Stephen Hicks is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Manchester, and was a chair of the Northern Support Group for Lesbian and Gay Foster Carers and Adopters. He lives in Manchester, UK and is the author of Lesbian, Gay and Queer Parenting: Families, Intimacies, Genealogies.
Janet McDermott is an Asian lesbian writer, trainer and adoptive parent based in Sheffield and was a founder member of the Northern Support Group for Lesbian and Gay Foster Carers and Adopters. She lives in Sheffield, UK, and is the author of Dancing Cows.