[muawiyah]

Singles may adopt in DC. I worked with a woman who did just that ~ she was also a military reservist. Once she became a "mother' she had to drop out of the Reserves simply because that schedule and work conflicted with the child's needs.

She wasn't gay ~ she was simply not sexually inclined, interested, or apparently structured. That's a good 5% of any human population like that (about 50 times as many of them as there are gays BTW).

These folks frequently show up in public legislative hearings on the subject of foster care and adoption.