Current Version
| Region | South Dakota |
| Issue | LGBT employment discrimination |
| Status | No protections |
| Start Date | Jun 23, 2026 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | There is no state law in South Dakota that protects individuals on the basis of sexual orientation and/or gender identity. While employment discrimination based on gender identity has formally been illegal nationwide since Bostock v. Clayton County, a federal investigator told a transgender man in June 2026 that the EEOC is no longer "permitted to conduct/continue any investigation regarding transgender cases, and that is coming from the chain of command." |
| Sources | https://dlr.sd.gov/human_rights/discrimination.aspx https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-eeoc-transgender-investigations |
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| Description | There is no state law in South Dakota that protects individuals on the basis of sexual orientation and/or gender identity. | There is no state law in South Dakota that protects individuals on the basis of sexual orientation and/or gender identity. While employment discrimination based on gender identity has formally been illegal nationwide since Bostock v. Clayton County, a federal investigator told a transgender man in June 2026 that the EEOC is no longer "permitted to conduct/continue any investigation regarding transgender cases, and that is coming from the chain of command." |
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| Sources | https://dlr.sd.gov/human_rights/discrimination.aspx | https://dlr.sd.gov/human_rights/discrimination.aspx https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-eeoc-transgender-investigations |
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0 | Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | No protections |
| Special Status | Varies by Region | No protections |
| Description | Brookings provides local discrimination protections in employment on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Otherwise, no statewide protections exists. | There is no state law in South Dakota that protects individuals on the basis of sexual orientation and/or gender identity. |
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| Sources | https://mapresearch.org/equality-profiles/SD/ | https://dlr.sd.gov/human_rights/discrimination.aspx |
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0 | Original entry | |
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| Status | Varies by Region |
| Start Date | Jun 23, 2026 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Brookings provides local discrimination protections in employment on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Otherwise, no statewide protections exists. |
| Sources | https://mapresearch.org/equality-profiles/SD/ |