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Second parent adoption for LGBT couples in Illinois became legal in 1995 after a ruling in favor of K.M. and D.M. (a lesbian couple) to adopt Olivia M. (the biological child of K.M.), and K.L. and M.M. (another lesbian couple) to adopt Michael M. and David M. (David is the biological child of K.L. and Michael is the adoptive child of K.L.). [58]
In March 2021, Texas courts have fully recognised that LGBT individuals have employment protections, based on the 2020 Bostock v. Clayton County Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) legal precedent. [102] In 2022, Texas became a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit to overturn some LGBT protections on Constitutional grounds. [103]
USA Today afterwards stated that in addition to LGBTQ employment discrimination, "The court's ruling is likely to have a sweeping impact on federal civil rights laws barring sex discrimination in education, health care, housing and financial credit." [365] On June 30, 2023, the Supreme Court ruled by a 6-3 vote in 303 Creative LLC v.
A government-sponsored adoption law in Uruguay allowing LGBT adoption was approved by the lower house on 28 August 2009, and by the Senate on 9 September 2009. In October 2009, the law was signed by President and took effect. [108] According to Equipos Mori Poll's, 53% of Uruguayans are opposed to same sex adoption against 39% that support it.
LGBT identification was higher among women (8.5%) than men (4.7%), with women more likely to identify as bisexual and men equally likely to identify as bisexual or gay. 28.5% of Gen Z women identified as LGBT compared with 10.6% of men, as well as 12.4% of Millennial women and 5.4% of Millennial men.
MORE: LGBTQ teen Nex Benedict died by suicide, medical examiner says. The FBI counted 2,936 incidents related to sexual-orientation and gender-identity bias in 2023 – up roughly 8.6% from about ...
A July poll by USA Today found that 55% of Americans supported same-sex marriage, while 40% did not. [58] A May 9 Washington Post-ABC News poll found that 55% of Americans supported same-sex marriage, while 40% did not. [59] A March 20–24 CBS News Poll found that 53% of Americans supported same-sex marriage, 39% opposed it, and 8% were ...
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Texas since the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges on June 26, 2015. Previously, the U.S. state of Texas had banned same-sex marriage both by statute since 1973 and in its State Constitution since 2005.