November is National Adoption Awareness Month. According to the Child and Family Services Agency, there are more than 1,000 children in foster care in the District and 86 kids are in need of permanent loving homes.

At least two same-sex couples were among the prospective parents expected to have their adoptions approved for more than 20 children on Saturday, Nov. 19, during the city’s 30th Annual Adoption Day ceremony at the D.C. Superior Court.

You might know him as the Honorable DC Superior Court Judge A.