Links

 DALAFO

Homepage of the D'Arcey Lainey Foundation - a UK not-for-profit organisation offering support to LGBT parents.

 Pink Parents

Project run by the D'Arcey Lainey Foundation for Lesbian, Gay, Bi & Transgender (LGBT) people who want to be parents. The website itself does not yet contain much publicly accessible information but there are contact details and a members' area.

 Re D - judgment of Black J 2006

The case concerned whether the biological father of a child being brought up by a lesbian couple, one of whom was the biological mother, should have parental responsibility. The court received interesting evidence from Dr Claire Sturge on the nature of same sex family relationships, the deficiencies of language to reflect them and the research on same sex parenting. Parental responsibility was granted with restrictions.

 Stephen Hicks: The Christian Right & Homophobic Discourse

Article by Stephen Hicks, Senior Lecturer at Salford University, examining the 'evidence' advanced by the Christian Right on the alleged adverse impact of parenting by lesbian & gay people. Stephen Hicks has written a number of articles on the topic including a UK history which is available through Ingenta. There is a full list of his articles and work on his Salford University website at http://www.imr.salford.ac.uk/social%20work/membership/stephen%20hicks.shtml He has also co-authored a book published by Jessica Kingsley and also available through the BAAF website.

 Stonewall

Uk charity working to end discrimination against gay & lesbian people. This page contains a summary of the law in relation to adoption as it affects gay & lesbian parents. There are other pages in the information bank about wider aspects of parenting.