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Australia
- Joint adoption by same-sex couples in Australia has been legal in all jurisdictions since 2018.
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Finland - Finland legalized joint adoption by same-sex couples in 2017. At the time, it was the only remaining Scandinavian country that hadn't yet.
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Germany - Joint adoption by same-sex couples in Germany has been legal since 2017.
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Austria - Austria legalized joint adoption by same-sex couples in 2016.
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Portugal - Full joint adoption by same-sex couples in Portugal has been legal since 2016.
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USA - Joint adoption by same-sex couples in all jurisdictions of the United States has been legal since 2016.
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Colombia - Colombia legalized joint adoption by same-sex couples in 2015.
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Ireland - Full joint adoption by same-sex couples in Ireland has been legal since 2015.
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Luxembourg - Joint adoption by same-sex couples in Luxembourg has been legal since 2015.
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Malta - Malta legalized joint adoption by same-sex couples in 2014.
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Andorra - Full joint adoption by same-sex couples in Andorra has been legal since 2014.
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France - Joint adoption by same-sex couples in France has been legal since 2013.
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New Zealand
- In a first for the Asia-Pacific region, New Zealand legalized joint adoption by same-sex couples in 2013.
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Canada - Canada became the first North American country to extend full joint adoption rights to same-sex couples in 2011 (previously other jurisdictions in the country had allowed for such as early as 1996).
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Argentina - Joint adoption by same-sex couples in Argentina has been legal since 2010.
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Brazil - Brazil legalized joint adoption by same-sex couples in 2010.
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Denmark - Joint adoption by same-sex couples has been legal since 2010 in Denmark, and since 2016 in Greenland and 2017 in the Faroe Islands.
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Norway - Norway legalized joint adoption by same-sex couples in 2009.
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Uruguay
- Uruguay became the first country in Latin America to legalize joint adoption by same-sex couples, this in 2009.
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Belgium - Full joint adoption by same-sex couples in Belgium has been legal since 2006.
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Iceland - Iceland legalized joint adoption by same-sex couples in 2006.
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Spain - Spain became the first Mediterranean country to legalize joint adoption by same-sex couples, this in 2005.
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United Kingdom - The legalization of full joint adoption by same-sex couples in the United Kingdom came in steps: first England and Wales (2005), then Scotland (2009), and, finally, Northern Ireland (2013).
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Sweden
- Sweden became the first Scandinavian country to legalize joint adoption by same-sex couples, this in 2003.
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South Africa
- South Africa is the first and still only African country to have legalized joint adoption by same-sex couples, this in 2002.
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Netherlands
- In 2001, the Netherlands became both the first European country and the first nation in the world to legalize joint adoption by same-sex couples.
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Mexican states and cities
- Joint adoption by same-sex couples is legal in certain Mexican states and cities, such as: Mexico City (2010), Coahuila (2014), Campeche, Colima, Michoacán, Morelos, and Veracruz (2016), Chihuahua (2017), and more.
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UK Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories - Joint adoption by same-sex couples is legal in the following UK Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories: the Isle of Man (2011), Jersey (2012), Gibraltar (2014), Bermuda and the Pitcairn Islands (2015), the Falkland Islands, Guernsey, and Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (2017).
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Caribbean Netherlands
- Made up of the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba, joint adoption by same-sex couples has been legal in the Caribbean Netherlands since 2012. See also: All the countries where same-sex marriage is legal
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These countries allow joint adoption by same-sex couples
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In a world where starting a family is often considered "the dream," many same-sex couples are looking to adopt and become parents. But can they? Well, the answer to that will depend on the country in question.
Fewer than one in five countries allow joint adoption by same-sex couples. Curious to know which those are? Find out in this new gallery.
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