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22 March 2012
Northern Ireland Attorney General: Ban on gay adoption will remain 37 There are no plans to retract the ban on gay and unmarried couples from adopting children in Northern Ireland, the country’s Attorney General has said.
19 March 2012
French gay couple lose adoption appeal at European Court 58 The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against a lesbian couple from France who were seeking to jointly adopt a child one of them had conceived.
7 March 2012
Francis Maude: Tories must back equal marriage or risk becoming ‘unelectable’ 111 Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude is expected to warn today that the Tories must modernise and approve measures including equal marriage or risk being seen as 'unacceptable and unelectable'.
24 February 2012
Q&A: Adoption for the single gay man 26 As part of LGBT Adoption and Fostering Week, PinkNews.co.uk talks to one gay man about his experiences of adopting as a single parent.
20 January 2012
Virginia gay adoption battle kicks off 1 At the General Assembly in Richmond, Virginia, a battle is heating up over whether adoption agencies should be allowed to discriminate against prospective parents based on their sexual orientation.
12 January 2012
Potential parents invited to UK’s first gay adoption week 6 Gay men and women across the UK are being invited to attend an event in the country’s first-ever LGBT Adoption and Fostering Week, from 20 to 26 February.
15 December 2011
Northern Ireland gay adoption challenge adjourned over “massive mistake” 42 A judicial review hearing has been adjourned until March after a "massive mistake" was uncovered in a submission made to the House of Lords in 2008.
15 November 2011
Catholic Charities group abandons battle against Illinois’ equal treatment law 26 Religious organisations claim their prolonged challenge of the law requiring equal treatment for gay couples will mean they cannot afford to continue operating.
14 November 2011
St Petersburg lawmakers consider fines for “gay propaganda” 34 Fines for distributing material to minors could range from £20 to £1,000 in the Russian city, which would be the third local authority to introduce such laws this year.
15 June 2011
More US gay couples adopting children 9 Despite discouraging laws in some parts of the country, new figures say that the number of US gay couples adopting children is rising.
10 June 2011
London council urges gay couples to become foster parents 113 A London council is appealing for more gay couples to come forward to foster children in need of homes.
27 May 2011
Illinois Catholic groups stop foster care services over gay parents 59 Catholic charities in Rockford, Illinois, have opted to cease all foster care services to avoid having to cater to gay couples.
15 November 2010
Christian doctor begins legal fight over gay adoptions 75 A Christian doctor who was removed from an adoption panel after she refused to endorse applications by same-sex couples hopes to go to the European Court of Justice.
1 November 2010
Myths persist over gay adoptive parents 2 One in ten people still believe that gay people cannot adopt children, a survey says.
22 February 2010
Nottingham social worker writes book on gay adoption 16 A social worker from Nottingham has penned a book to teach children about gay adoptive parents.
11 February 2010
David Cameron criticised for ‘airbrushing his memory’ over gay adoption 98 Tory leader David Cameron has been criticised for denying he had ever voted against gay adoption.
8 January 2010
Portugal votes to legalise gay marriage 30 Portugal's parliament today voted to legalise marriage for gays and lesbians.
6 January 2010
Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon to fight gay adoption ban 5 Lesbian actress Cynthia Nixon will be kicking off a campaign to repeal Florida's ban on gays and lesbians adopting.
28 September 2009
Equal adoption rights for Scottish gay couples begin today 4 From today, gay and unmarried couples in Scotland will now have the same adoption rights as straight married couples.

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