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In 2020, the United States Census Bureau determined that same-sex couples (3.1%) are three times more likely to have adopted children than opposite-sex couples (1.1%). Data from 2019 revealed that 43.3% of same-sex couples’ children were adopted and/or stepchildren.
South Africa is the only African country to allow joint adoption by same-sex couples. The 2002 decision of the 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". [137]
By 1984, all American authorities allowed the adoption of minors, and most authorised adult adoption [3] In 2004, Massachusetts became the first US state to legalise same-sex marriage. Adult adoption was relatively rare in the 19th century, but by the middle of the 20th century, most states allowed it, [11] with one of the earliest cases being ...
Stepchild adoption since 2014; [158] joint adoption since 2015 [159] Since 1999 [6] Bans all anti-gay discrimination [160] Since 2015, transgender persons can change their legal gender and name manifesting their solemn will before a notary, no surgeries or judicial order required [161] Ecuador: Legal since 1997 + UN decl. sign. [6]
Demanding any federal agencies "cease all programs that promote the concept of sex and gender transition at any age." 'Wild Blue & You': Transgender Shore environmental leader spotlighted in new film
Following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling striking down Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage, Michigan courts have been granting adoption rights to same-sex couples. In September 2019, a judge within Michigan allowed discrimination against LGBT individuals adopting children within adoption agencies, on the technical legal grounds of "fundamental ...
Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same legal sex. As of 2024, [update] marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 36 countries, with a total population of 1.5 billion people (20% of the world's population).
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