Safeguarding and Adoption: A question?

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A genuine question.

Three or four years back I was talking to a lesbian who was going through all the checks needed to be an adoptive mother. She was not in a relationship, but said this did not matter. She was happy to adopt an older child, and there were always children who, because of prior experiences, the adoption agency wanted placed in all women households. For some children who might need a lot of individual attention, a single mother set up was perfect.

She was lovely and I would love to hear that it all worked out.

At what point will authorities be able to say Transwomen are not Women, or specify which Transwomen are Women. (Remember the Stonewall definition includes: transgender, transsexual, gender-queer (GQ), gender-fluid, non-binary, gender-variant, crossdresser, genderless, agender, nongender, third gender, two-spirit, bi-gender, trans man, trans woman,trans masculine, trans feminine and neutrois).

Apologies, I misread the op.

but this question feels like you are sailing very close to the transphobic wind
To be very clear, my only issue is if social services, the courts etc had to toe the TWAW line, weren’t allowed to examine each situation on its own merits (as they do with all prospective adopters) and then introduce a TW to a child as ‘mum’.

I have absolutely no issue with it where there is genuine openness.

A lot of non-traditional families adopt. It works better for many children who have additional needs or issues.

There are probably some cases where a transwoman could be an appropriate or even excellent adoptive parent, as every child and situation is different. I think SWs would need to be very honest about that transwoman's background and their motives.