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LGBT Rights in Missouri State

    Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✔ Legal
    Censorship
    Unknown
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
    Non-binary gender recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ Illegal in some contexts
    Employment Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✔ Legal
    Military
    ✔ Legal
    Donating Blood
    ✖ Banned (3-month deferral)
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
Suggest Public Opinion Data

Public Opinion

Support for LGBT protections by US state ?

Ranked #1 out of 50 regions surveyed. (Source: PRRI, 2018)
 
Favor (64%)

Opposition of religiously based refusals to serve gay and lesbian people ?

Ranked #1 out of 50 regions surveyed. (Source: PRRI, 2018)
 
Oppose (54%)

Support of same-sex marriage by US state ?

Ranked #36 out of 51 regions surveyed. (Source: Pew Research, 2014)
(45%) Oppose
Favor (48%)

Support of homosexuality by US state ?

Ranked #36 out of 51 regions surveyed. (Source: Pew Research, 2014)
(36%) Oppose
Support (57%)

History

Homosexual activity in Missouri

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Homosexual activity in Missouri is legal.

Current status
Since Jun 26, 2003
Legal
US Supreme Court ruling issued in Lawrence v. Texas struck down all sodomy laws on the basis of privacy and liberty. The decision overturned any laws remaining in all US states which prohibited acts of sodomy.
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Same-sex marriage in Missouri

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Same-sex marriage in Missouri is legal.

Current status
Since Jun 26, 2015
Legal
The US Supreme Court rules that same-sex marriage is legal nationwide.
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Nov 15, 2013–Jun 26, 2015
Foreign same-sex marriages recognized only
Legally married same sex couples from outside the state can file joint tax returns, analogous with the state recognizing their union. The actual state of marriage is still currently in question.
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Missouri

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Missouri is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Right to change legal gender in Missouri

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Right to change legal gender in Missouri is legal, but requires surgery.

Current status
Legal, but requires surgery
Requires surgery to change birth certificate. Changes pending. Non binary options pending for birth certificates.
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Missouri

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Missouri is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
Not currently recognized.
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LGBT discrimination in Missouri

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LGBT discrimination in Missouri is illegal in some contexts.

Current status
Since Aug 28, 2003
Illegal in some contexts
Missouri's hate crime statutes explicitly address both sexual orientation, defined as "male or female heterosexuality, homosexuality or bisexuality by inclination, practice, identity or expression," and gender identity, defined as "having a self-image or identity not traditionally associated with one's gender."
Sources:
web.archive.org/web/2004102…//www.moga.mo.gov/statutes/c500-599/5570000035.htm
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Aug 10, 2016–Sep 7, 2018
Illegal in some contexts
14 cities have sexual discrimination protections. 13 cities have gender identity discrimination protection. full protections under Missouri's hate crime law. State employment discrimination protections pending. Court decision pending. pending statewide.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Missouri

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LGBT employment discrimination in Missouri is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Jun 15, 2020
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Protected federally under a Supreme Court ruling.
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Until Jun 15, 2020
No protections
There are no legal protections from discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. However, executive branch employees of the state are protected based upon sexual orientation only.
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Aug 10, 2016–Sep 16, 2018
Ambiguous
Full protection under hate crime law. Only full discrimination protections under city protections. only protection under state employment is sexual orientation.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Missouri

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LGBT housing discrimination in Missouri is no protections.

Current status
No protections
This state does not provide any legal protections from discrimination based upon sexual orientation or gender identification.

However, 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)."
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Aug 10, 2016–Sep 16, 2018
Ambiguous
under city housing discrimination protections. as well as under hate crime law. pending statewide.
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Same-sex adoption in Missouri

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Same-sex adoption in Missouri is legal.

Current status
Legal
Single-parent and join-adoption are legal per MO Stat. §453.010. Additionally, second-parent adoption has been approved in several lower courts.
Sources:
www.lambdalegal.org/states-region/missouri
MO Stat. §453.010
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Serving openly in military in Missouri

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Serving openly in military in Missouri is legal.

Current status
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.
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Blood donations by MSMs in Missouri

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Blood donations by MSMs in Missouri is banned (3-month deferral).

Current status
Since Apr 2, 2020
Banned (3-month deferral)
Blood donation centers follow the new FDA 3-month deferral guidance.
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Dec 21, 2015–Apr 2, 2020
Banned (1-year deferral)
Blood donation centers followed the non-binding FDA one year deferral guidance.
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1983–Dec 21, 2015
Banned (indefinite deferral)
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.
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Conversion therapy in Missouri

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Conversion therapy in Missouri is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Conversion therapy ban pending. Currently case by case basis.
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Equal age of consent in Missouri

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Equal age of consent in Missouri is equal.

Current status
Equal
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