Facebook Twitter Pinterest International law map on LGBTI rights. In 26 states, joint adoption is legal and in 40 states marriage is available to same-sex couples and those marriages have equal or almost equal legal standing as opposite-sex couples (in six states, same-sex marriage exists but legally, is a clearly inferior substitute to opposite-sex marriage). Facebook Twitter Pinterest Marriage and parenthood rights ILGA. The organization has also investigated the rights of same-sex couples as spouses and parents in countries around the world. A third of all respondents said that in the last five years their opinion on LGBTI people had become more favorable.

Source: The Guardian May 17, 2016 01:30 UTC