Across the UK there’s still a need for LGBTQ+ individuals to adopt and foster, it was reported that in 2020 there were 80,000 vulnerable children looking for families.
There’s a common misunderstanding that being LGBTQ+ will prevent you from adopting or fostering, but this isn’t the case, in fact, it was reported that 1 in 6 adoptions in England 2020 were same-sex families.
In honor of LGBTQ+ Adoption and Fostering weel, we spoke to Tom Cox who started his beautiful family in 2015, since then he’s been sharing special moments via social media. What should LGBTQ+ adopters be expecting throughout the process? To be honest you should expect no different for being LGBTQ+ than a hetero normative person/couple would experience.