Israel

According to Israel's daily newspaper - Haaretz - Welfare Minister Yitzhak Herzog (pictured) will promote a policy that would allow gay and lesbian couples to adopt children. Until now, those in same-sex relationships have been allowed to adopt their partner’s biological children, or to have an adoption registered in Israel after it was performed abroad. Couples have not been allowed to adopt a child who was not born to one of the two partners.

Israel news outlets report that the country's Welfare Ministry has decided to assist lesbians and gay men in adoption.

Until recently, law in Israel only allowed heterosexual couples to adopt. The unfortunate adjective "normative" was used in language to describe permissible households. As a result, same-sex and single-parent families have suffered legal discrimination.