User:FrankySM4/LGBT adoption in the United States

ReferencesWe have overcome many things in the LGBT Community, but there are still some obstacles that seem to give many starting a family in the community a battle. When it comes to adoption for Gay/Lesbian couples it can be a challenge to complete the process and become legal parents to their new children, it has not always been the same. In the year of 1968 Bill Jones a former resident of the state of New Jersey, had become the fist gay man in the country to become an openly gay parent and had jointly adopted a child with his partner. Although Bill says, it was something that social workers didn’t want Bill to say at the time that he was “Gay” and more for a protection towards him because there was a possibility that he might get rejected. Many have fear of what going to be the process when it comes to the gay community, adopting a child and starting a family, Its more of the legal battles that was the issue in the earlier years, that these gay couples have to go through in order to obtain only a second parent adoptions, just for safety reasons of the child and have the kids have a full connection to their biological parents. In 1997 the state of New Jersey was the fist states in the United States to accept joints adoptions for gay couples, but not until 2015 when the United States legalized gay marriage to all 50 States was when things seemed to become more acceptable and the country recognizing Gay adoptions as legal parents of their children. We have come a long way form where the LGBT community was but, the LGBTQ community, still has a lot to do, with Legal adoptions now making easier to start a family in the community the only fear that some might have, is that some may have it harder than others. It’s more openly easier now to adopt a child in todays world but it seems like there is still a battle when it comes to the process although it may not be denied, there is still many obstacles  that you have to overcome to become a parents in the LGBT community. Same sex couples should have the same treatment when its comes to adoption a child as every other heterosexual couple looking to start a family, and the legal system doesn’t want us to free like there is a difference toward the difference of the couple but many today in the community still feel like there still.