Fyne Times Gay and Lesbian Magazine, UK
Fostering: Our Story
My partner already had a son who was working and lived away from home and although I had no desire to have my own birth children I felt that I had a lot to offer children who perhaps weren’t lucky enough to have had the loving and positive start in life that I had enjoyed.
BAAF launches the Pink Guide to Adoption
Adoption charity hits back against negative portrayal of same sex adoption. A national campaign is being launched (11th May) that hits back against the recent negative media portrayal of same sex adoption.
Fostering with NCH
What is your definition of an important job? Company Director? Airline Pilot? Member of Parliament?
Adoption stories needed
Perlita Harris is editing a book of writing and poetry by adopted children and young people aged 5 - 20 years who have been adopted
Mandy and Louise’s Story
What was it that attracted you to fostering rather than adoption?
My partner has already got a child in her teens and I had tried to get pregnant myself but failed.
Thinking of Adoption?
The majority of us will have no idea what it is like to grow up without a family home. At the present time, 78,900 children have no such place. Could you reduce this number?
Adopting a New Way of Life
For the Gay and Lesbian Community thinking about adopting a Child or Children could seem like a path strewn with hurdles.
Dear Mum
Mother’s Day (26th March) looms as Fyne’s Adrian Gillan talks to gay men about that “special relationship” with their mums after asking Jenny Broughton from FFLAG (Families & Friends of Lesbians and Gays) what she thinks.
Destination Daddy
A gay man’s guide to having kids. Yearn for more than just the odd weekend with a nephew or niece? Adrian Gillan explores the options, from fostering and adoption to giving a lady your sperm!
Fostering; The Basics
On any one day there are around 40,000 children living in foster homes in the UK, with thousands more moving in and out of them during the year.
Adoption; A Basic Guide
What is adoption?
Adoption is a way of providing a new family for a child when living with his own family is not possible.
Happy Families?
December was a life-changing month for same sex couples. Civil Partnerships were introduced and celebrated with considerable publicity. Sir Elton and David were one of the first couples to tie the knot. However, a less well-publicised piece of legislation also came into force.
Where does this leave the childern
So, you and your partner can now demonstrate your commitment to one another by forming a civil partnership. But, if you are one of many couples who have children, where does a new civil partnership leave them?
Teaching Tolerance
Two mums, gay sailors and dad-making machines? Children's books have certainly moved on since the days of gorging caterpillars and cats in hats! Now they are even putting gay characters in them! Whatever next?
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