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· Looking for a site with all sorts of information for Alternative Families?
Families Like Ours: Your online community for Alternative Families; Chats, boards, articles, resources, web hosting. Support for those families that have adopted or are planning to adopt. GLBT"

Info: Seeking to Adopt - Legal Issues & Cases - Books

Information for Gay's and Lesbians trying to adopt

Adoption Professionals.com, a fully searchable directory of Adoption Professionals helps you find agencies, attorneys, facilitators and social workers that can help you. Simply choose "Speciality Services" then "Non Traditional Families" in their convenient drop down menu search feature.
 
Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE): support and advocacy organization for daughters and sons of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender parents.
 
From Friends in Adoption (an alternative family friendly agency) comes this article by Michael Colberg, J.D., C.S.W which contains answers to a few questions common to alternative familiy adoptions.
 
Overview of state adoption laws as they pertain to the Community.
 
When you are ready to adopt, Adoption Online.com can help you network and find a Birthparent who will choose you to adopt their baby.
 
Working with Gay and Lesbian Adoptive Parents contains information for the adoption professional and includes links to many book references, support groups and a small number of gay friendly adoption professionals.

American Civil Liberties Union

American Psychological Association

Lesbian and Gay Parenting: A Resource for Psychologists. It also contains links to relevent books, articles and studies

Legal briefs & summaries of relevant court cases:

The right of Homosexuals to adopt: Changing Legal interpretations Of "Parent" And "Family"
May 1995 Decision Allowing Four Ontario Lesbian Couples To Second-Parent Adopt
Is the Tide Truly Turning? - Gays, Lesbians, Adoption and Custody
Challenge to Florida Adoption Law Barring Lesbian Moms and Gay Dads
Trial Brief of above case
Court rulings granting second parent adoptions to lesbian moms:

Books:

An American Family
The story of Jon and Michael Galluccio, a gay New Jersey couple, and their fight to adopt their HIV-positive infant foster son.
How to Turn Boys into Men without a Man around the House: A Single Mother's Guide
Issues In Gay and Lesbian Adoption

Herman, Flory G. “I Have Roots and Branches” Personal Reflections on Adoption, May 2004

Lesbian and Gay Fostering and Adoption : Extraordinary Yet Ordinary
Mom, Dad I'm Gay : How Families Negotiate Coming Out
Pagan's Father
"Highly recommended to anyone interested in the subject matter (gay parenting) or fond of a literary, humanistic take on human emotions and personalities."
The Kid : What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant : An Adoption Story
"...candid, sensitive but outspoken true story of his and his partner Terry's journey through the twists and turns of the adoption process. "

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