Talk:LGBT rights in the United States

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Cohabitation agreements

• The courts in virtually all fifty states recognize cohabitation agreements as de facto domestic partnerships. Couldn't these agreements be considered "de facto" same-sex unions? ????? 25 March 2019 (UTC)

No, because "same-sex unions" (did you mean civil unions?) come with de jure protections that most cohabitation agreements lack. Chief among these are hospital visitation rights and automatic next of kin. ElectroChip123 (talk) 05:08, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Sodomy without quotation marks?

Should we really be using the term "sodomy" without quotation marks in a couple instances to refer to homosexual activity? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.255.150.37 (talk) 02:56, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

Yes, because that is how the laws often referred to gay sex. Though sodomy was also sometimes used to describe all types anal sex (including heterosexual). ElectroChip123 (talk) 05:05, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

"Homosexuality in the United States" listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Homosexuality in the United States. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 September 3#Homosexuality in the United States until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. —Naddruf (talk ~ contribs) 23:43, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

Transgender people in the military ban

I'm just wondering why in the summary grid it lists "Yes/No" and "Most" Transgender personnel allowed to serve openly since 2021. I may just be misunderstanding the executive order/what actually happened today, but why is it "most"? Pinkalotk (talk) 23:30, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

Commission rules sexual orientation discrimination illegal in Florida

I'm not exactly sure how to update the discrimination protections map, but earlier today the Florida Commission on Human Relations ruled that sexual orientation and gender identity would be included in their discrimination protections due to the recent supreme court ruling and the Biden administration's executive order, so I assume that the rest of the counties in Florida that don't have it right now would be filled in on the map? Here's a source for the story just to confirm: https://floridapolitics.com/archives/400908-commission-rules-sexual-orientation-discrimination-illegal-in-florida

Since it's so recent I just wanted to let whoever edits the map know, if there's some way to edit it myself then I can if I need to — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sawyer077 (talk • contribs) 23:02, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Single-person restrooms with gender-segregated signage (and a lock) are given new signs saying "All-Gender Restroom" (by policy/law)

Is this actually a right, or is it a policy to make things more inclusive? Of course, it would be nice if building codes were updated so as to make this a rule, but does it rise to the level of being a right? Mandating that all single-use bathrooms be labeled as "all-gender restrooms" does not give transgender people access to "the restroom of their choice", it only makes architecture/buildings more inclusive. In contrast, a law that requires businesses to let transgender customers use the bathroom of their choice would be granting them a legal right/protection. That is, it is a right to be able to use the restroom of one's choice, whereas it's simply nice gesture to have all single-person bathrooms use inclusive signage. Given the gulf of difference between "using inclusive signage" and "being allowed to marry", the former policy clearly doesn't fit with the rest of the table. Likewise, I would suggest the creation of something like a separate "LGBT inclusion policies" table where things like mandating the use of "all gender restroom" or "family restroom" signs for all single-person non-residential restrooms would be included. I would also suggest that such tables appear on other "LGBT rights in X country" articles if that is necessary to maintain article standardization. Any thoughts? ElectroChip123 (talk) 04:58, 4 March 2021 (UTC)