When were gay couples allowed to adopt

Some states granted full adoption rights to same-sex couples, while others banned same-sex adoption or only allowed one partner in a same-sex relationship to adopt the biological child of the other. On 31 March , Federal District Court struck down Mississippi 's ban on same-sex couple adoptions. [1].

Medical advances and a radically evolving public opinion have made it easier and more socially acceptable for LGBT couples to have children of their own, but the first gay couple to adopt a child.