Study & Research Homosexuality

This Study Guide consists of approximately 255 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Homosexuality.
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Study & Research Homosexuality

This Study Guide consists of approximately 255 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Homosexuality.
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by the American Civil Liberties Union

About the author: The American Civil Liberties Union is the nation’s oldest and largest civil liberties organization.

The 1990s have seen a sharp rise in the number of lesbians and gay men forming their own families through adoption, foster care, artificial insemination and other means. Researchers estimate that the total number of children nationwide living with at least one gay parent ranges from six to 14 million.

At the same time, the United States is facing a critical shortage of adoptive and foster parents. As a result, hundreds of thousands of children in this country are without permanent homes. These children languish for months, even years, within state foster care systems that lack qualified foster parents and are frequently riddled with other problems. In Arkansas, for example, the foster care system...

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