- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- Varies by Region
- Changing Gender
- Varies by Region
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Varies by Region
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✔ Recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- Varies by Region
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- Varies by Region
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
Public opinion in United States appears to be somewhat divided on LGBTQ+ issues, as evidenced by recent studies.
Percentage of Americans Who Consider Homosexuality "Not Wrong At All"
Question: "Is it wrong for same-sex adults to have sexual relations?"
United States Surveys
Acceptance of LGBTQ Rights Among Non-LGBTQ People
Support for same-sex marriage
Most Americans Know LGB People
Support for Same-Sex Marriage
Acceptance of LGBTQ Rights Among Non-LGBTQ People
Support for Same-Sex Marriage
Perception of LGBTQ+ People
Survey results from 23 LGBTQ+ Equaldex users who lived in or visited United States.
Overall
Safety**Survey results represent personal perceptions of safety and may not be indicative of current actual conditions.
Equal Treatment
Visibility & Representation
Culture
Services
History
Homosexual activity in United States is legal.
Same-sex marriage in United States is legal.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in United States is varies by region.
Generally, LGBT Topics are considered under the Free Speech Clause. Due to the nature of the current laws, and state decisions such as in Florida; "Varies by region" is the best indicator to use.
No censorship
- Utah 2021
- South Carolina 2020
- Alaska
- American Samoa
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Puerto Rico
- Rhode Island
- South Dakota
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
State-enforced
Right to change legal gender in United States is varies by region.
It is important to note that surgery is not universally required to change legal sex under federal law or in some states. However, a health professional's certification may be necessary. It is essential to consult the specific laws and guidelines of your state for accurate information on the legal requirements for changing gender markers and identity documents.
There is no federal law on right to change gender, varies by region
Legal, no restrictions
- North Carolina 2022
- Michigan 2021
- New York 2021
- Ohio 2021
- Virginia 2020
- West Virginia 2020
- Colorado 2020
- Maine 2019
- New Mexico 2019
- Maryland 2019
- New Hampshire 2019
- New Jersey 2018
- Minnesota 2018
- California 2017
- Utah 2017
- Washington 2017
- Nevada 2017
- Alaska
- American Samoa
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Guam
- Hawaii
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Massachusetts
- Mississippi
- Oregon
- Puerto Rico
- Rhode Island
- South Dakota
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- Vermont
- Washington, D.C.
Legal, but requires medical diagnosis
Legal, but requires surgery
- North Dakota 2006
- Kentucky 2005
- Arkansas 2002
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Georgia
- Louisiana
- Nebraska
- Northern Mariana Islands
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Illegal
Gender-Affirming Care in United States is varies by region.
Legal
- Maryland 2024
- Ohio 2024
- Oregon 2024
- Nevada 2023
- Arkansas 2023
- New York 2023
- New Jersey 2023
- New Mexico 2023
- Minnesota 2023
- Colorado 2023
- Hawaii 2022
- Massachusetts 2022
- California 2018
- Alaska
- Illinois
- Maine
- New Hampshire
- North Carolina
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
Restricted for minors
Banned for minors
- Wyoming 2024
- Louisiana 2024
- Nebraska 2023
- Texas 2023
- Georgia 2023
- Indiana 2023
- Iowa 2023
- Mississippi 2023
- Kentucky 2023
- Montana 2023
- Oklahoma 2023
- Arizona 2022
- Alabama 2022
Restricted
- Florida 2023
- Connecticut 2020
Banned
- Idaho 2024
Ambiguous
LGBT discrimination in United States is illegal in some contexts.
LGBT employment discrimination in United States is sexual orientation and gender identity.
As of June 15, 2020, all persons working for employers that employ more than 15 people are protected from discrimination based solely on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity via the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Bostock v. Clayton County.
Furthermore, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ruled on April 20, 2012 that an employer who discriminates against an employee or applicant on the basis of the person’s gender identity is violating the prohibition on sex discrimination contained in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
LGBT housing discrimination in United States is varies by region.
Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Pennsylvania 2022
- Michigan 2022
- Kansas 2020
- New Hampshire 2018
- Utah 2015
- Guam 2015
- Delaware 2013
- Puerto Rico 2013
- California 2006
- Washington 2006
- New Mexico 2003
- Minnesota 1993
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Hawaii
- Illinois
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Iowa
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- New York
- Oregon
- Rhode Island
- Vermont
- Washington, D.C.
Sexual orientation only
No protections
- Florida 2014
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Kentucky
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Louisiana
- Texas
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
Ambiguous
Same-sex adoption in United States is legal.
States can however require couples to be legally married before adopting.
Intersex infant surgery in United States is not banned.
Serving openly in military in United States is legal.
Blood donations by MSMs in United States is legal.
Conversion therapy in United States is varies by region.
Banned
- Pennsylvania 2022
- Minnesota 2021
- Michigan 2021
- North Dakota 2021
- Wisconsin 2021
- Virginia 2020
- Utah 2020
- Maine 2019
- North Carolina 2019
- Colorado 2019
- Massachusetts 2019
- Puerto Rico 2019
- New Hampshire 2019
- New York 2018
- Delaware 2018
- Washington 2018
- Maryland 2018
- Nevada 2018
- Rhode Island 2017
- New Mexico 2017
- Connecticut 2016
- Hawaii 2016
- Oregon 2016
- Vermont 2016
- Illinois 2015
- Washington, D.C. 2014
- New Jersey 2013
- California 2012
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
Not banned
- Florida 2020
- West Virginia 2015
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Guam
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Wyoming
Ambiguous
Equal age of consent in United States is equal.
LGBT Rights by State
View the LGBT laws in each individual state of United States.
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
- American Samoa (Outlying Area)
- Guam (Outlying Area)
- Northern Mariana Islands (Outlying Area)
- Puerto Rico (Outlying Area)
- United States Minor Outlying Islands (Outlying Area)
- U.S. Virgin Islands (Outlying Area)
- Washington, D.C. (Federal District)