If you are a married same-sex couple, you have the right to adopt a child jointly just like any heterosexual married couple does. Whereas prior to 2016, there were states where gay adoption was illegal, now there are none. As long as you meet the state requirements to …

LGBT adoption is the adoption of children by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender people. This may be in the form of a joint adoption by a same-sex couple, adoption by one partner of a same-sex couple of the others biological child, or adoption by a single LGBT+ person. Joint adoption by same-sex couples is legal in twenty-seven countries as well as several subnational jurisdictions and dependent territories. …

Therefore, it is important that LGBT adoptive and foster parents (or prospective parents) are aware of potential challenges. This information sheet has been prepared for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people who are considering adoption or foster care and the agencies (including mental health professionals) who work with them.

Gay men and lesbians face widespread discrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation as do persons of trans-gender identity. The full realisation and protection of human rights and equality of opportunity require the adoption of positive measures to eliminate discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and trans-gender identity.

Therefore, it is important that LGBT adoptive and foster parents (or prospective parents) are aware of potential challenges. This information sheet has been prepared for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people who are considering adoption or foster care and the agencies (including mental health professionals) who work with them.

Labors most recent platform and policy on LGBT Adoption Rights in 2021. In response to the question “Should gay couples have the same adoption rights as straight couples?”, Labors response was

Last week both sides of Parliament agreed to axe an old adoption law that only allowed married heterosexual couples, or those in a traditional Aboriginal marriage, the right to adopt children. And with the stroke of a pen, adoption was legally available for same-sex …

Same-sex marriage has been legal in Australia since 9 December 2017. The legislation to allow same-sex marriage, the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017 , passed the Australian Parliament on 7 December 2017 and received royal assent from the …

AGAINST Gay Adoption: 1 – EQUAL RIGHTS MEANS JUST THAT. Civilized societies do not discriminate on grounds of race, creed, gender or sexuality, yet the denial of equal rights to gay couples is clear discrimination. Gay and heterosexual couples deserve the same legal rights to adopt. Anything less is pure inequality based on homophobia.

Allowing same-sex couples to adopt is consistent with Australia’s obligations under international law. No specific article of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (‘CROC’) deals directly with the issue of parentage or for that matter, the number of parents which a child may or may not have.

Firstly Adoptee Rights Australia is established by adopted persons to give a national voice to their lived experience of adoption in Australia. Moreover, Adoptee Rights Australia aims to be the peak body to advocate for reform in adoption legislation, policy and services in all Government jurisdictions in Australia, because the human rights and wellbeing of adopted persons should be restored, protected and …