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''Queer inclusions, continental divisions: public recognition of sexual diversity in Canada and the United States''. University of Toronto Press, 2008. p. 388 (p. 20). {{ISBN|0-8020-8629-2}}.</ref> * [[LGBT rights in Bolivia|Bolivia]] (first couples eligible 2020; nationwide 2023) * [[LGBT rights in Brazil|Brazil]] (2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.athosgls.com.br/noticias_visualiza.php?contcod=29208 |title=Homosexual couples can adopt children, decides to Supreme Court of Justice|publisher=Athosgls.com.br|date=27 April 2010|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> * [[LGBT rights in Canada|Canada]] (first jurisdiction 1996, last jurisdiction 2011)<ref name="FAQ'S">{{cite web|publisher=ACC|title=FAQ's|date=31 May 2007|url=http://www.adoption.ca/faqs|access-date=8 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003131444/http://www.adoption.ca/faqs|archive-date=3 October 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Same Sex Rights in Canada">{{cite news|publisher=CBC News|title=Timeline: Same Sex Rights in Canada|date=12 January 2012|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/timeline-same-sex-rights-in-canada-1.1147516|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> * [[LGBT rights in Chile|Chile]] (2022)<ref>{{cite web| url = https://elpais.com/sociedad/2021-12-07/chile-aprueba-el-matrimonio-igualitario-tras-anos-de-espera.html| title = Chile aprueba el matrimonio igualitario tras años de espera {{!}} Sociedad {{!}} EL PAÍS| date = 7 December 2021}}</ref> * [[LGBT rights in Colombia|Colombia]] (2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eltiempo.com/politica/justicia/fallo-de-la-corte-constitucional-sobre-la-adopcion/16421486|title=Corte Constitucional da vía libre a adopción gay en Colombia|publisher=Eltiempo.Com|date=5 November 2015|access-date=8 October 2017|language=es}}</ref> *[[LGBT rights in Costa Rica|Costa Rica]] (2020) <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.alturi.org/news_items/costa-rica-family-court-validated-adoption-for-a-same-sex-couple/ | title=Costa Rica family court validated adoption for a same-sex couple | date=23 July 2022 }}</ref> * [[LGBT rights in Croatia|Croatia]] (2022)<ref name="Jutarnji list">{{cite news|date=2022-05-26|title=Sud donio povijesnu odluku: Istospolne partnere više se ne smije diskriminirati kod posvajanja djece [Court reaches historic decision, same-sex couples can no longer be discriminated regarding adoption]|language=hr|work=Jutarnji list|url=https://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/sud-donio-povijesnu-odluku-istospolne-partnere-vise-se-ne-smije-diskriminirati-kod-posvajanja-djece-15202514|access-date=2022-05-26}}</ref> * [[LGBT rights in Cuba|Cuba]] (2022) <ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/26/world/americas/cuba-same-sex-marriage-adoption.html | title=Cuba Approves Same-Sex Marriage in Historic Vote | work=The New York Times | date=27 September 2022 | last1=Medina | first1=Eduardo }}</ref> * [[LGBT rights in Denmark|Denmark]] (2010)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cphpost.dk/component/content/48896.html?task=view |title=Gays given equal adoption rights |date=May 5, 2010 |website=The Copenhagen Post Online |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100508230634/http://www.cphpost.dk/component/content/48896.html?task=view |archive-date=8 May 2010 |access-date=April 8, 2021}}</ref> ** [[LGBT rights in Greenland|Greenland]] (2016)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/05/27/parliament-in-greenland-unanimously-approves-same-sex-marriage/|author=Joseph Patrick McCormick|date=27 May 2015|title=Parliament in Greenland unanimously approves same-sex marriage|work=PinkNews|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> ** [[LGBT rights in the Faroe Islands|Faroe Islands]] (2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.towleroad.com/2016/04/faroe-islands|author=Sean Mandell|title=Faroe Islands Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage and Adoption|work=Towleroad|date=29 April 2016|access-date=8 October 2017|archive-date=9 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009042451/http://www.towleroad.com/2016/04/faroe-islands/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[LGBT rights in Estonia|Estonia]] (2024)<ref name=":2">{{cite news |title=Kooseluseadus |url=http://www.riigikogu.ee/index.php?op=emsplain&page=pub_file&file_id=f95adcc2-9cdd-4988-a0d3-58bf85d2df4a& |access-date=8 October 2017 |publisher=[[Riigikogu]] |language=et}}</ref> * [[LGBT rights in Finland|Finland]] (2017)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/finland-president-signs-gay-marriage-law-couples-will-have-wait-get-married-until-2017200215|title=Finland president signs gay marriage law – couples will have to wait to get married until 2017|author=Joe Morgan|work=Gay Star News|date=20 February 2015|access-date=8 October 2017|archive-date=23 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623220437/http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/finland-president-signs-gay-marriage-law-couples-will-have-wait-get-married-until-2017200215/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[LGBT rights in France|France]] (2013)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.france24.com/en/20130518-france-gay-marriage-law-adoption|title=François Hollande signs same-sex marriage into law – FRANCE|publisher=FRANCE 24|date=18 May 2013|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> * [[LGBT rights in Germany|Germany]] (2017)<ref name="ReferenceC">{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-30/german-same-sex-marriage-vote/8668740 |title=Germany legalises same-sex marriage after Angela Merkel allows free vote |date=June 30, 2017 |website=ABC News |access-date=April 8, 2021}}</ref> * [[LGBT rights in Greece|Greece]] (2024)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-02-15 |title=Greece legalises same-sex marriage |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68310126 |access-date=2024-02-15 |language=en-GB}}</ref> * [[LGBT rights in Iceland|Iceland]] (2006)<ref>David Morton Rayside. ''[[iarchive:queerinclusionsc0000rays/page/388/mode/2up|Queer inclusions, continental divisions: public recognition of sexual diversity in Canada and the United States]]''. University of Toronto Press, 2008. p. 388 (p. 21). {{ISBN|0-8020-8629-2}}.</ref> * [[LGBT rights in Ireland|Ireland]] (2015)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/04/02/irish-senators-approve-same-sex-adoption-bill/|author=Nick Duffy|title=Irish senators approve same-sex adoption bill|work=PinkNews|date=2 April 2015|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> * [[LGBT rights in Israel|Israel]] (2023)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharon |first=Jeremy |date=2023-12-28 |title=High Court rules same-sex adoption must be allowed, in landmark decision |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/high-court-rules-same-sex-adoption-must-be-allowed-in-landmark-decision/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=[[The Times of Israel]]}}</ref> * [[LGBT rights in Liechtenstein|Liechtenstein]] (2023) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vaterland.li/liechtenstein/gesellschaft/ab-heute-duerfen-auch-homosexuelle-paare-ein-stiefkind-adoptieren-art-533802|title=Art. 25 des Partnerschaftsgesetzes in Kraft - Ab heute dürfen auch homosexuelle Paare ein Stiefkind adoptieren).