- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✖ State-enforced
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Unknown
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Louisiana is state-enforced.
Right to change legal gender in Louisiana is legal, but requires surgery.
Gender-Affirming Care in Louisiana is unknown.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Louisiana is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Louisiana is no protections.
LGBT employment discrimination in Louisiana is sexual orientation and gender identity.
LGBT housing discrimination in Louisiana is no protections.
However, 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)."
Serving openly in military in Louisiana is legal.
Blood donations by MSMs in Louisiana is legal.
Conversion therapy in Louisiana is not banned.