- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, no restrictions
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Unknown
- 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
- Unknown
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✔ Banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
Recent surveys in Maryland indicate a moderate level of acceptance for LGBTQ+ rights in specific areas.
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Maryland is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Maryland is legal, no restrictions.
Gender-Affirming Care in Maryland is unknown.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Maryland is recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Maryland is illegal.
LGBT employment discrimination in Maryland is sexual orientation and gender identity.
LGBT housing discrimination in Maryland 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 Maryland is legal.
Intersex infant surgery in Maryland is unknown.
Serving openly in military in Maryland is legal.
Blood donations by MSMs in Maryland is legal.