|website=vaterland.li|language=de|date=1 June 2023|access-date=4 June 2023}}</ref> * [[LGBT rights in Luxembourg|Luxembourg]] (2015)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/news/luxembourg/story/21588475|title=Le mariage pour tous dès le 1er janvier 2015|trans-title=Marriage for all as of 1 January 2015|publisher=L'essentiel|language=fr|date=17 July 2014|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Mémorial (Official Journal of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg)|title=Réforme du mariage|language=fr|url=http://www.legilux.public.lu/leg/a/archives/2014/0125/a125.pdf|access-date=18 July 2014|archive-date=16 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916105733/http://www.legilux.public.lu/leg/a/archives/2014/0125/a125.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[LGBT rights in Malta|Malta]] (2014)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/15/malta-gay-partnerships_n_5148866.html|title=Malta Legalizes Gay Partnerships, Adoption Rights|work=[[HuffPost]]|date=14 April 2014|author=Curtis M. Wong|agency=[[Reuters]]|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> * [[LGBT rights in the Netherlands|Netherlands]] (2001)<ref name="cbsnews2001">{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|publisher=CBS News|title=Gay Marriage Goes Dutch|date=1 April 2001|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gay-marriage-goes-dutch/|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> * [[LGBT rights in New Zealand|New Zealand]] (2013)<ref name="cbsnews2001"/> * [[LGBT rights in Norway|Norway]] (2009)<ref>{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|publisher=NBC News|title=Norway passes law approving gay marriage|date=17 June 2008|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna25218048|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> * [[LGBT rights in Portugal|Portugal]] (2016)<ref>{{cite news|work=Associated Press|title=Portugal allows same-sex adoption, artificial insemination|date=20 November 2015|url=https://apnews.com/d0754d773c424a2db4bd59f3a3d509c9/portugal-allows-same-sex-adoption-artificial-insemination|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> * [[LGBT rights in Slovenia|Slovenia]] (2022)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.us-rs.si/tiskovno-sporocilo/ |title=Press release and Decisions U-I-486/20, Up-572/18 and U-I-91/21, Up-675/19 of 16 June 2022 |publisher=Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia |date=8 July 2022 |language=sl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=[[Associated Press]] |date=July 9, 2022 |title=Slovenia: Court strikes bans on same-sex marriages, adoption |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/slovenia-court-strikes-bans-sex-marriages-adoption-86516817 |access-date=October 15, 2022 |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]}}</ref> * [[LGBT rights in South Africa|South Africa]] (2002)<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Windy City Media Group|title=South Africa OKs Gay Adoption|date=1 October 2002|url=http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/ARTICLE.php?AID=1187|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> * [[LGBT rights in Spain|Spain]] (2005)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/01/world/europe/spain-gives-approval-to-gay-unions.html|work=The New York Times|author=Renwick McLean|title=Spain gives approval to gay unions|date=1 July 2005|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> * [[LGBT rights in Sweden|Sweden]] (2003)<ref>{{cite news|work=[[BBC News Online]]|title=Sweden legalises gay adoption|date=6 June 2002|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2028938.stm|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> * [[LGBT rights in Switzerland|Switzerland]] (2022)<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/switzerland-same-sex-marriage-referendum-1.6190173| title = Swiss voters back same-sex marriage and adoption by clear majority {{!}} CBC News}}</ref> * [[LGBT rights in Taiwan|Taiwan]] (2023)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/taiwan-expands-adoption-rights-for-samesex-couples/news-story/5fcc744264c350e147d3deb97ebb9dce|title=Taiwan expands adoption rights for same-sex couples|date=16 May 2023|work=news.com.au|agency=AFP}}</ref> * [[LGBT rights in Thailand|Thailand]] (TBD)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/18/asia/thailand-same-sex-marriage-intl-hnk/index.html | title='Monumental step forward': Thailand to become first Southeast Asian nation to legalize same-sex marriage | date=18 June 2024 }}</ref> * [[LGBT rights in the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] ** [[England]] and [[Wales]] (2005)<ref>{{cite web|publisher=UK Gay News|title=New Adoption Law Gives Gay Couples Joint Rights|date=30 December 2005|url=http://www.ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/2005dec/3001.htm|access-date=21 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106202603/http://www.ukgaynews.org.uk//Archive/2005dec/3001.htm|archive-date=6 January 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> ** [[Scotland]] (2009)<ref>{{cite news|author=Ellen Thomas|work=Herald Scotland|title=New legislation sees gay Scottish couples win right to adopt children|date=20 September 2009|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/new-legislation-sees-gay-scottish-couples-win-right-to-adopt-children-1.921121|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> ** [[Northern Ireland]] (2013)<ref>{{cite news|work=BBC News|title=Gay adoption: Northern Ireland ban lifted|date=11 December 2013|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-25332917|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=Northern Ireland Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety|title=Adoption – Frequently Asked Questions|url=http://www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/index/hss/child_care/adoption/adoption_faqs.htm|access-date=5 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222155950/http://www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/index/hss/child_care/adoption/adoption_faqs.htm|archive-date=22 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[LGBT rights in the United States|United States]] (first jurisdiction 1993, last jurisdiction 2017)<ref name="U.S. adoption">{{cite web|author=Human Rights Campaign|title=Adoption Laws: State by State|year=2008|url=http://www.hrc.org/issues/parenting/adoptions/8464.htm|access-date=8 October 2017|archive-date=21 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521184158/http://www.hrc.org/issues/parenting/adoptions/8464.