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Contents:

• GERMANY STRENGTHENS GAY ADOPTN RIGHTS
• GAY GERMANS' JOY MIXED WH ADOPTN ANGST
• 10 GAY ADOPTN FACTS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
• GERMANY REJECTS GAY ADOPTN CASE ON TECHNILY
• GERMAN URT REJECTS SE TO ALLOW GAY ADOPTN ON TECHNILY
• A SHORT GAY HISTORY OF GERMANY AND §175
• GERMANY: GAY ADOPTN LAWS STRENGTHENED FOR CIVIL PARTNERS

GERMANY STRENGTHENS GAY ADOPTN RIGHTS

Germany regnized same-sex relatnships 2001, grantg upl greater rights on herance, tax and other benefs, and legalized same-sex marriage 2017 spe stiff opposn om nservative policians and the Catholic ma possible for gay people to adopt Germany, where only married upl are eligible. ”‘LOVING HOMES’The issue is not unique to Germany - many untri that have equal marriage laws ban the e of paid surrogat, meang gay men who want to have a fay are often reliant on and more are extendg adoptn rights to same-sex upl, the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA) said s latt annual adoptn is permted across the Uned Stat, although laws some stat make more difficult, and both France and Bra also allow adoptn by same-sex Germany, one alternative is long-term fosterg, which n eventually lead to adoptn - as the se of Michael and Kai Korok, who were among the first same-sex upl to marry 2017 and adopted their 2-year-old foster son shortly tumn, Franis Dupont and his hband Frank along wh their two foster children found themselv the natnal media spotlight the first anniversary of the passg of the marriage equaly law, they were st as the ial gay nuclear Dupont said nservative attus persisted among officials. “But I thk gay upl should make an attempt.

GAY GERMANS' JOY MIXED WH ADOPTN ANGST

‘Dtsche Welle’ reports that German and European top urts have extend gay adoptn laws Germany, a further step towards equaly for homosexual upl. ‘Swissnfo’ reports that the Swiss parliament has voted to allow gay upl to adopt each other’s children. ‘Pravda’ reports that the legalizatn of gay marriage the UK and France rc the possibily for Brish and French fai to adopt children om Rsia, said Konstant Dol, the missner for human rights, mocracy and the le of….

Rters reported that same-sex upl nnot adopt children Poland, even as sgle parents, acrdg to a new law announced by a natnalist lg party which has ma anti-gay polici a major part of s erng platform. ‘The Inquisr’ reports that Turkey wants children adopted by foreign gay upl and Christian upl returned to the untry.

Image ptn, Drag queens wear strikg stum Berl's gay street ftivalGay Pri Berl is a rt of glter, glam and rabow weekend people will celebrate Germany's new law to allow equal marriage. But is not necsarily "equal" for gay parents.

10 GAY ADOPTN FACTS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

This year Berl's gay ftival season has an unually polil edge.

Next to him stood a woman holdg a plard sayg "scrap homophobic adoptn law". "But I thought the new law sorts out adoptn for gay people?

Image ptn, Jörg (L) and Patrick have two children and wele the new lawIn fact Germany's new equal marriage act allows gay upl to adopt. "German laws have, until now, foced on bloodle, " explaed Constanze Körner om the LSVD, a gay rights group. It is a procs which some mothers scribe as harrowg and tsive, wh gay parents havg to jtify their parentg to officials.

GERMANY REJECTS GAY ADOPTN CASE ON TECHNILY

But attus Germany have been shiftg and, wh electns g September, Mrs Merkel's rivals, the centre-left SPD, were hopg to turn gay marriage to a mpaign issue.

"Not acrdg to some of those at the annual Lbian and Gay Ftival near Nollendorfplatz last weekend. But for many gay parents the fight ntu. Thanks to a progrsg social shift as LGBT rights ntue to ga ground, gay adoptn is more accsible than ever to prospective parents like you.

But, exactly how mon is gay adoptn, and how many gay parents are there the U.

GERMAN URT REJECTS SE TO ALLOW GAY ADOPTN ON TECHNILY

What are some other important gay adoptn facts that you need to know?

To help you out, we’ve piled some same-sex adoptn statistics and facts om multiple homosexual adoptn studi for your tn. Time and time aga, gay adoptn rearch has dited that there are no trimental effects to children who are raised by same-sex parents.

Hodg, gay marriage is now legal all 50 Uned Stat. As an extensn of this lg, a law banng gay adoptn Mississippi was overturned 2016, makg jot LGBT adoptn legal all 50 stat. Cens om that year, there were 43, 000 married same-sex upl wh children, while 71, 000 of the gay upl wh children were unmarried.

A SHORT GAY HISTORY OF GERMANY AND §175

Dpe the challeng that existed for gay parents hopg to adopt jt 10 years ago, many children found their forever fay — through an fant adoptn or foster re adoptn — wh an LGBT uple.

In a standout LGBT adoptn fact, California alone had more than 16, 000 adopted children livg wh gay and lbian parents. In 2007, gay and lbian parents were raisg three percent of foster children (14, 000 children) the Uned Stat — on par wh the natnal statistic sayg 3 percent of the populatn is homosexual. Studi show that banng gay and lbian foster re would st the untry $87 to $130 ln lost child re, wh dividual stat losg as much as $27 ln.

GERMANY: GAY ADOPTN LAWS STRENGTHENED FOR CIVIL PARTNERS

Homosexual adoptn studi show LGBT adoptive parents are more likely to adopt transracially.

For gay upl adoptg, the statistics actually apply to every child raised by LGBT parents — whether they’re adopted or blogilly related to their same-sex parents. Of urse, ’s important to learn more about how the same-sex adoptn procs works and to speak wh an adoptn profsnal before mtg to this procs, but the gay adoptn statistics n help you realize that you’re not alone.

By Norbert Demuth KARLSRUHE, Germany, Feb 21 (Rters) - Germany's Constutnal Court on Friday threw out a se to grant gay upl the right to jotly adopt a child on a technily, but gay rights activists noted that a lg by the same urt last Febary effectively allowed . Chancellor Angela Merkel and her nservativ have been acced of draggg their feet over gay rights - leavg to judg of the Constutnal Court to grant same-sex upl the same rights as heterosexual upl.

Prently Germany gay marriage is not allowed and gay upl nnot jotly adopt a Febary however the Constutnal Court granted gay dividuals the right to adopt a child already adopted by their civil partner, unr a practice known as 'succsive adoptn'. "The Berl District Court has barely nsired the relevant lerature and the lg of the Constutnal Court s referral, " said the urt a statement Germany's Lbian and Gay Associatn said regretted the urt would not make a lg, but add took heart om the fact that the urt clearly supported the equal treatment of same-sex upl. (Wrg by Alexandra Hudson; Edg by Stephen Brown)Before You GoGay Marriage Around The WorldPopular the CommunyYou May Like.

About Gay & Lbian Hoeholds wh Adoptive Children. Gay and lbian parents are raisg 4% of all adopted children unr the age of 18 the Uned Stat. An timated 65, 500 adopted children are livg wh a lbian or gay parent.