- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
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Homosexual activity in Missouri is legal.
Same-sex marriage in Missouri is legal.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Missouri is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Missouri is legal, but requires surgery.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Missouri is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Missouri is illegal in some contexts.
LGBT employment discrimination in Missouri is sexual orientation and gender identity.
LGBT housing discrimination in Missouri is no protections.
However, 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 Missouri is legal.
Serving openly in military in Missouri is legal.
Blood donations by MSMs in Missouri is legal.
Conversion therapy in Missouri is not banned.