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mnadopt.org/howtoadopt.html|title=How To Adopt|publisher=Mnadopt.org|date=1 August 2012|access-date=5 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110150929/http://www.mnadopt.org/howtoadopt.html|archive-date=10 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="RI">{{cite web|url=http://www.lesbiangayadoption.com|title=Greenwood and Fink (Providence, RI) – all legal services for same-sex adopting couples and more|publisher=Lesbiangayadoption.com|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> * [[LGBT rights in Uruguay|Uruguay]] (2009)<ref name="Uruguay adoption">{{cite web|author=Yanina Olivera|agency=AFP|title=Uruguay approves Latin America's first gay adoption law|date=9 September 2009|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gu1QYorSnG_WrGpbQ-ic2fMpxObg|access-date=21 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110030911/https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gu1QYorSnG_WrGpbQ-ic2fMpxObg|archive-date=10 November 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="americasquarterly.org">{{cite web|publisher=AQ Online|url=http://www.americasquarterly.org/node/1033|title=Uruguay Bill Permitting Same-sex Couples to Adopt Becomes Law|date=27 October 2009|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> Joint adoption by same-sex couples is legal in the following subnational jurisdictions or dependent territories: * UK [[Crown Dependencies]] and [[British Overseas Territories]]: ** [[LGBT rights in Bermuda|Bermuda]] (2015)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gov.bm/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_10809_204_226633_43/http%3B/ptpublisher.gov.bm%3B7087/publishedcontent/publish/non_ministerial/judiciary/judgments_2015/ruling_2014_no_308_a_and_b_director_of_child_and_family_services_and_attorney_gereral__feb__3_2015.pdf |title=In The Supreme Court of Bermuda CIVIL JURISDICTION 2014: No. 308 |access-date=22 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160210090757/http://www.gov.bm/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_10809_204_226633_43/http;/ptpublisher.gov.bm;7087/publishedcontent/publish/non_ministerial/judiciary/judgments_2015/ruling_2014_no_308_a_and_b_director_of_child_and_family_services_and_attorney_gereral__feb__3_2015.pdf |archive-date=10 February 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ** [[LGBT rights in the Cayman Islands|Cayman Islands]] (2019) ** [[LGBT rights in Gibraltar|Gibraltar]] (2014)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/03/21/gibraltar-approves-civil-partnerships-bill/|title=Gibraltar approves civil partnerships bill|author=Scott Roberts|work=Pink News|date=21 March 2014|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> ** [[LGBT rights in Guernsey|Guernsey]] (2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guernseyfostercare.com/adoption/who-can-adopt.aspx|title=Guernsey Foster Care: Who can adopt|publisher=Guernsey Foster Care|access-date=8 October 2017|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330032454/http://www.guernseyfostercare.com/adoption/who-can-adopt.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> ** [[LGBT rights in the Isle of Man|Isle of Man]] (2011)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-13093113|title=New laws raise hopes for more adoptions in Isle of Man|work=BBC News|date=15 April 2011|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> ** [[LGBT rights in Jersey|Jersey]] (2012)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-17583000|title=Jersey's civil partnership law comes into force|work=BBC News|date=2 April 2012|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> ** [[LGBT rights in the United Kingdom#Summary by territory|Pitcairn Islands]] (2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gaylawnet.com/laws/pn.htm|title=GayLawNet – Laws – Pitcairn – PN|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> ** [[LGBT rights in the Falkland Islands|Falkland Islands]] (2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gaylawnet.com/laws/fk.htm|title=Falkland Islands|publisher=GayLawNet|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> ** [[LGBT rights in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha|Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]] (2017)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaylawnet.com/laws/sh.htm |title=Ascension Island, Saint Helena, and Tristan da Cunha LGBT Laws |website=Pride Legal: Law at Your Command |access-date=April 8, 2021}}</ref> * [[LGBT rights in Mexico|Mexico]]: ** [[LGBT rights in Mexico#Aguascalientes|Aguascalientes]] (2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elclarinete.com.mx/reconoce-amezquita-que-parejas-gay-si-pueden-adoptar-en-aguascalientes/|title=Reconoce Amézquita que parejas gay sí pueden adoptar en Aguascalientes|date=29 March 2018 |language=es-MX|access-date=2019-10-22}}</ref> ** [[LGBT rights in Mexico#Baja California|Baja California]] (2017) ** [[Baja California Sur]] (2022)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-16 |title=El Congreso de Baja California Sur avala por mayoría de votos la adopción homoparental en el estado |url=https://latinus.us/2022/11/15/el-congreso-de-baja-california-sur-avala-por-mayoria-de-votos-la-adopcion-homoparental-en-el-estado/ |access-date=2022-11-16 |website=Latin US |language=es-MX}}</ref> ** [[LGBT rights in Mexico#Campeche|Campeche]] (2016)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://visionpeninsular.com/mid/parejas-homosexuales-pueden-adoptar|title=Adopción por parejas del mismo sexo ya es viable en Campeche|trans-title=Adoption by same-sex couples is already viable in Campeche|language=es|access-date=8 October 2017|archive-date=9 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009092345/http://visionpeninsular.com/mid/parejas-homosexuales-pueden-adoptar/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ** [[LGBT rights in Mexico#Chiapas|Chiapas]] (2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2017/07/12/1175224|title=Parejas gay en Chiapas podrán adoptar, acceder a la salud…|date=2017-07-12|website=Excélsior|language=es|access-date=2019-10-22}}</ref> ** [[LGBT rights in Mexico#Chihuaha|Chihuahua]] (2017) ** [[LGBT rights in Mexico#Coahuila|Coahuila]] (2014)<ref name="Coahuila adoption">{{cite web|author=Jesús Castro|work=Vanguardia|title=Ya pueden parejas gay adoptar en Coahuila; PAN vota en contra|trans-title=Gay couples can already adopt in Coahuila; PAN votes against it|publisher=Marmor Informa|date=12 February 2014|url=http://www.marmorinforma.mx/Nacional/Estados/Ya-pueden-parejas-gay-adoptar-en-Coahuila-PAN-vota-en-contra|access-date=8 October 2017|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009040212/http://www.marmorinforma.mx/Nacional/Estados/Ya-pueden-parejas-gay-adoptar-en-Coahuila-PAN-vota-en-contra|archive-date=9 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> ** [[LGBT rights in Mexico#Colima|Colima]] (2016)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://angelguardian.mx/beta/parejas-del-mismo-sexo-pueden-adoptar-en-colima-funcionario-del-dif/ |title=Parejas del Mismo Sexo Pueden Adoptar en Colima: funcionario del DIF |date=June 14, 2016 |access-date=April 8, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615131208/http://angelguardian.mx/beta/parejas-del-mismo-sexo-pueden-adoptar-en-colima-funcionario-del-dif/ |archive-date=15 June 2016}}</ref> ** [[Durango]] (2022 -- prohibition never existed) ** [[Jalisco]] (2019) ** [[LGBT rights in Mexico#Hidalgo|Hidalgo]] (2019) ** [[LGBT rights in Mexico City|Mexico City]] (2010)<ref name="Associated Press">{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|publisher=NBC News|title=Mexico City's gay marriage law takes effect|date=4 March 2010|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna35714490|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> ** [[LGBT rights in Mexico#Michoacán|Michoacán]] (2016)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cambiodemichoacan.com.mx/nota-n4914|title=Con el matrimonio igualitario Michoacán libra una batalla de activismo ideológico y jurídico|author=Leticia Florian Arriaga|work=Cambio de Michoacán|date=24 May 2016|access-date=8 October 2017|archive-date=23 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323103834/http://www.cambiodemichoacan.com.mx/nota-n4914|url-status=dead}}</ref> ** [[LGBT rights in Mexico#Morelos|Morelos]] (2016)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.diariodemorelos.com/noticias/abren-adopciones-matrimonios-gay|title=Abren