LGBT+ individuals and couples who want to adopt a child say their sexuality is a barrier to the approval process. A new survey found 28% of LGBT+ adopters currently waiting for authorities to match them with a child have found their sexual orientation is a barrier.
Likewise, 16% of LGBT+ people going through the adoption approval process have hit the same problem. The findings come from New Family Social, a charity for LGBT+ adopters and foster carers.
It interviewed LGBT+ adopters and foster carers across the UK. One lesbian family told them: ‘We’re a lesbian couple and have been told that where there are lots of couples expressing interest in a boy, we are less likely to be chosen, because family finders will want a male adopter. ‘We’ve