- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, no restrictions
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Restricted
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✔ Recognized
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Ambiguous
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✔ Banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Connecticut is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Connecticut is legal, no restrictions.
Gender-affirming care in Connecticut is restricted.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Connecticut is recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Connecticut is illegal.
LGBT employment discrimination in Connecticut is sexual orientation and gender identity.
LGBT housing discrimination in Connecticut is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Additionally, the Human Rights Campaign states, "The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires grantees and participants of HUD programs to comply with local and state non-discrimination laws that include sexual orientation and gender identity.
HUD also prohibits inquiries regarding the sexual orientation or gender identity of a prospective tenant or applicant for assisted
housing in every state (March 2012)."
Same-sex adoption in Connecticut is legal.
Intersex infant surgery in Connecticut is ambiguous.
Serving openly in military in Connecticut is legal.
Blood donations by MSMs in Connecticut is legal.
Conversion therapy in Connecticut is banned.
Equal age of consent in Connecticut is equal.