adopciones a matrimonios gay|trans-title=Adoptions are open for gay couples|publisher=Diario de Morelos|date=13 June 2016|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> ** [[LGBT rights in Mexico#Nayarit|Nayarit]] (2019) ** [[Nuevo León|Nuevo Leon]] (2019) ** [[LGBT rights in Mexico#Puebla|Puebla]] (2017) ** [[Querétaro]] (2017)<ref>{{cite web |last=Martinez |first=Andy |date=April 26, 2017 |title=Parejas del mismo sexo pueden adoptar en Querétaro |url=https://queretaro.quadratin.com.mx/parejas-del-sexo-pueden-adoptar-queretaro/ |access-date=April 8, 2021 |website=Quadratin}}</ref> ** [[Quintana Roo]] (2022)<ref name=Quitana>{{cite web |author= Ana Flores |date= 13 September 2022 |title= Quintana Roo: Personas LGBT+ podrán adoptar gracias a reforma |url= https://www.homosensual.com/lgbt/quintana-roo-personas-lgbt-adopcion-gracias-a-reforma/ }}</ref> ** [[LGBT rights in Mexico#San Luis Potosí|San Luis Potosí]] (2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pulsoslp.com.mx/slp/adopcion-sin-veda-a-matrimonios-igualitarios-valdes/936591|title=Adopción, sin veda a matrimonios igualitarios: Valdés|website=pulsoslp.com.mx|date=22 March 2017 |language=es|access-date=2019-10-22}}</ref> ** [[Tamaulipas]] (prior to 2022 -- there is no prohibition)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Victoria |first=El Diario de |date=2022-10-25 |title=Matrimonio igualitario, de la polémica a la realidad - El Diario de Ciudad Victoria |url=https://eldiariomx.com/2022/10/25/matrimonio-igualitario-de-la-polemica-a-la-realidad/ |access-date=2022-10-26 |language=es-MX}}</ref> ** [[Veracruz]] (2016)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elmundodecordoba.com/index.php/local/local-conten-izq/11132-sin-adoptar-parejas-del-mismo-genero|title=Sin adoptar parejas del mismo género|website=www.elmundodecordoba.com|language=es|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> * [[Caribbean Netherlands]] (2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0028063/2011-01-01/1|title=Invoeringswet openbare lichamen Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba|trans-title=Public Administration Act, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba|language=nl|date=1 January 2011|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> The following countries permit step-child adoption in which the partner in a [[Intimate relationship|relationship]] can adopt the natural and/or the adopted child of his or her partner: * [[LGBT rights in San Marino|San Marino]] (2018)<ref name="consigliograndeegenerale.sm">{{cite web |url=https://www.consigliograndeegenerale.sm/on-line/home/scheda17160637.html |title=LAW November 20, 2018 n.147 - Regulation of civil unions |website=Consiglio Grande e Generale |language=Italian |access-date=April 8, 2021}}</ref> * [[LGBT rights in Czech Republic|Czechia]] (effective from 1/1/2025) Step-child adoption is legal in the following subnational jurisdictions or dependent territories: * [[LGBT rights in Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] (2021) <ref>{{Cite web |last=Mogul |first=Rhea |title='A huge relief': Hong Kong's LGBT+ community hails court ruling granting parental rights for same-sex partners - Hong Kong Free Press HKFP |url=https://hongkongfp.com/2021/06/11/hong-kongs-lgbt-community-hails-step-forward-as-court-grants-parental-rights-for-same-sex-partners/ |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=hongkongfp.com |date=11 June 2021 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chan |first=Kelly |title=One Step Forward: Securing Parental Rights for LGBTQ+ Couples in Hong Kong {{!}} OHRH |url=https://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/one-step-forward-securing-parental-rights-for-lgbtq-couples-in-hong-kong/ |access-date=2023-10-24 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hong Kong e-Legislation |url=https://www.elegislation.gov.hk/checkconfig/checkClientConfig.jsp?applicationId=RA001 |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=www.elegislation.gov.hk}}</ref> In [[LGBT rights in Italy|Italy]] step-child adoption can only be recognized by court order since 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.corriere.it/politica/16_giugno_22/adozioni-cassazione-si-stepchild-adoption-casi-particolari-83331c86-385e-11e6-af01-13e8abfd5afa.shtml|author=Elena Tebano|title=Gay, Cassazione: sì alla stepchild adoption per il secondo genitore|date=22 June 2016|trans-title=Gay, Cassation: yes to stepchild adoption for the second parent|language=it|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> ===Africa=== ====South Africa==== [[South Africa]] is the only African country to allow joint adoption by same-sex couples. The 2002 decision of the [[Constitutional Court of South Africa|Constitutional Court]] in the case of ''[[Du Toit v Minister of Welfare and Population Development]]'' amended the Child Care Act, 1983 to allow both joint adoption and step-parent adoption by "permanent same-sex life partners".<ref>{{cite news |title=Lesbians, gays can adopt children|newspaper=news24|date=10 September 2002|url=http://www.news24.com/World/News/Lesbians-gays-can-adopt-children-20020910|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> The Child Care Act has since been replaced by the [[Children's Act, 2005]], which allows joint adoption by "partners in a permanent domestic life-partnership", whether same- or opposite-sex, and step-parent adoption by a person who is the "permanent domestic life-partner" of the child's current parent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.centreforchildlaw.co.za/images/files/mediaguides/childrens_act_media_guide.pdf|title=A Media Guide to the Children's Act 38 of 2005|publisher=Centre for Child Law; Media Monitoring Project|year=2008|author=Lynley Donelly|access-date=8 October 2017|page=40|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019171622/http://www.centreforchildlaw.co.za/images/files/mediaguides/childrens_act_media_guide.pdf|archive-date=19 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Same-sex marriage in South Africa|Same-sex marriage]] has been legal since 2006, and is equivalent to opposite-sex marriage for all purposes, including adoption.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CNN.com - Gay couple wins S. Africa ruling - Dec 1, 2005 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/12/01/safrica.gaymarriage/index.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=www.cnn.com}}</ref> ===Americas=== [[File:Same-sex adoption in Mexico.svg|thumb|upright=1.5|Legal status in the states of Mexico. {{legend|#800080|Joint adoption by same-sex couples allowed}} {{legend|#E4D69D|No laws allowing adoption by married same-sex couples}} ]] [[File:Gay adoption in South America.svg|thumb|Legal status of adoption by Same sex couples in [[South America]] {{legend|#800080|Couple adoption legal}} {{legend|#d40000|Couple adoption illegal}} {{legend|#290505|Same-sex sexual activity illegal}} {{legend|#cccccc|Unknown/ambiguous}}]] ==== Argentina ==== [[Argentina]] allows adoption by same and different-sex marriages, and even by single people, since 2010. The law makes no difference in the requirements for adoption for any of these.