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| Region | Russia |
| Issue | Same-sex adoption |
| Status | Single only |
| Start Date | Jul 24, 2023 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Single homosexuals are allowed to adopt, but banned for transgender people. |
| Sources | https://www.pressenterprise.com/2023/07/19/the-upper-house-of-russian-parliament-approves-a-ban-on-gender-changes/ |
| Federal Law | Yes |
Revision History (9)
edited by UnknownMiles. Reverting to revision #58757: link is relative to foreign adoption
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Single only |
| Special Status | N/A | Single only |
| Description | Technically only single homosexuals are allowed to adopt, but in reality only lesbians and heterosexual men alone rarely are granted this right unofficially and mostly via IVF Gays and transexuals are exclusively banned on psychiatric and "moral" grounds of potential "pedophilic" inclinations and even heterosexuals must prove their parental capabilities in many ways not to have their children taken away In some muslim regions adoption is impossible despite the orientation | Single homosexuals are allowed to adopt, but banned for transgender people. |
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| Sources | https://www.pressenterprise.com/2023/07/19/the-upper-house-of-russian-parliament-approves-a-ban-on-gender-changes/ https://www.bbc.com/russian/russia/2014/02/140213_russian_government_gay_adoption | https://www.pressenterprise.com/2023/07/19/the-upper-house-of-russian-parliament-approves-a-ban-on-gender-changes/ |
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| Value | Single only | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Single only | N/A |
| Description | Single homosexuals are allowed to adopt, but banned for transgender people. | Technically only single homosexuals are allowed to adopt, but in reality only lesbians and heterosexual men alone rarely are granted this right unofficially and mostly via IVF Gays and transexuals are exclusively banned on psychiatric and "moral" grounds of potential "pedophilic" inclinations and even heterosexuals must prove their parental capabilities in many ways not to have their children taken away In some muslim regions adoption is impossible despite the orientation |
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| Sources | https://www.pressenterprise.com/2023/07/19/the-upper-house-of-russian-parliament-approves-a-ban-on-gender-changes/ | https://www.pressenterprise.com/2023/07/19/the-upper-house-of-russian-parliament-approves-a-ban-on-gender-changes/ https://www.bbc.com/russian/russia/2014/02/140213_russian_government_gay_adoption |
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edited by UnknownMiles. Making law currently active
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| End Date | Sep 25, 2024 | (none) |
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| End Date | (none) | Sep 25, 2024 |
| Federal Law | No | Yes |
edited by Turnopi_karnavara. Small edit
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Single only |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Single only |
| Start Date | Jul 19, 2023 | Jul 24, 2023 |
| Description | Transgender people, even single, are now barred from becoming foster or adoptive parents. | Single homosexuals are allowed to adopt, but banned for transgender people. |
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edited by Markissik. The status Single only is not accurate in the context when single LGB people can adopt, but single transgender people cannot. In my opinion, this status should be trans inclusive, and therefore this is AMBIGUOUS. Please, don't change it without discussion
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| Value | Single only | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Single only | Ambiguous |
| Description | Adoption is being regulated by the Civil Procedure Code of Russia (Chapter 29); Family Code of Russia (Chapter 19); Federal Law On Acts of Civil Status (Chapter V). None of these documents contain any direct restriction or ban for homosexual people to ado | Transgender people, even single, are now barred from becoming foster or adoptive parents. |
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| Sources | www.pressenterprise.com/2023/07/19/the-upper-house-of-russian-parliament-approves-a-ban-on-gender-changes/ | https://www.pressenterprise.com/2023/07/19/the-upper-house-of-russian-parliament-approves-a-ban-on-gender-changes/ |
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edited by Turnopi_karnavara. Small edit
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| Description | only single | Adoption is being regulated by the Civil Procedure Code of Russia (Chapter 29); Family Code of Russia (Chapter 19); Federal Law On Acts of Civil Status (Chapter V). None of these documents contain any direct restriction or ban for homosexual people to ado |
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edited by Samuel_NOT_Samuele. added
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Single only |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Single only |
| Description | Although single LGB individuals are still able to adopt, single adoption by transgender people is now banned. | only single |
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| Status | Ambiguous |
| Start Date | Jul 19, 2023 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Although single LGB individuals are still able to adopt, single adoption by transgender people is now banned. |
| Sources | www.pressenterprise.com/2023/07/19/the-upper-house-of-russian-parliament-approves-a-ban-on-gender-changes/ |