Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✔ Legal
    Censorship
    Unknown
    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
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Military
    ✔ Legal
    Donating Blood
    Unknown
    Conversion Therapy
    ✔ Banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in Washington, D.C.

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Homosexual activity in Washington, D.C. is legal.

Current status
Legal
There is no state that it is illegal.
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Same-sex marriage in Washington, D.C.

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Same-sex marriage in Washington, D.C. is legal.

Current status
Legal
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Washington, D.C.

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Washington, D.C. is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Right to change legal gender in Washington, D.C.

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Right to change legal gender in Washington, D.C. is legal, no restrictions.

Current status
Legal, no restrictions
Also have a non binary option.
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Gender-affirming care in Washington, D.C.

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Gender-affirming care in Washington, D.C. is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Washington, D.C.

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Washington, D.C. is recognized.

Current status
Since Jun 27, 2017
Recognized
One of the first places in the U.S. to offer gender-neutral driver's licenses and ID cards.
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LGBT discrimination in Washington, D.C.

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LGBT discrimination in Washington, D.C. is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
People are protected from discrimination based upon both sexual orientation and gender identification.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Washington, D.C.

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LGBT employment discrimination in Washington, D.C. is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since 2006
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 Washington, D.C.

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LGBT housing discrimination in Washington, D.C. is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
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 Washington, D.C.

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Same-sex adoption in Washington, D.C. is legal.

Current status
Legal
In 50 states
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Intersex infant surgery in Washington, D.C.

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Intersex infant surgery in Washington, D.C. is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Washington, D.C.

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Serving openly in military in Washington, D.C. is legal.

Current status
Since Feb 26, 2021
Legal under federal United States law
President Biden removed former President Trumps ban on transgender people serving in the military, transgender people are still allowed to serve as of 2024.


A year after the ban was lifted, Admiral Levine was sworn into being an Admiral, becoming the first transgender woman to hold a high rank in the Navy and in Cabinet.
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whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo…
defense.gov/News/News-Stori…
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Apr 11, 2019–Feb 26, 2021
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned under federal United States law
New policy goes into effect barring individuals with a "condition" known as "gender dysphoria."
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cnn.com/2019/04/12/politics…
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Sep 20, 2011–Apr 11, 2019
Legal under federal United States law
In 2011, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was repealed by the Obama Administration. Former President Obama allowed members who were dishonorably discharged under DADT, to receive an honorable discharge.
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hrc.org/our-work/stories/re…
whitehouse.gov/ppo/briefing…
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Dec 21, 1993–Sep 20, 2011
Don't Ask, Don't Tell under federal United States law
Don't Ask, Don't Tell was the historic compromise signed by President Bill Clinton authorizing people who are LGBT to serve in the military provided they didn't disclose sexuality. The law also removed the ability for others in the military from asking for a service member's orientation.
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Sources:
gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-104p…
catalog.archives.gov/id/122244870 *official document for DADT signed by Former President Clinton*
gao.gov/assets/nsiad-92-98.pdf *study from 1992 to 1998*
history.com/news/dont-ask-d…
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Blood donations by MSMs in Washington, D.C.

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Blood donations by MSMs in Washington, D.C. is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Conversion therapy in Washington, D.C.

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Conversion therapy in Washington, D.C. is banned.

Current status
Since Dec 22, 2014
Banned
On December 22, 2014, the Conversion Therapy for Minors Prohibition Amendment Act was signed into law, banning conversion therapy on minors. Washington, D.C. was the third U.S. region to ban conversion therapy, in addition to California and New Jersey.
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Equal age of consent in Washington, D.C.

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Equal age of consent in Washington, D.C. is equal.

Current status
Equal
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