the most interesting (funny) thing i found so far was this article that was actually very against allowing the lgbt community to adopt children. one of their biggest points was trying to prove the lgbt people die at an earlier age the heterosexual people - not just by a few years, but by decades - and therefore cannot be good parents. this article claimed that out of interviewing 22,000 people, the median death age for the lgbt community was between 30-40 years old while straight people generally died at a median of 70-80 years. they also tried to say that the oldest lesbian they found in that group of 22 thousand people was only 49 years old. overall, that article made me laugh a bit.
on a more serious note, before researching this topic, i never actually knew which countries and states legally allow the lgbt community to adopt. sweden, the netherlands, and south africa have all made it legal. however, inside of america, lgbt couples still have to apply to be allowed to adopt. in some states, it's completely illegal.
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