Gay rights laws Ameri have evolved to allow — but some s ban — rights for gay, lbian and transgenr people on a range of issu, cludg marriage, hospal visatn, adoptn…
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GAY RIGHTS THE US, STATE BY STATE
Send, on Tuday the Florida Senate passed a ntroversial bill, lled "Don't Say Gay" by opponents, that bans tors younger gras om talkg about sexual orientatn and genr inty the Florida and Texas makg headl for the laws, the qutn aris: Which stat have gone the oppose directn and enshred protectns for young people of different sexual orientatns or genr inti? In 1992, Colorado got labeled "The Hate State" when voters passed an amendment, later stck down as unnstutnal, that forba ci om passg anti-discrimatn laws protectg gay people. Now, the state has a gay ernor (Democrat Jared Polis) and an LGBTQ uc the state legislature, which has passed a number of pro-LGBTQ bills recent years.
Usually the laws are related to what n be discsed sex tn class; for example, Oklahoma law requir that class on AIDS preventn teach stunts to avoid “homosexual activy.
Laws that explicly mentn sexual orientatn primarily target, whether for protectn or harm, lbian, gay, and bisexual people.
THE RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE
Transgenr people may intify as heterosexual, lbian, gay, bisexual, queer, or somethg else.