No matter which state you’re in, there are always adoption rights for gay couples like yourself that protect your ability to adopt a child. States cannot discriminate against people from adopting because of their sexual orientation — but, in a roundabout way to discriminate against LGBT couples before marriage equality, some did and still

While gay couples in Australia remain unable to marry, state governments have been steadily granting them the right to adopt children. In November, the Queensland and South Australian parliaments both voted in favour of lifting state bans on same sex adoption. The South Australian reform is now being considered by their upper house.

A deranged gay couple from Cairns, Queensland, who ran an international paedophile ring involving a son they illegally bought from Russia, planned to buy a second child …

Lesbian and gay parents also have children through foster care and adoption, although in Australia gay and lesbian couples or singles are still not eligible to adopt children. Despite the diversity, many same-sex parented families in Australia conform to the two-parent, couple-based household family form, although a small number of multi-parent

This month the Northern Territory became the last of Australias states and territories to let gay couples adopt. The Territory parliament agreed to change an adoption law that had previously

No matter which state you’re in, there are always adoption rights for gay couples like yourself that protect your ability to adopt a child. States cannot discriminate against people from adopting because of their sexual orientation — but, in a roundabout way to discriminate against LGBT couples before marriage equality, some did and still

While the nation doesn’t recognize gay marriage, individuals can adopt a child and then complete a stepparent or second parent adoption when back in the States. If you’re interested in a gay international adoption from any other country (that still allows adoptions from the United States), this is the likely path you’ll need to take.