• Legislation Affecting LGBT Rights Across the Country ...

    Last updated 3/20/2020Many state legislatures are now suspended or closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We will update this tracker as major new developments occur.Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in America ...

  • LGBT rights in the United States - Wikipedia

    In August 1970, Richard Nixon, on the issue of same-sex marriage, said "I can't go that far; that's the year 2000! Negroes [and whites], okay. But that's too far!" In 1972, San Francisco's Gay Activists Alliance disbanded and formed the Gay Voter's League, a group that campaigned for the reelection of President Richard Nixon. In October 1972, representative of the Committee to Re-elect the President addressed ga…

  • United States: State Laws Threaten LGBT Equality | …

    2018/02/19 · The 41-page report, “‘All We Want is Equality’: Religious Exemptions and Discrimination against LGBT People in the United States,” documents how recent laws carve out space to discriminate ...

  • LGBT rights in the Americas - Wikipedia

    Laws governing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights are complex in the Americas, and acceptance of LGBT persons varies widely. Same-sex marriages have been legal in Canada (nationwide) since 2005, in Argentina since 2010, in both Brazil (nationwide) and Uruguay since 2013, in the United States (nationwide) since 2015, in Colombia since 2016 and in Ecuador since 2019. In Costa Rica, it will become legal by 2020 at the latest. In

  • LGBT rights by country or territory - Wikipedia

    Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country) [66] Constitutional ban since 2016 [103] Chad Illegal since 2017 Penalty: Up to 3 years imprisonment with fines. Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • LGBT Rights in the 1970s - Exploring the Seventies

    With discrimination comes bullying. There has been a long history of violence against LGBT people in the United States. Although getting better today due to the hard work of LGBT activist groups, bullying of LGBT people still exists.

  • LGBTQ Americans Aren't Fully Protected From …

    States with Full LGBT Non-Discrimination Protections States with No LGBTQ Nondiscrimination Protections In 27 states, there are no explicit statewide laws at all protecting people from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in employment, housing and public accommodations:

  • Why Federal Laws Don't Ban Discrimination Against …

    2019/03/21 · P olls show that most Americans oppose discrimination against LGBT people, and many believe that it’s already illegal.But federal laws don’t ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and ...

  • A Timeline of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and …

    A Timeline of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in the United States Adapted and updated from Out of the Past: 400 Years of Lesbian and Gay History in America (PBS Online); Bending the Mold: An Action Kit for Transgender Youth (NYAC & Lambda Legal); ...

  • Gay rights in the US, state by state | World news ...

    2015/06/26 · LGBT rights Gay rights in the US, state by state Gay rights laws in America have evolved to allow — but in some cases ban — rights for gay, lesbian and transgender people on a range of issues ...

  • 12 of the Most Terrible Anti-LGBT Laws in U.S. History …

    2016/03/28 · The recent wave of transphobic bathroom bills and laws are just the most recent battle LGBT people must fight. Here are 12 more terrible laws from U.S. history and the present day: 1) Sodomy Laws ...

  • Everything You Need To Know About The 100+ Anti-LGBT ...

    2016/09/23 · Last month, North Carolina passed one of the most sweeping anti-LGBT laws in the nation within 24 hours, moving so quickly that critics hardly had time to campaign against it. But some of their efforts have failed spectacularly.

  • United States: LGBT Students Face Discrimination | …

    2016/12/07 · States should pass laws expressly aimed at combating bullying against LGBT youth, repeal discriminatory laws that restrict teachers from discussing LGBT topics, and pass employment protections for ...

  • The 12 Most Anti-LGBT States, By Legislation

    2016/02/22 · The Sooner State apparently wants to be the leading state in anti-LGBT laws. In the current legislative session, which opened February 1, Oklahoma has 26 anti-LGBT bills under consideration, the ...

  • LGBT employment discrimination in the United States - …

    The regulation of LGBT employment discrimination in the United States varies by jurisdiction. Many states and localities prohibit bias in hiring, promotion, job assignment, termination, and compensation, as well as ...

  • Gay Rights - Movement, Marriage & Flag - HISTORY

    2004/05/17 · The gay rights movement in the United States began in the 1920s and saw huge progress in the 2000s, with laws prohibiting homosexual activity struck down and a Supreme Court ruling legalizing same ...

  • Past LGBT Nondiscrimination and Anti-LGBT Bills Across ...

    Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in America face discrimination in their daily lives. By the close of 2016, 20 states plus DC banned discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity or expression in ...

  • HRC | Human Rights Campaign

    2015/11/25 · The Human Rights Campaign is America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer equality. State Maps of Laws & Policies View the laws and policies that affect

  • 10 Worst Countries for LGBT Rights - WorldAtlas.com

    2019/05/31 · 10 Worst Countries for LGBT Rights The following are a list of countries where LGBT people experience the most discrimination and have the fewest rights. Discrimination against the LGBT community is rife across the world.

  • Japan: Human rights law and discrimination against …

    HUMAN RIGHTS LAW AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST LGBT PEOPLE IN JAPAN Amnesty International 5 1. INTRODUCTION “When I asked a friend who is gay about challenges and needs in an email, he responded that he

  • Expansion of LGBT Rights in Latin America and the Backlash ...

    After two and a half decades of progress, the struggle for LGBT rights in Latin America started to experience a new form of backlash in the mid-2010s. Backlashes against LGBT progress are not new, but the current backlash in Latin ...

  • A Short History of LGBT Rights in the UK - The British …

    This article traces the journey of the LGBT community from 1533 to today, looking at the battles for equality that were fought and legislative changes made. The Buggery Act of 1533, passed by Parliament during the reign of Henry VIII, is the first time in law that male homosexuality was targeted for persecution in the UK.

  • The state of LGBT equality in America | MSNBC

    2015/01/19 · From Russia, to Uganda, to Brunei, HRC has documented and exposed how these radical provocateurs are seeding hateful global laws that target LGBT people with arrest, jail time, or worse. In 2011 ...

  • Inside the Fight Against America’s Wave of Anti-LGBT ...

    2018/05/17 · These anti-LGBT laws have been proliferating: Texas passed one in 2017, as did South Dakota and Alabama.Mississippi allowed state-licensed child placement agencies to turn away same-sex couples ...

  • Gay in Latin America: Legal but deadly - CNN

    2017/03/04 · Latin America has the highest rates of violence against the LGBT community, but it also has some of the most progressive laws for LGBT …

  • 73 countries where homosexuality is illegal - Erasing 76 …

    In this blog’s view, Egypt’s vague but harshly enforced law against “debauchery” is as much an anti-LGBT law as many other countries’ vague and often unenforced laws against “unnatural acts.”).

  • 33 states don't protect LGBT students in anti-bullying laws - Vox

    2014/08/11 · By pushing for state and federal laws that target bullying and discrimination in schools — and against laws that don't allow school staff to even discuss LGBT issues — advocates hope to reduce ...

  • Is It Legal To Discriminate Against LGBT? - YouTube

    2014/12/18 · Convention (IV) respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land and its annex: Regulations concerning the Laws and Customs of War on Land. The Hague, 18 October 1907. …

  • Terrorized at home', Central America's LGBT people to …

    2017/11/27 · BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Killings and violence against LGBT people in Central America are driving hundreds to flee their homes each year, but they have no safe sanctuary to run to ...

  • LGBT Rights Are Under Attack. America Needs the …

    2019/04/02 · It would protect LGBT people against discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations—and it’s getting its first-ever House Judiciary Committee hearing. “If Mike Pence and ...

  • NPR - Did You Know It's Legal In Most States To ...

    2016/03/24 · But it's also legal in most states to discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender — LGBT — people in the areas of employment, housing and public accommodation.

  • Terrorized at home', Central America's LGBT people to …

    2017/11/27 · BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Killings and violence against LGBT people in Central America are driving hundreds to flee their homes each year, but they have no safe sanctuary to run to ...

  • Republican Discrimination Laws Against Gays / LGBT

    2020/04/22 · North Carolina LGBT Discrimination Laws Republicans in Red states such as Arizona, Indiana, North Carolina and Mississippi have passed laws discriminating against Gays / LGBT. Discrimination of any type is in violation of US Citizens Civil Rights.

  • Homosexuality laws of the world | LGBT Info | Fandom

    History of homosexuality laws Edit The first recorded laws supposedly against sexual intercourse between men are dated by scholars to circa 550 BC, during the Babylonian captivity of the Jewish people [citation needed]; they are recorded in Leviticus (though conservative scholars date Leviticus to be much older) [citation needed], and they …

  • Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments | Lambda …

    Fighting anti-LGBT legislation and amendments has been a cornerstone of Lambda Legal’s work since the early 1980s. At the time, Lambda Legal published the first major study on antigay legislative proposals and warned about “the ...

