Can LGBTQ Filipinos adopt despite same-sex marriage ban in PH?

CEBU, Philippines —Members of the LGBTQ community in the Philippines can adopt children as individuals, but legal adoption does not extend to same-sex couples due to the country’s laws prohibiting same-sex marriage. The Regional Alternative Child Care Office (RACCO) in Central Visayas clarified this during a recent episode of a teleradio program. Cyrene Anna Torres,