Just as Arkansas politicos squashed a gay foster parent ban, UCLA's Williams Institute and the Urban Institute have released a study on the adoption and foster rates for gay and lesbians. Apparently, 35% of lesbians between the ages of 18 and 44 have birthed a child, while 16% of gay men have adopted. Those numbers will only increased, researchers claim, as 52% of male homos and 41% of homettes claim they want guppies.

Certainly this information's interesting, but we're most intrigued by researcher Gary J Gates' comments:

Research measuring child well-being among children raised by LGB parents shows no negative consequences. In fact, studies show that these parents tend to have a higher percentage of qualities that are highly desirable.

On average, LGB adoptive parents and same-sex couples raising foster children are older and more educated than other foster parents. In addition, many LGB adoptive parents have access to more economic resources than other adoptive parents.

Study claims a third of US lesbians have had a baby [Pink News UK]