  • Draconian Laws against LGBT Community - Colegio …

    Draconian Laws against LGBT Community A) Background The Draconian laws were an Athe-nian law code allegedly introduced by Draco. Aristotle, the chief source for knowledge of Draco, claims that his were the first written 14 ...

  • AP Explains: The rocky rise of LGBT rights in Latin America

    2019/06/14 · BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Despite a dark past, today many LGBT citizens in Latin America are enjoying the right to marry, choose their gender identity and adopt children. But while laws in several...

  • Why Federal Laws Don't Explicitly Ban Discrimination ...

    2019/03/21 · Polls show that most Americans oppose discrimination against LGBT people, and many believe that it’s already illegal.But federal laws don’t ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity the way ...

  • LGBT Life in the South | GLAAD

    2016/03/10 · LGBT people in the South continue to face obstacles at higher rates than the rest of the country. Yet LGBT Southerners are resilient and continue to thrive.For first-hand accounts of being LGBT Southerners, check out the original short documentary series, GLAAD Presents: State of Change below. Check back for additional videos in …

  • LGBT rights in Latin America, caught between …

    2018/03/28 · LGBT rights in Latin America are caught in a dangerous paradox: whilst legislation is progressive in many countries, hate crimes and homophobia are widespread.

  • The 5 Worst States for LGBT People - Rolling Stone

    2018/06/25 · The 5 Worst States for LGBT People See where America’s gay, lesbian, bi and transgender citizens have it worst By Nico Lang Nico Lang Reporter Nico Lang's Most Recent Stories Nearly 40% of LGBTQ ...

  • US News & World Report - Religious Groups Oppose LGBT ...

    2018/05/02 · Majorities of nearly every major religious denomination, including most Christian groups, say business owners should not be allowed to discriminate against LGBT people. That majorities include 65 ...

  • Human Rights Violations Against Lesbian, Gay, …

    Human Rights Violations Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) People in Jamaica: A Shadow Report Submitted for consideration at the 118th Session of the Human Rights Committee October 2016, Geneva

  • Battleground Barbados: LGBT activists face off against ...

    2018/03/12 · Battleground Barbados: LGBT activists face off against North American homophobes in the Caribbean LGBT Bajans face regular harassment and discrimination on the island. On a sunny day in April last year, at an ocean-side resort just steps from one of Barbados’ famous white-sand beaches, a hate group was hosting a …

  • Maps - Sexual orientation laws | ILGA

    2019/12/18 · Maps | sexual orientation laws Every year, along with the State-Sponsored Homophobia report, ILGA World publishes also maps of sexual orientation laws in the world. A useful tool for LGB human rights defenders, these images expose the arbitrariness of persecutory laws, and starkly indicate the absence of positive law in …

  • #OUTLAWED: “The love that dare not speak its name ...

    Type of Anti-LGBT Laws This map examines two different types of anti-LGBT laws. The red dots indicate countries that outlaw same-sex relations between consenting adults. 1 The blue dots indicate countries that criminalize forms of gender expression, such as “imitating the opposite sex.” 2 ...

  • Beyond I Do — States

    While marriage is legal across the U.S., in 31 states, discrimination against LGBT Americans is still legal. Hear stories from real LGBT couples and how their lives are affected in states where it’s still legal to discriminate. Get the

  • BuzzFeed - 76 Countries Where Anti-Gay Laws Are As …

    1970/01/16 · An LGBT activist in the country told AFP, "[The law] doesn’t just criminalise gay men. It justifies a wide range of abusive behaviours and institutionalises discrimination against LGBT people ...

  • Map Shows Where Being LGBT Can Be Punishable by Law

    2016/06/16 · While laws in most affluent, secular countries have shifted in favor of acceptance, many anti-LGBT laws from a colonial past remain in the developing world. asia North eurOPE America africa south ...

  • 9 Battles The LGBTQ Community In The US Is Still Fighting

    2017/06/20 · But across America, that is the reality for many gay and trans citizens. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development reported in 2013 that same sex couples experience unfavorable treatment in renting homes online, and there are still 28 states where housing discrimination is legal.