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One man, Vasco Pedro da Gama[link widoczny dla zalogowanych] had already adopted the girl
[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]The name of his partner[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]Junior de Carvalho[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]was then added to the birth certificate[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
Gay women have been granted adoption rights twice before[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]but this is the first time they have been given to men[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
Correspondents say the ruling will not necessarily apply outside Sao Paulo[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
But it is part of a wider relaxation of the traditionally strict laws on homosexual rights in Brazil, they say.
The couple's lawyer said that they hoped the case would now make it harder for judges to deny adoption to gay men in the future.
The girl, Theodora, had been living with her adoptive parents since last December, at which point Mr da Gama took the legal steps to adopt her as a single parent.
The two men had been in a relationship for the last 14 years and started thinking about adopting back in 1998, Brazil's Globo newspaper reports.
"If they had tried to adopt as a couple, probably Theodora would not be with them now," the lawyer added.