Legislative repeal, effective 1976.

In 2013, California legalized same-sex marriage.

California law states that an adult related to the child, a person named in a deceased parent’s will, a legal guardian, or a person with whom the child has been placed for adoption is permitted to petition to adopt. California §8600, 8601 permit same-sex adoption, and second-parent adoption is legal per case law exhibited via Sharon v. Supreme Court, 31 Cal. 4th 417 (2003). This case also explicitly banned discrimination based on sexual orientation in all adoptions and foster care placements in California.

Defines a hate crime as a criminal act committed because the victim's perceived: disability, gender, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. Protections also include gender identification.

State law provides for protections against employment discrimination in regards to both sexual orientation and gender identification.

This state explicitly bans housing discrimination based upon sexual orientation and gender identification.

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)."

Don't Ask, Don't Tell is officially repealed throughout the United States, and gays and lesbians may openly serve.

Ban on blood donations from MSMs applies to any man who has had sex, even once, with another man on or after January 1, 1977.

The age of consent is 18 for both same-sex couples and opposite-sex couples.

Note that this only applies to youth (under 18 years olds)