<ref>{{cite web |title=Adopción |date=12 July 2019 |url=https://www.argentina.gob.ar/justicia/derechofacil/leysimple/adopcion |publisher=Código Civil y Comercial |access-date=2 July 2022}}</ref> ==== Canada ==== [[Canada]] has no nation-wide law legalizing same-sex adoption, but rather has [[LGBT rights in Canada#Adoption|smaller provincial laws]] that cover the entire nation. Same-sex adoption legalization in Canada began with [[British Columbia]] in 1996 and was finalized with [[Nunavut]] in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.bc.ca:443/legacy|title=Adoption Act: BILL 51 -- 1995|date=1995-07-04|website=www.leg.bc.ca|language=en|access-date=2019-06-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://canlii.ca/t/8l1v|title=Consolidation of Adoption Act, SNWT (Nu) 1998, c 9|date=2012-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712021358/http://www.canlii.org/en/nu/laws/stat/snwt-nu-1998-c-9/latest/snwt-nu-1998-c-9.html#history|archive-date=2013-07-12|access-date=2019-06-12}}</ref> By 2013, an Ipsos Global poll showed 70% of Canadians approved of same-sex adoption to some degree with 45% strongly approving.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Montero|first=Darrel|date=Fall 2014|title=Attitudes Toward Same-Gender Adoption and Parenting: An Analysis of Surveys from 16 Countries|url=https://journals.iupui.edu/index.php/advancesinsocialwork/article/download/16139/18395/0|journal=Advances in Social Work|volume=15|issue=2|pages=444–459|doi=10.18060/16139|doi-access=free}}</ref> ====Chile==== Since March 10, 2022 joint parenthood of same-sex couples is legal in [[Chile]] after the entry into force of [[Same-sex marriage in Chile|Law 21,400 on Equal Marriage]], which explicitly guarantees non-discrimination based on [[sexual orientation]] and [[gender identity]] for custody purposes, [[filiation]] and adoption whether or not the couples are married or whether or not they had their children through assisted human fertilization. The law amends the Civil Code to recognize the parents of children as their mother and/or father, their two mothers, or their two fathers.<ref>{{cite web |title=LEY NÚM. 21.400 MODIFICA DIVERSOS CUERPOS LEGALES PARA REGULAR, EN IGUALDAD DE CONDICIONES, EL MATRIMONIO ENTRE PERSONAS DEL MISMO SEXO |url=https://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/publicaciones/2021/12/10/43124-B/01/2055451.pdf |website=diariooficial.interior.gob.cl |access-date=19 October 2022 |language=es}}</ref> A 2021 survey, shows that 65% of Chileans support same-sex adoption.<ref>{{cite web |title=Matrimonio igualitario y adopción homoparental alcanzan su mayor respaldo ciudadano en la encuesta Cadem |url=https://www.movilh.cl/matrimonio-igualitario-y-adopcion-homoparental-alcanzan-su-mayor-respaldo-ciudadano-en-la-encuesta-cadem/#:~:text=En%20relaci%C3%B3n%20al%20matrimonio%20igualitario,76%25%20en%20Santiago%20y%20de |access-date=19 October 2022 |date=2021}}</ref> ====Colombia==== On 4 November 2015, in a 6-2 [[Constitutional court|Constitutional Court]] ruling, [[Colombia]] decided to allow adoption by LGBT peoples.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/11/04/world/americas/ap-lt-colombia-gay-adoption.html|title=Colombia High Court Rules for Adoptions by Same-Sex Couples|date=4 November 2015|agency=AP|access-date=9 April 2016|work=The New York Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151109053618/https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/11/04/world/americas/ap-lt-colombia-gay-adoption.html|archive-date=9 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The ruling came before same-sex marriage became legal in the country on 28 April 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dw.com/en/colombia-legalizes-same-sex-marriage/a-19223822|title=Colombia legalizes same-sex marriage|date=28 April 2016|agency=AP|access-date=14 October 2017|work=DW}}</ref> ==== Cuba ==== [[Cuba]] allows adoption by same-sex marriages (since [[2022 Cuban Family Code referendum|September 2022 referendum]]) and different-sex marriages, and even by single people. ==== Honduras ==== As of May 2019, the Honduras Supreme Court is expected to rule on a decision regarding both same-sex marriage and adoption.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/05/23/lgbt-hondurans-march-against-hate|title=LGBT Hondurans March Against Hate: Activists Call for Gender Identity Law, Equal Marriage, Adoption|last=Postema|first=Mirte|date=2019-05-23|website=Human Rights Watch|language=en|access-date=2019-06-12}}</ref> ====Mexico==== Same-sex couples are able to adopt in Mexico City (since 2010), Coahuila (2014), Campeche (2016), Colima (2016), Michoacán (2016), Morelos (2016), Veracruz (2016), Baja California (2017), Chihuahua (2017), Querétaro (2017), Puebla (2018), Chiapas (2018), Nayarit (2019), Aguascalientes (2019), Hidalgo (2019), San Luis Potosí (2019), Quintana Roo (2022), Yucatan (2022), Durango (2022), Tamaulipas (2022), Guerrero (2022), Nuevo Leon (2023), Tabasco (2024). In [[Mexico City]], the [[Legislative Assembly of the Federal District]] passed legislation on 21 December 2009 enabling same-sex couples to adopt children.<ref name="Mexico City adoption">{{cite news|author=Tracy Wilkinson|work=Los Angeles Times|title=Mexico City moves to legalize same-sex marriage|date=22 December 2009|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-dec-22-la-fg-mexico-gays22-2009dec22-story.html|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> Eight days later, [[Head of Government of the Federal District|Head of Government]] ("Mayor") [[Marcelo Ebrard]] signed the bill into law, which officially took effect on 4 March 2010.<ref name="Associated Press"/><ref>{{cite news|author=Tracy Wilkinson|work=Los Angeles Times|title=Gay marriage closer to reality in Mexico|date=29 December 2009|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2009/12/gay-marriage-closer-to-reality-in-mexico.html|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> On 24 November 2011, the Coahuila [[Supreme court|Supreme Court]] struck down the state's law barring same-sex couples from adopting, urging the state's legislature to amend the adoption law as soon as possible.<ref name="Coahuila">{{cite news|author=José Reyes|newspaper=Vanguardia|title=Adopción gay será posible en Coahuila|date=28 November 2011|url=http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/adopciongayseraposibleencoahuila-1158988.html|access-date=14 February 2012|language=es|archive-date=14 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514173724/http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/adopciongayseraposibleencoahuila-1158988.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 12 February 2014, the state's congress overwhelmingly approved the measure more than two years following the supreme court decision.<ref name="Coahuila adoption"/> On 3 February 2017 the [[Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation|SCJN]] emitted tesis 08/2017 in which it is stated that the family of the LGBT community doesn't end with a couple, but that it also extends onto the right to have and raise children. Therefore, LGBT couples wishing to form a family and adopt children will be legally protected and can't be limited by any governmental entity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sdpnoticias.com/gay/2017/02/02/aprueba-scjn-derecho-a-la-vida-familiar-para-parejas-lgbti|title=Aprueba SCJN derecho a la vida familiar para parejas LGBTI|trans-title=SCJN approves right to family life for LGBTQ couples|language=es|date=2 June 2017|access-date=8 October 2017|archive-date=20 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820105904/https://www.sdpnoticias.com/gay/2017/02/02/aprueba-scjn-derecho-a-la-vida-familiar-para-parejas-lgbti|url-status=dead}}</ref> In October 2021, a bill was introduced to the legislature of Baja California Sur.