- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, no restrictions
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Unknown
- 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
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
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Homosexual activity in West Virginia is legal.
Same-sex marriage in West Virginia is legal.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in West Virginia is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in West Virginia is legal, no restrictions.
Gender-Affirming Care in West Virginia is unknown.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in West Virginia is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in West Virginia is illegal in some contexts.
LGBT employment discrimination in West Virginia is sexual orientation and gender identity.
LGBT housing discrimination in West Virginia 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)."
Serving openly in military in West Virginia is legal.
Intersex infant surgery in West Virginia is unknown.
Blood donations by MSMs in West Virginia is legal.
Equal age of consent in West Virginia is equal.