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is legal in 23 of the 56 European countries, and in all dependent territories. Full joint adoption by same-sex couples is legal in 23 European countries...

Same-sex adoption is the adoption of children by same-sex couples. It may take the form of a joint adoption by the couple, or of the adoption by one partner...

for LGBT people than that in Western Europe. All European countries that allow marriage also allow joint adoption by same-sex couples. Of the countries...

same-sex marriage, and adoption by same-sex couples. The Treaty on European Union, in its last version as updated by the Treaty of Lisbon in 2007 and in force...

adoption: only 21 of the 31 Mexican states, plus Mexico City, have civil codes that allow same-sex couples to adopt, though in other states same-sex couples...

Recognition of Gay Partnerships in Europe and the United States, author Yuval Merin called adult adoption among same-sex couples "problematic" and noted...

joint adoption and IVF. Italy and Japan are the only G7 nations where same-sex marriages are not permitted. In Italy both male and female same-sex sexual...

Debate has occurred throughout Europe over proposals to legalise same-sex marriage as well as same-sex civil unions. Currently 33 of the 50 countries...

recognition of same-sex marriage. Germany was the first country in Central Europe, the fourteenth in Europe, and the 22nd in the world to allow same-sex couples...

countries in Western Europe not to have legalized same-sex marriage. Polling suggests that a majority of Italians support the legal recognition of same-sex marriage...

people of the same sex or gender. It "also refers to a person's sense of identity based on those attractions, related behaviors, and membership in a community...

Same-sex marriage has been legal in Greece since 16 February 2024. In July 2023, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, head of the re-elected New Democracy...

alone". In November 2020, the Fidesz government proposed a Constitutional amendment which would ban adoption by same-sex couples. Language in the amendment...

don't include provisions for joint adoption of a child by a same-sex couple. However, individuals who live in same-sex relationships (be it informal or...

legally recognized same-sex marriage in the United States expanded from one state (Massachusetts) in 2004 to all fifty states in 2015 through various...

Same-sex marriage has been legal in France since 18 May 2013, making France the thirteenth country in the world and the ninth in Europe to allow same-sex...

recognition of same-sex marriage. Luxembourg was the last Benelux country, the tenth in Europe and the sixteenth in the world to allow same-sex couples to...

2023). Andorra was the second European microstate, the nineteenth country in Europe and the 34th in the world to allow same-sex couples to marry. Civil unions...

Same-sex couples in the United Kingdom (not including Scotland) have had the right to adopt since 2002, following the Adoption and Children Act 2002. In...

Family law varies from state to state in America. Courts in many states have granted second-parent adoptions to same-sex couples, though there is no statewide...