As of now, there are 27 countries have legalized same sex adoption as well as several subnational, jurisdiction and independent territories. Five additional countries have some form of stepchild adoption legalized for samesex couples. Fun fact gay adoption was not legal in the US. Until 2017. As we generally know, adoption may take a while, but does it take the same amount of time for everyone? Heterosexual Adoption it was found that an adoptive family survey that 63% of families in the US. Were matched within a year