Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✔ Legal
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✔ Legal, no restrictions
    Gender-Affirming Care
    Unknown
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    ✔ Recognized
    Discrimination
    ✔ Illegal
    Employment Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Housing Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Adoption
    ✔ Legal
    Military
    ✔ Legal
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✔ Banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Maryland

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Homosexual activity in Maryland is legal.

Current status
Since Jan 19, 1999
Legal
Settlement of Williams v. Glendening, Baltimore Circuit Court. In 2023, Maryland removed the statute criminalising sodomy from its state constitution.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
Eskridge, William N. "Dishonorable Passions: Sodomy Laws in America", p. 395. Additionally: books.google.com/books?id=D…
lgbtqnation.com/2023/05/min…
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Same-sex marriage in Maryland

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Same-sex marriage in Maryland is legal.

Current status
Since Nov 8, 2012
Legal
In 2012, Maryland legalized same-sex marriage.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
cnn.com/election/2012/resul…
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Maryland

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Maryland is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
There are no laws censoring LGBT topics in Maryland.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/c…
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Right to change legal gender in Maryland

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Right to change legal gender in Maryland is legal, no restrictions.

Current status
Legal, no restrictions
according to Movement Advancement Project.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/i…
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Gender-Affirming Care in Maryland

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Gender-Affirming Care in Maryland is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Maryland

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Maryland is recognized.

Current status
Since Oct 1, 2019
Recognized
Maryland residents can self-identify their gender (with an X gender marker as one of the options) on their driver's license or state IDs.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
freestate-justice.org/x-mar…
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LGBT discrimination in Maryland

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LGBT discrimination in Maryland is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
People are protected from discrimination based upon both sexual orientation and gender identification.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
aclu.org/maps/non-discrimin…
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LGBT employment discrimination in Maryland

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LGBT employment discrimination in Maryland is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since 2014
Sexual orientation and gender identity
State law provides for protections against employment discrimination in regards to both sexual orientation and gender identification.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
hrc-assets.s3-website-us-ea…
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LGBT housing discrimination in Maryland

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LGBT housing discrimination in Maryland is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Maryland explicitly bans housing discrimination based upon sexual orientation and gender identification.

Additionally, the Human Rights Campaign states, "The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires grantees and participants of HUD programs to comply with local and state non-discrimination laws that include sexual orientation and gender identity. HUD also prohibits inquiries regarding the sexual orientation or gender identity of a prospective tenant or applicant for assisted housing in every state (March 2012)."
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
hrc-assets.s3-website-us-ea…
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Same-sex adoption in Maryland

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Same-sex adoption in Maryland is legal.

Current status
Legal
State statute permits any adult to petition for adoption per MD Code Ann. Fam. Law, §5-331. Second-parent adoption has been allowed in lower courts.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
lambdalegal.org/states-regi…
MD Code Ann. Fam. Law, §5-331
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Serving openly in military in Maryland

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Serving openly in military in Maryland is legal.

Current status
Since Sep 20, 2011
Legal
Don't Ask, Don't Tell is officially repealed throughout the United States, and gays and lesbians may openly serve.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
army.mil/dadt/
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Intersex infant surgery in Maryland

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Intersex infant surgery in Maryland is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Blood donations by MSMs in Maryland

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Blood donations by MSMs in Maryland is legal.

Current status
Since May 11, 2023
Legal
The new FDA policy on blood donation eliminates deferrals and screening questions specific to men who have sex with men (MSM). Prospective donors will be asked the same set of questions regardless of their sex or sexual orientation.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
fda.gov/regulatory-informat…
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Apr 2, 2020–May 11, 2023
Banned (less than 6-month deferral)
Blood donation centers follow the new FDA 3-month deferral guidance.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
fda.gov/regulatory-informat…
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Dec 21, 2015–Apr 2, 2020
Banned (1-year deferral)
Blood donation centers followed the non-binding FDA one year deferral guidance.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biol…
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1983–Dec 21, 2015
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Ban on blood donations from MSMs applies to any man who has had sex, even once, with another man on or after January 1, 1977.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVacci…
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Conversion therapy in Maryland

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Conversion therapy in Maryland is banned.

Current status
Banned
The Governor hss signed SB 1028 in to law which bans conversion therapy.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
gaystarnews.com/article/mar…
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Equal age of consent in Maryland

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Equal age of consent in Maryland is equal.

Current status
Equal
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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