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Since June 26, 2020, Georgia protects its citizens from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Prior to Bostock v. Clayton County, state law did not protect against employee discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. However, some cities and counties in the state have enacted local ordinances banning such ...
No state-wide protections LGBTQ people and materials free from censorship Current "no promo homo laws" in Texas ban the "promotion" of homosexuality in schools Hate crime laws include sexual orientation Rarely invoked. Fewer than one case a year on average has been successfully prosecuted in Texas as a hate crime. (See §Hate crime law)
This article summarizes the same-sex marriage laws of states in the United States. Via the case Obergefell v.Hodges on June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States legalized same-sex marriage in a decision that applies nationwide, with the exception of American Samoa and sovereign tribal nations.
[30] [31] Twelve states have had state Supreme Court or state Appeals courts rule that their state's sodomy laws were unconstitutional. Georgia, Louisiana, and Massachusetts, have all had their state sodomy laws struck down by the courts, but the legislatures have not repealed those laws. [32] On April 18, 2013, the governor of Montana signed a ...
Georgia's parliament will shortly begin debating a wide-ranging "family values" bill that will include bans on "LGBT propaganda" and gender reassignment surgery, the speaker of parliament was ...
Anti-LGBTQ curriculum laws are laws approved by various U.S. states that limit the discussion of sexuality and gender identity in public schools. [1]In theory, these laws mainly apply to sex ed courses, but they can also be applied to other parts of the school curriculum as well as to extracurricular activities such as sports and organizations such as gay–straight alliances. [2]
In the longer term, advocates and supporters of the LGBTQ community are backing the proposed Fair and Equal Housing Act, which would amend current civil rights law to ban discrimination on the ...
The Texas Tribune reported that the code of conduct will no longer prohibit social workers from turning away “clients on the basis of disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.”