of LGBT adoption. Read it here.

  • More than one in three lesbians have given birth and one in six gay men have fathered or adopted a child.
  • An estimated 65,500 adopted children are living with a lesbian or gay parent.
  • Gay and lesbian parents are raising four percent of all adopted children in the United States.
  • An estimated 14,100 foster children are living with lesbian or gay parents.
  • Gay and lesbian parents are raising three percent of foster children in the United States.
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