Adoção de crianças e adolescentes por casais homoafetivos no Brasil

Abstract

This work aims to investigate the debate about the adoption of children or adolescents by same-sex couples in Brazil. The approach used was qualiquantitative and the necessary information for the construction of this study was obtained by through bibliographic and documentary research and some statistical data referring to reality of same-sex couples in Brazil. His method was historical materialism-dialectical since it sought to critically analyze the reality of the adoption of children and/or teenagers carried out by same sex couples in Brazil. The data were achieved through books and scientific articles available on the Scielo platform, between others secondary sources, legal norms related to the adoption of children and adolescents and online (digital newspapers and on the youtube video platform) of child adoptions and/or adolescents by same-sex couples in Brazil and from data available in the Statistics from the Civil Registry and at the observatory of violent deaths of LGBT+ in Brazil from 2021. The study showed that the changes that have taken place in society have corroborated to show other family configurations, such as same-sex couples, and that through the recognition of the union of same-sex couples by the Federal Supreme Court, in 2011, they were allowed the right of adoption. Therefore, if these couples meet the requirements necessary to meet the needs of the child or adolescent, not there must be no impediment for this adoption to take place. However, in reality the they still face a scenario of prejudice, and therefore it is important that the government carries out the creation of public policies, conversation circles and the broadcasting of information to provide a safer environment and greater socialization of the challenges faced by these couples, so that there is a population more willing to respect the families formed by same-sex couples. It was also possible to learn that in the process of adoption, the social worker is configured as a fundamental professional, being responsible to accompany those interested in adoption from the moment they appear in court until its final approval.