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LGBT Rights in New Mexico State

    Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✔ Legal
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✔ Legal, no restrictions
    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
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✔ Banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal

Recent surveys in New Mexico have revealed a mixed response towards LGBTQ+ rights and issues.

History

Homosexual activity in New Mexico

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Homosexual activity in New Mexico is legal.

Current status
Since Jun 20, 1975
Legal
Sources:
New Mexico Laws of 1975, ch. 109, §8
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Same-sex marriage in New Mexico

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Same-sex marriage in New Mexico is legal.

Current status
Since Dec 19, 2013
Legal
State's highest court rules gay marriage ban unconstitutional
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in New Mexico

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in New Mexico is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
No law currently censors LGBT topics in New Mexico.
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Right to change legal gender in New Mexico

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Right to change legal gender in New Mexico is legal, no restrictions.

Current status
Since Jun 15, 2019
Legal, no restrictions
New Mexican born residents can request to change their legal gender marker. Surgery is not required.
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2006–Jun 15, 2019
Legal, but requires surgery
Requires notarized statement from attending physician or person in charge of an institution that sex has been changed via surgery, along with a name change order. No options for non-surgical and non-binary trans people. No intersex gender marker.
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in New Mexico

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in New Mexico is recognized.

Current status
Since Oct 29, 2019
Recognized
New Mexico allows gender neutral gender options
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LGBT discrimination in New Mexico

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LGBT discrimination in New Mexico is illegal.

Current status
Since Jul 1, 2003
Illegal
People are protected from discrimination based upon both sexual orientation and gender identification.
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LGBT employment discrimination in New Mexico

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LGBT employment discrimination in New Mexico is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Jul 1, 2003
Sexual orientation and gender identity
State law provides for protections against employment discrimination in regards to both sexual orientation and gender identification.
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LGBT housing discrimination in New Mexico

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LGBT housing discrimination in New Mexico is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Jul 1, 2003
Sexual orientation and gender identity
This state 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)."
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Same-sex adoption in New Mexico

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Same-sex adoption in New Mexico is legal.

Current status
Legal
Any individual approved suitable by the court is allowed to adopt.
Sources:
N.M. Stat. §32A-5-11
www.lambdalegal.org/states-region/new-mexico
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Serving openly in military in New Mexico

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Serving openly in military in New Mexico 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.
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Blood donations by MSMs in New Mexico

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Blood donations by MSMs in New Mexico 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.
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Apr 2, 2020–May 11, 2023
Banned (3-month deferral)
Blood donation centers follow the new FDA 3-month deferral guidance.
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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.
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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.
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Conversion therapy in New Mexico

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Conversion therapy in New Mexico is banned.

Current status
Since Apr 6, 2017
Banned
Ban Passed by Senate Committee of New Mexico.
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Until Apr 6, 2017
Not banned
Conversion Therapy is currently legal. No law currently bans it, despite organizations such as the American Psychological Association denouncing it.
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Equal age of consent in New Mexico

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Equal age of consent in New Mexico is equal.

Current status
Equal
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