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Gay Independence

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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

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