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Why LGBTQ+ adoption involves extra scrutiny

I'm a lesbian couple trying to adopt and the agency keeps asking invasive questions about our relationship that I know they wouldn't ask straight couples.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Parental capacity gets measured against heteronormative standards that treat same-sex love as inherently suspect.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with LGBTQ+ rights globally?”

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