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🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+ Legal Status in United States

Based on national laws as of 2025

68/100
Partial Rights
Same-sex relations legal
Equal age of consent
Partnership / union
Same-sex marriage
Adoption rights
Anti-discrimination law
Legal gender change

Marriage equality since Obergefell v. Hodges (26 June 2015). The Respect for Marriage Act (December 2022) provides a congressional floor, requiring federal recognition of all valid same-sex and interracial marriages regardless of future Supreme Court rulings. Bostock v. Clayton County (2020) held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. No comprehensive federal anti-discrimination law in housing or public a

Gay Bars & Clubs in Washington, D.C.

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LGBTQ+ Organizations in Washington, D.C.

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LGBTQ+ Organizations

Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence is a private LGBT rights activist organization in the District of Columbia. It wo…

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