<ref>https://www.primerobcs.mx/morena-buscara-que-la-adopcion-homoparental-sea-una-realidad-en-bcs/ {{Bare URL inline|date=June 2022}}</ref> In September 2022, a bill was passed in Quintana Roo.<ref name=Quitana/> ====United States==== {{Main|LGBT adoption in the United States}} In 1979, Reverend John Kuiper of the [[Metropolitan Community Church]] and his husband became the first gay men in America to win the right to adopt a child.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Vecsey |first1=George |date=21 June 1979 |title=Approval Given for Homosexual to Adopt a Boy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/06/21/archives/approval-given-for-homosexual-to-adopt-a-boy-minister-providing-a.html |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> Adoption by LGBT individuals or same-sex couples is legal in all fifty states as of June 2017. ====Uruguay==== A government-sponsored adoption law in Uruguay allowing LGBT adoption was approved by the lower house on 28 August 2009, and by the Senate on 9 September 2009. In October 2009, the law was signed by President and took effect.<ref name="americasquarterly.org"/> According to Equipos Mori Poll's, 53% of Uruguayans are opposed to same sex adoption against 39% that support it. Interconsult's Poll made in 2008 says that 49% are opposed to same sex adoption against 35% that support it.<ref name="Uruguay adoption"/><ref name="mhs-uruguay">{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/uruguay-votes-to-allow-gay-adoptions/news-story/c3d41b32ba8818fae185f4e671a6b23a|title=Uruguay votes to allow gay adoptions|date=28 August 2009|work=Melbourne Herald Sun|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> ===Asia=== LGBT rights for adoption of children in Asia are almost nonexistent, except in [[LGBT rights in Israel|Israel]], [[LGBT rights in Thailand |Thailand]] (TBD) and [[LGBT rights in Taiwan|Taiwan]]. Some Asian countries still criminalize same-sex activities and do not have anti-[[violence against LGBT people|discrimination]] laws, which are obstacles for legislating for LGBT adoption.<ref>{{cite web|author=Carrie Craft|title=Gay Adoption Basics|url=http://adoption.about.com/od/adopting/tp/gayadoptionbasics.htm|publisher=About.com|access-date=2 January 2014|archive-date=7 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407071111/http://adoption.about.com/od/adopting/tp/gayadoptionbasics.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> ====Israel==== The issue of same-sex adoption has been the subject of a long-running political and legal battle in Israel that was resolved in December 2023, when the [[Israeli Supreme Court]] interpreted existing law to allow same-sex adoptions, as the law gives absolute priority to the welfare of the child and not to the gender of its parents.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/high-court-rules-same-sex-adoption-must-be-allowed-in-landmark-decision/|title=High Court rules same-sex adoption must be allowed, in landmark decision &#124; The Times of Israel}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/society/1703778566-israeli-high-court-unanimously-rules-in-favor-of-same-sex-adoption | title=I24NEWS }}</ref> [[File:Gay adoption map Israel.svg|right|upright=1.5|thumb|Legal status of adoption by same-sex couples in part of West Asia and in Egypt {{legend|#800080|Gay adoption legal}} {{legend|#290505|Same-sex sexual activity illegal}} {{legend|#cccccc|Neither/unknown/ambiguous}}]] ====Taiwan==== Until 2023, members of same-sex couples could only adopt the biological child of their spouse (so-called stepchild adoptions). [[Taiwan]] law allowed for opposite-sex married people to jointly adopt, and also allowed single individuals to adopt, depending on the circumstances, including individual LGBT people. The same-sex marriage law only granted same-sex couples the right to adopt children genetically related to one of the spouses.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Taiwan |title=Taiwan's Cabinet passes same-sex marriage bill |url=https://www.taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=2,6,10,15,18&post=150370 |website=Taiwan Today |date=22 February 2019 |access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref> ===Europe=== {{Main|LGBT adoption in Europe}} [[File:Same-sex Adoption Map Europe.svg|thumb|upright=1.5|Legal status of adoption by same-sex couples in Europe: {{legend|#800080|Joint adoption legal}} {{legend|#ba75ff|Stepparent adoption legal}} {{legend|#c0c0c0|No laws allowing adoption by same-sex couples}}]] In February 2006, [[France]]'s [[Court of Cassation (France)|Court of Cassation]] ruled that both partners in a same-sex relationship can have parental rights over one partner's biological child. The result came from a case where a woman tried to give parental rights of her two daughters to her partner, with whom she was in a civil union.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichJuriJudi.do?idTexte=JURITEXT000007052082 |title=Court of Cassation, Civil Chamber 1, of February 24, 2006, 04-17.090, Published in the bulletin |language=French |website=Legifrance |access-date=April 8, 2021}}</ref> In the case of adoption, however, in February 2007, the same court ruled against a lesbian couple where one partner tried to adopt the child of the other partner. The court stated that the woman's partner cannot be recognized unless the mother withdrew her own parental rights.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichJuriJudi.do?idTexte=JURITEXT000017636127|title=04-15676|language=fr|publisher=Legifrance.gouv.fr|date=20 February 2007|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichJuriJudi.do?idTexte=JURITEXT000017636211|title=06-15647|language=fr|publisher=Legifrance.gouv.fr|date=20 February 2007|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> On 17 May 2013, French President [[François Hollande]] signed into law the bill that opened marriage and adoption rights linked to it for same sex couples.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/french-president-signs-gay-marriage-into-law/2013/05/18/69a88f60-bff0-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html|author=Angela Charlton|title=French President Signs Gay Marriage Into Law|newspaper=Washington Post|date=18 May 2013|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> In 1998, a [[nursery school]] teacher from [[Lons-le-Saunier]], living as a couple with another woman, had applied for an authorization to adopt a child from the ''[[département]]'' (local government) of [[Jura (department)|Jura]]. The adoption board recommended against the authorization because the child would lack a paternal reference, and thus the president of the ''département'' ruled against the authorization.<ref name="EB v. France">{{cite web|url=https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-84571|title=E.B. v. France|work=European Court of Human Rights|date=22 January 2008|access-date=20 August 2023}}</ref> The case was appealed before the administrative courts and ended before the [[Council of State (France)|Council of State]], acting as supreme administrative court, which ruled against the woman.<ref>[[Council of State (France)]], [http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichJuriAdmin.do?idTexte=CETATEXT000008117315 ruling 230533]</ref> The [[European Court of Human Rights]] concluded that these actions and this ruling were a violation of Article 14 of the [[European Convention on Human Rights]] taken in conjunction with Article 8.