Lesbians in France are now unequivocally free to adopt children. Maybe there is still justice in this world. Thank you, ECHR, for giving me a flicker of hope. Not that I reside in France, or anywhere near Europe, but this is nonetheless a victory for all of us. Gaia bless the country that gave us Amelie and 8 Femme (Eight Women). Here’s what I read in the papers today:

STRASBOURG — The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that France had discriminated against a lesbian nursery school teacher by refusing to allow her to adopt a child.

The plaintiff, who is protected with anonymity under the initials E.B., is 45 years old and has been living since 1990 with a woman psychologist in the eastern Jura region.
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