Gender Selection. Xxxxxx encourages applicants wherever possible to remain open to the referral of a boy or a girl. The Agency believes that families who remain open as to the gender of their child are best able to accept the varied uncertainties that come with adoption and parenting, including any individual needs of their child. In some instances, Xxxxxx permits applicants to express gender preferences, as for example when such expression is allowed by the Sending Country and/or when such requests do not pose unreasonable delays to other applicants or to children waiting to be adopted.
