Heart-to-Heart Event Focuses on LGBTQIA+ Couples

On August 1st, Adoptions From The Heart hosted its Heart-to-Heart virtual event that focused on LGBTQIA+ families and adoption. The Heart-to-Heart events create an open and honest conversation that focus on members of the adoption community who may otherwise be underrepresented. The conversation took place over a Zoom meeting attended by about 30 waiting and [...]

AFTH Podcast Shares Resources to Support LGBTQ+ Youth

AFTH’s most recent Adoptions & Beyond Podcast educates listeners on how to support LGBTQ+ youth. Phii Regis from the Human Rights Campaign joins AFTH’s Nicole and Kristy to discuss resources that can help affirm gender identities. This podcast comes at a time of increases in discriminatory legislation aimed at transgender and gender non-conforming youth. 54% [...]

Tips for Raising LGBTQ+ Youth

National Adoption Month is a time to raise awareness and promote the adoption of children in need of loving homes. It's a time to highlight and educate about the diversity and unique needs of adoptees, including those who identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community. According to studies, at least 5 to 10 percent of [...]

Becoming ‘Daddy and Papa’ through adoption at AFTH

When we first began our adoption journey ten years ago, we had no idea as a gay couple what to expect. This was in the days before gay marriage was legal, and gay adoption seemed pretty "out there" to us, especially open adoption. Would prospective birth moms even consider us? Would we wait years? Fortunately, [...]

Celebrating Adoptions From The Heart’s 35th Anniversary

Intro The desire to parent a child was the driving force that led us to adoption.  We both came from “traditional” family structures with a mother and father plus siblings.  I grew up in the Maryland suburbs of our nation’s capital amidst a diverse shifting population in the turbulent 1960s and 1970s.  It felt like [...]

Debunking Myths about LGBTQ Parents

This is another topic we learned about in a Human Rights Campaign webinar. The All Children All Families initiative aims to achieve safety, permanency, and well-being by improving practice with LGBTQ youth and families. AFTH is proud to be a supporter of the LGBTQ community and we will be sharing some of the information provided [...]