Same-sex adoption
ADOPTION OF CHILDREN BY LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER (LGBT) PERSONS
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Same-sex adoption refers to the adoption of children by couples of the same legal sex or gender, which may take the form of a joint adoption by a same-sex couple or adoption by one partner of the other's biological child (step-child adoption). Joint adoption by same-sex couples is legal in twenty-seven countries as well as several subnational jurisdictions and dependent territories.