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Snapshot: LGBTQ Equality by State

The Movement Advancement Venture (MAP) tracks over 50 different LGBTQ-related laws and policies.  This map shows the overall policy tallies (as different from sexual orientation or gender self tallies) for each state, the District of Columbia, and the five populated U.S. territories. A state’s policy tally scores the laws and policies within each state that shape LGBTQ people's lives, experiences, and equality. The major categories of laws covered by the policy tally include: Relationship & Parental Recognition, Nondiscrimination, Religious Exemptions, LGBTQ Youth, Health Care, Criminal Justice, and Persona Documents.  

Click on any state to view its detailed policy tally and state profile, or click "Choose an Issue" above to view maps on over 50 distinct LGBTQ-related laws and policies. 

  • High Overall Policy Tally (15 states + D.C.)

  • Medium Overall Policy Tally (5 states)

  • Fair Overall Policy Tally (3 states, 2 territories)

  • Low Overall Policy Tally (10 states, 3 t

    Three states passed ballot initiatives aimed at protecting same-sex marriage

    WASHINGTON - Voters in three states passed ballot measures that would amend language in their state’s Constitution to protect same-sex marriage.

    Same-sex marriage is currently legal in all states and the District of Columbia through the landmark 2015 ruling Obergefell v. Hodges.

    But activists, concerned about the power of the Supreme Court after the fall of Roe v. Wade in 2022, have taken proactive measures at the polls this year.

    In California, voters weighed in on a measure that would repeal a previous proposition defining marriage as a union between a man and a female. It would recognize the fundamental right to marry in the Constitution.

    Colorado had similar measures on the ballot aimed at removing antiquated language in the state’s Constitution that prohibits same-sex marriage.

     And voters in Hawaii passed a measure that would amend the state Constitution to repeal the legislature's authority to "reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples."

    Before same-sex marriage became legalized nationally, efforts to legalize the practice popped up in the 1990’s, according to Human Rights Campaign, an LG

    Recent data compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau, drawing on figures from 2020, has revealed which states are dwelling to the most same-sex couples.

    According to the census, 0.8 percent of U.S. coupled households comprised male same-sex pairings, and a further 0.9 percent were made up of female same-sex couples.

    Higher percentages of male and female homosexual couples were offer in the West Coast, the Northeast and Florida. These were often in close proximity to each state's population centers – most counties featuring in the top 10 lists had huge populations.

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    The areas with the highest number of male-male couple households were:

    1. Los Angeles, California (26,620)
    2. New York, Recent York (14,972)
    3. Cook, Illinois (13,988)
    4. San Francisco, California (9,354)
    5. Maricopa, Arizona (9,224)
    6. Broward, Florida (9,140)
    7. Harris, Texas (9,140)
    8. King, Washington (8,969)
    9. Riverside, California (8,471)
    10. San Diego, California (8,309)

    The announce found that men in same-sex couples and women in same-sex couples did not necessarily exist in the matching regions of the country.

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    Same Sex Marriage and Divorce

    The legal and social history of same-sex marriages has been tumultuous and debated. However, in 2015, homosexual marriage became legal in the State of Florida and across the Combined States. In January 2015, U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Florida, Robert L. Hinkle, ruled that clerks in all Florida counties are bound by the U.S. Constitution to issue lgbtq+ marriage licenses.

    In June 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015), ruled that same sex couples had the right to marry pursuant to the Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, and required all states to issue marriage licenses to same sex-couples and recognize same-sex marriages of other jurisdictions. This judgment legalized same-sex marriage in Florida. The requirements for homosexual couples to unite in Florida are resembling to that of heterosexual couples and are treated identically under the eyes of the law.

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    In organism granted the right to marry, same-sex couples are also granted the right to enter into a prenuptial and postnuptial agreements and to