<ref name="EB v. France"/><ref>{{cite news|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7202521.stm|title=France chided over gay adoption|date=22 January 2008|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> On 2 June 2006, the [[Althing|Icelandic Parliament]] unanimously passed a proposal accepting adoption, parenting and assisted insemination treatment for same-sex couples on the same basis as heterosexual couples. The law went into effect on 27 June 2006. In [[Bulgaria]], according to the [[Ministry of Justice (Bulgaria)|Ministry of Justice]] the laws regarding adoption "lack a norm, concerning the sexual orientation of the individuals". Therefore, a single gay person or same-sex couples may adopt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adoption-bg.com/page/faqs|title=Frequently asked question – adoptions from Bulgaria|publisher=Family National Association|access-date=8 October 2017|archive-date=20 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920200027/http://www.adoption-bg.com/page/faqs|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adoption-bg.com/|title=Adoption from Bulgaria Family National Association Adoption from Bulgaria|publisher=Family National Association|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> On 17 May 2013, the [[Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)|Portuguese parliament]] approved a bill in first reading allowing "co-adoption" of the biological or adopted child of the same-sex spouse or partner, where that spouse or partner is the only legally recognized parent of the child (e.g. the mother with the natural father not being registered). However, in October 2013 members of parliament opposed to the bill proposed a referendum on the issue and killed a motion to have the second vote in the plenary;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://exame.abril.com.br/mundo/noticias/conservadores-barram-direito-de-adocao-a-casais-gays |title=Conservadores barram direito de adoção a casais gays |date=October 25, 2013 |language=Portuguese |access-date=April 8, 2021 |website=Exame |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106204524/http://exame.abril.com.br/mundo/noticias/conservadores-barram-direito-de-adocao-a-casais-gays |archive-date=January 6, 2016}}</ref><ref name="parlamento.pt">{{cite web|url=http://www.parlamento.pt/ActividadeParlamentar/Paginas/DetalheIniciativa.aspx?BID=37202|title=Assambleia da República – Status of Bill 278/XII|publisher=Portuguese Parliament|language=pt|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> the motion on the possible referendum was then considered,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parlamento.pt/ActividadeParlamentar/Paginas/DetalheIniciativa.aspx?BID=38023|title=Assambleia da República – Status of Draft Resolution 857/XII|language=pt|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> but the [[Constitutional Court of Portugal|Constitutional Court]] declared it unconstitutional.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribunalconstitucional.pt/tc/acordaos/20140176.html|title=Decision 176/2014|language=pt|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> On 14 March 2014, the original bill was rejected in second reading.<ref name="parlamento.pt"/> On 20 November 2015, 5 proposals from several left-wing parties were voted favourably by the new parliament as result of 4 October General Elections.<ref name="parlamento.pt"/> In July 2014 through [[Recognition of same-sex unions in Croatia|Life Partnership Act]] [[Croatia]] recognized an institution similar to step-child adoption called partner-guardian. A partner who is not a biological parent of a child can share parental responsibilities with a biological parent or parents if they agree to it, or if the court decides it is in the best interest of a child. Additionally, a biological parent or parents can temporarily give a partner who is not a biological parent full parental responsibilities. A partner who is not a biological parent can also gain permanent parental responsibilities through an institution of partner-guardian if both biological parents of a child have died, or exceptionally if a second biological parent of a child is unknown, and if the court decides it is in the best interest of a child.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zakon.hr/z/732/Zakon-o-%C5%BEivotnom-partnerstvu-osoba-istog-spola|title=Zakon o životnom partnerstvu osoba istog spola|language=hr|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> In January 2015, the [[Constitutional Court (Austria)|Constitutional Court of Austria]] found the existing laws on adoption to be unconstitutional and ordered the laws to be changed by 31 December 2015 to allow joint adoption by same-sex couples in Austria.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.vienna.at/adoptionsverbot-fuer-homosexuelle-partner-aufgehoben/4202709|title=Adoptionsverbot für homosexuelle Partner aufgehoben|trans-title=Adoption ban for homosexual partners lifted|publisher=Vienna Online|language=de|date=14 January 2015|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=23025|title=Österreich: Adoptionsverbot für Homo-Paare verfassungswidrig|trans-title=Austria: Adoption ban for homosexual couples is unconstitutional|publisher=Queer.de|language=de|date=14 January 2015|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> On 6 April 2015, the Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015 passed by Parliament in March 2015 which extends full adoption rights to cohabiting couples and those in civil partnerships was promulgated by the President of Ireland. The law went into effect a year later on 6 April 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0330/690964-child-and-family-bill/|title=Seanad passes Child & Family Relationship Bill|date=31 March 2015|work=RTÉ.ie|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://oireachtasdebates.oireachtas.ie/debates%20authoring/debateswebpack.nsf/takes/seanad2015033000002?opendocument#G00050|title=Seanad Éireann – 30/Mar/2015 Prelude|publisher=[[Oireachtas]]|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/what-happens-next-to-the-children-and-family-relationships-bill-1.2159959|title=What happens next to the Children and Family Relationships Bill?|date=31 March 2015|newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.president.ie/en/the-president/2015-legislation.html|title=The President: 2015 Legislation|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> On 20 November 2015 the [[Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)|Portuguese Parliament]] approved; by 141 votes against 87 with 2 abstentions; a diploma presented by all the parties (except the right-wing [[Portugal Ahead|PàF]]) to allow same-sex adoption. On 26 January 2016, the [[conservative]] Portuguese President [[Aníbal Cavaco Silva]] vetoed the bill and a week later the Portuguese Parliament overridden the veto. The law went into effect on 1 March 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/portugals-outgoing-president-vetoes-gay-adoption-bill-165320164.html|title=Portugal's outgoing president vetoes gay adoption bill|agency=AFP|work=Yahoo! News|date=25 January 2016|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.advocate.com/world/2016/1/25/portugals-president-vetoes-adoption-rights-gay-couples|title=Portugal's President Vetoes Adoption Rights for Gay Couples|author=Trudy Ring|work=The Advocate|date=25 January 2016|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-rights-portugal-adoption-idUKKCN0VJ1Z0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160210181641/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-rights-portugal-adoption-idUKKCN0VJ1Z0|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 February 2016|title=Portugal parliament overturns veto on adoption by gay couples|date=10 February 2016|agency=Reuters UK|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> On 22 June 2016 the [[Italy|Italian]] Supreme Court of Cassation upheld a lower court's decision to approve a request for a lesbian to adopt her partner's daughter. Prosecutors had appealed against the decision by the [[Rome]] court of appeal. Decisions by the supreme court set a precedent.