- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- Unknown
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- Ambiguous
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (3-month deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
Support for LGBT protections by US state
Question: "Do you strongly favor, favor, oppose or strongly oppose laws that would protect gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people against discrimination in jobs, public accommodations, and housing?"
Opposition of religiously based refusals to serve gay and lesbian people
Question: "Do you strongly favor, favor, oppose or strongly oppose allowing a small business owner in your state to refuse to provide products or services to gay or lesbian people, if doing so violates their religious beliefs"
Support of same-sex marriage by US state
Question: "Do you strongly favor, favor, oppose or strongly oppose allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally?"
Support of homosexuality by US state
Question: "Which statement comes closer to your own views: homosexuality should be accepted by society OR homosexuality should be discouraged by society?"
History
Homosexual activity in West Virginia is legal.
Since Jun 26, 1983
Same-sex marriage in West Virginia is legal.
Since Oct 9, 2014
Censorship of LGBT Issues in West Virginia is unknown.
Right to change legal gender in West Virginia is legal, surgery not required.
Since Jun 18, 2020
Until Jun 18, 2020
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in West Virginia is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in West Virginia is illegal in some contexts.
Since Aug 10, 2016
Until Aug 10, 2016
LGBT housing discrimination in West Virginia is no protections.
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)."
Serving openly in military in West Virginia is legal.
Since Sep 20, 2011
Blood donations by MSMs in West Virginia is banned (3-month deferral).
Since Apr 2, 2020
Equal age of consent in West Virginia is equal.
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