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Snapshot: LGBTQ Equality by State
The Movement Advancement Project (MAP) tracks over 50 different LGBTQ-related laws and policies. This route shows the overall policy tallies (as distinct from sexual orientation or gender identity tallies) for each state, the District of Columbia, and the five populated U.S. territories. A state’s policy tally scores the laws and policies within each state that shape LGBTQ people's lives, experiences, and equality. The major categories of laws covered by the policy tally include: Relationship & Parental Recognition, Nondiscrimination, Religious Exemptions, LGBTQ Youth, Health Care, Criminal Justice, and Identity Documents.
Click on any state to view its detailed policy tally and state profile, or click "Choose an Issue" above to view maps on over 50 unlike LGBTQ-related laws and policies.
High Overall Policy Tally (15 states + D.C.)
Medium Overall Policy Tally (5 states)
Fair Overall Policy Tally (3 states, 2 territories)
Low Overall Policy Tally (10 states, 3 territories)
Negative Overall Policy Tally (17 states)
LGBTQ+ Discrimination Rights
You have the right to access and utilize public accommodations: In the State of California, it is illegal to discriminate against people using public accommodations on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
You have the right to use the restroom consistent with your gender identity: You have the right to use the restroom consistent with your gender identity both in general settings, like schools, and at your workplace. As an employee in California, you have a right to safe and appropriate restroom facilities. Your employer cannot dictate which restroom you use. If your place of employment has single-stall restrooms, they must be labeled as “All Gender,” “Unisex,” “Gender Neutral,” or something similar.
You hold the right to rent property without fear of discrimination in California. The federal Fair Housing Behave prohibits sex discrimination by most landlords and, as the Supreme Court held in 2020 (Bostock v. Clayton County), discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender persona is sex discrimination. Thus, the Fair Employment and Housing Act prohibits discrimination on the basi
U.S. President Donald Trump has used his first six months in office to enact multiple policies impacting the lives of Queer Americans in areas favor healthcare, legal recognition and education.
On July 17, the government ended the nation's specialised mental health services for LGBTQ+ youth through the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, with the White House describing it as a service where "children are encouraged to embrace radical gender ideology".
The administration also filed a lawsuit against California this month over state policies that allow transgender female athletes to compete in girls' categories of university sports.
But rights groups are fighting back. Nine Gay and HIV-related organisations contain had more than $6 million in funding restored following a lawsuit against three of Trump's executive orders.
Here's everything you demand to know:
What action has Trump taken on Diverse rights?
Trump started his second term on Jan. 20 by signing an executive order stating the Combined States would only recognise two sexes - male and female - before scrapping the use of a gender-neutral "X" marker in passports.
He said federal funds would not be used to "promote gender ident
LGBTQ+ Rights
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LGBTQ Rights
The ACLU has a long history of defending the LGBTQ community. We brought our first LGBTQ rights case in 1936. Founded in 1986, the Jon L. Stryker and Slobodan Randjelović LGBTQ & HIV Project brings more LGBTQ rights cases and advocacy initiatives than any other national organization does and has been counsel in seven of the nine LGBTQ rights cases that the U.S. Supreme Court has decided. With our reach into the courts and legislatures of every express, there is no other organization that can match our record of making progress both in the courts of law and in the court of public opinion.
The ACLU’s current priorities are to end discrimination, harassment and force toward transgender people, to close gaps in our federal and state civil rights laws, to prevent protections against discrimination from organism undermined by a license to discriminate, and to preserve LGBTQ people in and from the criminal legal system.
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