- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- Unknown
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Non-binary gender recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✔ Banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Until -0001
Until Sep 7, 2016
History
Same-sex marriage in Hawaii is legal.
Current status
Since Dec 2, 2013
Since Dec 2, 2013
Legal
Gay couples tie the knot in Hawaii as same-sex marriage law kicks in
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Hawaii is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Right to change legal gender in Hawaii is legal, surgery not required.
Current status
Legal, surgery not required
Nationwide and under Hawaii local laws. As well as non binary options on documents.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Hawaii is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Hawaii is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
People are protected from discrimination based upon both sexual orientation and gender identification.
LGBT employment discrimination in Hawaii is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since 2011
Since 2011
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Legal protections from discrimination based upon sexual orientation and gender identification exist.
LGBT housing discrimination in Hawaii is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
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 Hawaii is legal.
Current status
Legal
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Until -0001
Ambiguous
Any adult may petition, and married and civil union-ed couples must petition jointly per Revised Statute §578-1.
The status is ambiguous because second-parent adoption for same-sex couples varies by judge and county, and no decision by the lower court has been approved by case law in appellate court, nor by state statute.
The status is ambiguous because second-parent adoption for same-sex couples varies by judge and county, and no decision by the lower court has been approved by case law in appellate court, nor by state statute.
Homosexuals serving openly in military in Hawaii 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.
Conversion therapy in Hawaii is banned.
Current status
Since Sep 7, 2016
Since Sep 7, 2016
Banned
Bill outlawing conversion therapy on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity just got signed by the governor.
Until Sep 7, 2016
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.
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