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Contents:

• GERMAN URT EXPANDS ADOPTN RIGHTS OF GAY UPL
• GAY GERMANS' JOY MIXED WH ADOPTN ANGST
• FIRST ADOPTN BY GAY UPLE GERMANY
• 10 GAY ADOPTN FACTS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
• GERMANY STRENGTHENS GAY ADOPTN RIGHTS
• GAY UPLE CHARGED WH MOLTG THEIR ADOPTED SONS ALSO PIMPED THEM OUT TO PEDOPHILE RG, REPORT CLAIMS
• GERMAN CATHOLIC PRITS DEFY ROME TO OFFER BLSGS TO GAY COUPL
• HOW TWO GAY DADS CUT GERMAN RED TAPE TO START A FAY
• GAY UPLE ACCED OF RAPG SONS, FILMG ABE ED CHRISTIAN ADOPTN AGENCY: REPORT
• ADOPTN AGENCY SHOULD BE ABLE TO REJECT GAY UPL, TMP ADMISTRATN ARGU
• GERMANY: GAY ADOPTN LAWS STRENGTHENED FOR CIVIL PARTNERS

GERMAN URT EXPANDS ADOPTN RIGHTS OF GAY UPL

BERLIN (Rters) - Germany’s nstutnal urt hand same-sex upl a victory on Tuday by lg that gay people should be allowed to adopt a child already adopted by their partner. A gay uple hold hands durg their symbolic weddg ceremony central Rome May 21, 2005. “The excln of succsive adoptn by registered partners vlat the general prciple of equaly, ” said the urt, based Karlshe southwt ernment has until July 2014 to amend the law to rporate the lg, which appli to gay people civil German law, a gay person n already adopt the blogil children of his or her registered Germany homosexuals n form civil partnerships but are not allowed to marry.

GAY GERMANS' JOY MIXED WH ADOPTN ANGST

Opposn parti and gay activists acce Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right ernment of draggg s feet on equaly for gay upl. Lawmaker Volker Beck of the opposn Greens said on Tuday the ernment was failg s rponsibili by leavg the nstutnal urt to tackle issu of gay equaly on a se-by-se basis.

“Gay men and lbians make jt as good parents as heterosexual men and women. Thoands of children are growg up already ‘rabow’ fai, ” said Stephan Thomae and Michael Kch a jot a separate se, an Atrian lbian uple who want to jotly raise one partner’s blogil child won their se at the European Court for Human Rights, which led on Tuday that Atria’s adoptn laws discrimated agast gay people on that issue.

FIRST ADOPTN BY GAY UPLE GERMANY

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.

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?

10 GAY ADOPTN FACTS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

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. 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.

GERMANY STRENGTHENS GAY ADOPTN RIGHTS

But for many gay parents the fight ntu. 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 UPLE CHARGED WH MOLTG THEIR ADOPTED SONS ALSO PIMPED THEM OUT TO PEDOPHILE RG, REPORT CLAIMS

Two men Berl beme the first same-sex uple to adopt a child Germany, a human rights associatn said Tuday, cheerg another "big step forward" for gay people. Germany took big stris towards grantg equal rights to gays and lbians when allowed same-sex upl to wed om October 1. Confirmatn of their adoptn me through on October 5, said the gay and lbian rights anisatn LSVD Berl and Brannburg state.

"It's once aga a big step forward for gays and lbians wh better judicial secury, " LSVD spokman Joerg Steert told AFP. Through the extensn of existg marriage law to same-sex upl, gays and lbians tomatilly gaed the same tax advantag and adoptn rights as other had surprisgly allowed nservative MPs to follow their nscience on a gay marriage vote -- the trigger for the sh to pass a bill before the parliament's summer German lear explaed her thkg had changed after a "memorable experience" when she met a lbian uple who had lovgly red for eight foster children her Baltic ast shift posn -- after 12 years of blocka by her Christian Democrats and their Bavarian alli -- was seen by some as a tactil move to prive her challengers of a popular mpaign issue ahead of September's electn. 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.

GERMAN CATHOLIC PRITS DEFY ROME TO OFFER BLSGS TO GAY COUPL

But, exactly how mon is gay adoptn, and how many gay parents are there the U. What percentage of gay upl adopt? What are some other important gay adoptn facts that you need to know?

HOW TWO GAY DADS CUT GERMAN RED TAPE TO START A FAY

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.

GAY UPLE ACCED OF RAPG SONS, FILMG ABE ED CHRISTIAN ADOPTN AGENCY: REPORT

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. 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.

ADOPTN AGENCY SHOULD BE ABLE TO REJECT GAY UPL, TMP ADMISTRATN ARGU

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.