- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✔ Recognized
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (3-month deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✔ Banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Suggest Public Opinion Data
Until Sep 29, 2012
Public Opinion
Support for LGBT protections by US state ?
Ranked #1 out of 50 regions surveyed. (Source: PRRI, 2018)
Favor (73%)
Opposition of religiously based refusals to serve gay and lesbian people ?
Ranked #1 out of 50 regions surveyed. (Source: PRRI, 2018)
Oppose (60%)
Support of same-sex marriage by US state ?
Ranked #10 out of 51 regions surveyed. (Source: Pew Research, 2014)
(32%) Oppose
Favor (62%)
Support of homosexuality by US state ?
Ranked #9 out of 51 regions surveyed. (Source: Pew Research, 2014)
(24%) Oppose
Support (69%)
History
Censorship of LGBT Issues in California is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
Public schools are required to teach about the history of the LGBT community, and transgender students are allowed to choose the appropriate restroom or sports team that match their gender identity.
LGBT discrimination in California is illegal.
Current status
Since Aug 17, 2004
Since Aug 17, 2004
Illegal
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.
Also, In 2014, California became the first state in the U.S. to officially ban the use of gay panic and transgender panic defenses in murder trials.
Also, In 2014, California became the first state in the U.S. to officially ban the use of gay panic and transgender panic defenses in murder trials.
LGBT employment discrimination in California is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Sep 25, 2004
Since Sep 25, 2004
Sexual orientation and gender identity
State law provides for protections against employment discrimination in regards to both sexual orientation and gender identification.
LGBT housing discrimination in California is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Sep 28, 2006
Since Sep 28, 2006
Sexual orientation and gender identity
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)."
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 California is legal.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2003
Since Jan 1, 2003
Legal
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.
Serving openly in military in California is legal.
Current status
Since Sep 20, 2011
Since Sep 20, 2011
Legal
Don't Ask, Don't Tell is officially repealed throughout the United States, and gays and lesbians may openly serve.
Blood donations by MSMs in California is banned (3-month deferral).
Current status
Since Apr 2, 2020
Since Apr 2, 2020
Banned (3-month deferral)
Blood donation centers follow the non-binding FDA three-month deferral guidance.
Banned (1-year deferral)
Blood donation centers followed the non-binding FDA one year deferral guidance.
Conversion therapy in California is banned.
Current status
Since Sep 29, 2012
Since Sep 29, 2012
Banned
Note that this only applies to youth (under 18 years olds)
Until Sep 29, 2012
Ambiguous
Conversion Therapy is currently legal. No law currently bans it, despite organizations such as the American Psychological Association denouncing it. Though it's not actually ambiguous (It is in fact legal), this is the best indicator of the available options.
Equal age of consent in California is equal.
Current status
Equal
The age of consent is 18 for both same-sex couples and opposite-sex couples.
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