Lesbian Parental Rights

Another step forward for equality and rights of mothers, even if they are not the birth mother.

Bill Would Penalize Anti-Gay Adoption States

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This article is about making states allow non-married individuals the right to adopt.  This is of interest to me because as some of you know I did a research paper titled, “Gay and Lesbian Adoption: the Next Battle of Rights”.  In my paper I argued that this is not a LGBT issue, but a family issue and it is really about the children who are in foster care.  There are thousands of children who are eligible to be adopted, yet states are not letting individuals who are “qualified” to give these children a loving home the right to adopt them based on their sexual orientation or marital status.

Gay and Lesbian Adoptions: Next Battle of Rights

Copy of my paper – I will present at APSA in Toronto, this September.

Do, Lynna Lan Tien N, Gay and Lesbian Adoptions: Next Battle of Rights (2009). APSA 2009 Toronto Meeting Paper. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1451904