- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- Unknown
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, but requires surgery
- Non-binary gender recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- Married couples only
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (1-year deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- Ambiguous
- Age of Consent
- Ambiguous
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History
Censorship of LGBT Issues in North Carolina is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Right to change legal gender in North Carolina is legal, but requires surgery.
Current status
Legal, but requires surgery
Requires surgery to change documents. As well missing non binary options on documents.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in North Carolina is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in North Carolina is no protections.
Current status
No protections
As of December 16, 2014, there are no legal protections for people who are LGBT in regards to employment.
LGBT employment discrimination in North Carolina is no protections.
Current status
No protections
Legal on a State level. Outlawed in many highly populated municipalities. Ex: Boone, Raleigh, et cetera.
LGBT housing discrimination in North Carolina 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)."
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)."
Homosexuals serving openly in military in North Carolina 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 North Carolina is banned (1-year deferral).
Current status
Since Dec 21, 2015
Since Dec 21, 2015
Banned (1-year deferral)
FDA issued a new directive allowing for blood donation after a 1 year deferral.
Conversion therapy in North Carolina is ambiguous.
Current status
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 North Carolina is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
State General Statute GS14-27.7 defines age of consent in North Carolina as 16 for vaginal intercourse but makes no mention of anal intercourse.
Legal Rights
70 / 100
This region's Equality Index is based on legal rights alone. Please submit survey results that show the public opinion of LGBTQ+ issues in North Carolina to help improve its accuracy.
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