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2016/06/22/supreme-court-oks-stepchild-adoption-2_95fc5b74-30d1-4e49-9fa5-4f774b0c31f4.html|title=Supreme court OKs stepchild adoption (2)|agency=[[Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata|ANSA]]|date=22 June 2016|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> In December 2020, [[Hungary]] explicitly legally banned adoption for same-sex couples within its constitution.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/hungary-amends-constitution-redefine-family-effectively-banning-gay-adoption-n1251251 |title=Hungary Amends Constitution to Redefine Family, Effectively Banning Gay Adoption |date=December 15, 2020 |website=NBC News |access-date=April 8, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gaycitynews.com/hungary-bans-lgbtq-adoption-rights-in-broad-power-grab/ |title=Hungary Bans LGBTQ Adoption Rights in Broad Power Grab |last=Tracy |first=Matt |date=December 17, 2020 |website=Gay City News |access-date=April 8, 2021}}</ref> In April 2021, a court in [[LGBT rights in Croatia|Croatia]] ruled that same-sex partners have the right to adopt children.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Starcevic|first1=Seb|last2=Savage|first2=Rachel|date=2021-05-06|title=Croatian court backs same-sex adoption in new LGBT+ win|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-croatia-lgbt-family-idUSKBN2CN19I|access-date=2021-05-06}}</ref> In May 2022, the High Administrative Court affirmed the ruling and rejected the appeal of the responsible Ministry.<ref name="Jutarnji list"/> In June 2022, the [[Constitutional Court of Slovenia]] ruled that same-sex partners have the right to jointly adopt.<ref>[https://www.total-slovenia-news.com/politics/10254-slovenia-legalises-same-sex-marriage-adoptions Total-Slovenia-News: Slovenia Legalises Same-Sex Marriage and Adoptions], July 8, 2022</ref> On 4 October 2022, the [[National Assembly (Slovenia)|National Assembly]] (lower chamber of Slovenian parliament) passed the relevant act implementing this judgement, but a week later, the act was vetoed by the [[National Council (Slovenia)|National Council]] (upper chamber of the parliament). This is to be followed by another vote on the act in the National Assembly and potentially a national [[referendum]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.delo.si/novice/slovenija/drzavni-svet-izglasoval-odlozilni-veto-na-spremembe-druzinskega-zakonika/ |title=Z vetom in podpisi proti zakoniku |language=sl |trans-title=With a Veto and Signatures against the Code |date=11 October 2022 |newspaper=Delo.si}}</ref> Estonia and Greece since 2024, allows full-joint adoption of children by same-sex couples - along with [[same-sex marriage]] being legalized at the same time.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68310126 |title=Greece legalises same-sex marriage |work=[[BBC]] |date=16 February 2024}}</ref> Effective from 1/1/2025, the Czechia will allow same-sex couples “partial adoption” of their own biological child or children - but not full joint adoption.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ebar.com/story.php?ch=news&sc=news&id=332995|title=Out in the World: Czech president signs expanded same-sex partnership rights into law — fight for marriage continues :: Bay Area Reporter}}</ref> ===Oceania=== ====Australia==== {{See also|LGBT rights in Australia}}In [[Australia]], same-sex adoption is legal in all states and territories since April 2018. ====New Zealand==== {{See also|LGBT rights in New Zealand}} The [[Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Act 2013]], which came into force on 19 August 2013, allowed [[same-sex marriage in New Zealand|same-sex marriage]] and permitted married same-sex couples to jointly adopt children. Previously, an LGBT individual was able to adopt children, but same-sex couples could not adopt jointly.<ref>{{cite news|author=Isaac Davidson|title=Marriage bill leaves a few inequalities to sort out|date=20 April 2013|newspaper=New Zealand Herald|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10878614|access-date=20 April 2013}}</ref> Currently, there are no specific barriers preventing an LGBT individual from adopting children, except that male individuals cannot adopt a female child. Same-sex marriage law became effective from 19 August 2013, and since then married same-sex couples were able to adopt children jointly. Unmarried couples of any sex and couples in a civil union can now jointly adopt children, under a [[New Zealand High Court]] ruling in December 2015. The ban breached the [[New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990]].<ref name="gaynz.com">{{cite news|url=https://vawnet.org/news/same-sex-defacto-couples-secure-right-adopt-gaynzcom-12212015|title=Same-sex defacto couples secure the right to adopt from GayNZ.com, 12/21/2015|publisher=VAW|date=6 January 2016|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> The minimum age to adopt in New Zealand is 20 years for a related child, and 25 years or the child's age plus 20 years (whichever is greater) for an unrelated child. </textarea><div class="templatesUsed"></div><p id="mw-returnto">Return to <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_adoption" title="Same-sex adoption">Same-sex adoption</a>.</p> <noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_adoption">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_adoption</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks catlinks-allhidden" data-mw="interface"></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Same-sex_adoption&action=edit&section=7&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-f69cdc8f6-qvkwc","wgBackendResponseTime":317,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"0.079","walltime":"0.108","ppvisitednodes":{"value":418,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":17740,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":6556,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":9,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":0,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":0,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":469,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":0,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 81.407 1 -total"," 99.90% 81.323 2 Template:Blocked_text"," 51.23% 41.704 2 Template:Replace"," 33.19% 27.019 1 Template:Colocationwebhost"," 29.79% 24.254 1 Template:Hidden"," 14.42% 11.741 1 Template:Hidden_begin"," 10.69% 8.700 1 Template:Tlx"," 1.64% 1.333 1 MediaWiki:Wikimedia-globalblocking-blockedtext-mistake"," 1.44% 1.171 1 Template:Hidden_end"," 1.33% 1.080 1 MediaWiki:Wikimedia-globalblocking-blockedtext-mistake-email-steward"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.016","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":1043307,"limit":52428800}},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-web.codfw.main-f69cdc8f6-qvkwc","timestamp":"20241124084652","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> </body> </html>