The Church’s history with adoption and foster care is gray area. Efforts like the Indian Placement Program and sometimes-coercive and secretive practices of LDS Social/Family Services were guided by wrong-headed ideas about the superiority of some familiesÑwhite families, wealthy families, temple-sealed familiesÑover others. Mormons who become foster parents are vulnerable to some of the same …
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SW09017: It Begins with a Family: A Conversation with Dr. Caitlin Ryan About Families and Homosexuality
Dr. Caitlin Ryan, of San Francisco State University, is a leading authority on the influence of families on their lesbian-gay-Bisexual-Transgender (LGBT) children, and on health and mental health issues for LGBT youth. She is the director of the first groundbreaking, comprehensive study of LGBT adolescents and their families, Showing that parents, families, and religious communities …
SL09375 It Begins With a Family: A Conversation With Dr. Caitlin Ryan About Families and Homosexuality
Caitlin Ryan of San Francisco State University is a leading authority on the influence of families on their lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender (LGBT) children, and on health and mental health issues for LGBT youth. She is the director of the first groundbreaking, comprehensive study of LGBT adolescents and their families, showing that parents, families, and religious communities can …