Equality Index ? | 86 / 100 | 83 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 100 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 72 / 100 | 66 / 100 |
Public Opinion | ||
Support for LGBT protections by US state (PRRI, 2018) | 75% Favor 0% | 72% Favor 0% |
Opposition of religiously based refusals to serve gay and lesbian people (PRRI, 2018) | 65% Oppose 0% | 61% Oppose 0% |
Support of same-sex marriage by US state (Pew Research, 2014) | 72% Favor 20% Oppose | 59% Favor 33% Oppose |
Support of homosexuality by US state (Pew Research, 2014) | 82% Support 12% Oppose | 71% Support 22% Oppose |
Law | ||
Homosexual activity | Legal Since 2003 | Legal Since 2003 |
Same-sex marriage | Legal Since 2004 | Legal Since 2013 |
Censorship of LGBT Issues | No censorship | No censorship |
Right to change legal gender | Legal, surgery not required | Legal, surgery not required Since 2018 |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Recognized Since 2019 | Recognized Since 2019 |
LGBT discrimination | Illegal | Illegal |
LGBT employment discrimination | Sexual orientation and gender identity Since 2012 | Sexual orientation and gender identity Since 2007 |
LGBT housing discrimination | Sexual orientation and gender identity | Sexual orientation and gender identity |
Same-sex adoption | Legal Since 1993 | Legal Since 1995 |
Serving openly in military | Legal Since 2011 | Legal Since 2011 |
Blood donations by MSMs | Legal Since 2023 | Legal Since 2023 |
Conversion therapy | Banned Since 2019 | Banned Since 2013 |
Equal age of consent | Equal | Equal Since 2006 |
Full Details | Full Details |
Full details about each issue can be found on each region's page. Data missing from the above chart? You can help! Sign up or log in to contribute information to Equaldex!