LGBT+ couples continue to face discrimination when it comes to trying to start a family – despite millions of children living in orphanages. According to new analysis, only 25% of the 247 countries studied have legalised adoption for LGBTQ+ people.
LGBT+ couples continue to face discrimination across the world when it comes to trying to start a family – despite millions of children living in orphanages.
Three-quarters don’t allow queer couples to adopt together and 13% have made it outright illegal. Less than half allow a single-person adoption. Adoption by LGBT+ couples has increased year on year over the past nine, only dropping in 2021, most likely because of the pandemic.According to data from the Department of Education for Adoption in England, last year saw one in five, or 520, adopters identifying as queer – rising from just 6% in 2013.that recruitment of prospective adopters has been targeted to achieve a more ‘diverse range including LGBT+ people’.
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