HW 42 Birth Project

While looking into this assignment I found the topic of adoption to be the most interesting. I am adopted and thought it would be interesting to dig deeper about the process my parents had to go through and the restrictions they had while going through this tedious process.

I called up three agencies and questioned them about the protocols in which family's have to follow such as there sexuality. The first agency I called was Leake & Watts, I choose this agency because this was the agency my parents used when adopting me. I called the Homefinding and Foster Parent Recruitment department and simply asked if there was discrimination against homosexuals. I already knew the answer but I was surprised when the guy enthusiastically stated that a family is a family no matter what gender the parents. For some reason I don't recall the people I had encounters with at Leake & Watts to be so friendly, but that was 7 years ago.

After calling Leak & Watts I simply searched NYC adoption agencies in google search and looked through websites till I found an agency that seemed interesting. I came across the Spence-Chapin page and started browsing through it. I was pretty impressed when under the support Spence-Chapin sidebar I saw "Our thrift shop" While looking through the other agency home pages none of them had an option for a thrift shop, I was so amazed because a thrift shop is very helpful for family who receive very low income. Thrift stores act as resources for clothes toys and even supplies such as couches or other bed room furniture. After continuing my "snooping" I found their number and gave them a call. I asked if they accepted homosexual couples and the woman transferred my call, I waited 5 minuets or so and some one finally spoke. I then asked again if homosexual couples were aloud to adopt and I was told to email a head director. I emailed the head director and have yet to hear back. The two people I spoke to seemed hesitant about the situation which lead me to believe that the topic was not accepted very well. To my surprise a women emailed me back and explained that homosexual adoption is accepted and done. For my elevator speech I will bring in the polite email.

Last but not least I picked an agency that is named Bethany Christian Services. Right away I took a leap of faith and called. Unfortunately they were closed so I was unable to talk to someone. While looking through there website I found a side bar that said Domestic Adoption. I wasn't familiar with the word domestic, so I typed I googled domestic partnership and read definitions. "A domestic partnership is a legal or personal relationship between two individuals who live together and share a common domestic life but are neither joined by marriage nor a civil union.""Domestic Partnership." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, 30 Mar. 2011. Web. 05 Apr. 2011. . While reading the definition given by Wikipedia it came to me that my parents (who are both women) are in a domestic partnership, so by putting pieces together I am assuming that this agency allows homosexual adoptions. I could be wrong though so until I get in contact with an actual representative I will not be able to confidentially state that they do allow homosexual adoptions.