mteb/BrightProPsychologyRetrieval huggingface dataset:
Right to change legal gender  |   (Banned since 2023)
Homosexuality declassified as an illness  |   (not classified as an illness
from 1999 to 2022; new laws introduced on 1 July 2023)  [34]
Access to IVF for lesbians  |  
 MSM  allowed
to donate blood  |   (Since 2008)  [192]
####  Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army
*  Cheka 
*  GPU 
*  NKVD 
*  Destruction battalions 
*  MVD  "Ministry of Internal Affairs \(Soviet Union\)")
*  Militsiya 
*  MGB  "Ministry of State Security \(Soviet Union\)")
*  KGB 
*  Chairmen 
*  Soviet Border Troops 
*  Soviet Armed Forces 
*  Soviet Army  /  Spetsnaz GRU  •  Soviet Navy  •  Soviet Air Forces  /  Soviet Airborne Forces
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#####  Census and other data collection
|   (Since 2007 for both 
sexuality  and  gender identity
 )  |   (Since 2007 for both 
sexuality  and  gender identity
 )
Commenting on the bill prior to its passage, President Putin said, during a
visit to Amsterdam in April 2013, "I want everyone to understand that in
Russia there are no infringements on sexual minorities' rights. They're
people, just like everyone else, and they enjoy full rights and freedoms".
[155]  He went on to say that he fully intended to sign the bill because the
Russian people demanded it.  [149]  As he put it, "Can you imagine an
organization promoting pedophilia in Russia? I think people in many Russian
regions would have started to take up arms.... The same is true for sexual
minorities: I can hardly imagine same-sex marriages being allowed in 
Chechnya  . Can you imagine it? It would have
resulted in human casualties."  [149]  Putin also mentioned that he was
concerned about Russia's low birth-rate and that same-sex relationships do not
produce children.  [150]
Law  "State law \(United States\)") |
As of February 2024, all U.S. States except for Kansas and Florida allow the
gender marker to be changed on a driver's license, although the requirements
for doing so vary by state. Often, the requirements for changing one's
driver's license are less stringent than those for changing the marker on the
birth certificate. For example, until August 1, 2015, the state of 
Massachusetts  required  sex
reassignment surgery  for a birth certificate change,  [139]  [140]  but only a form
including a sworn statement from a physician that the applicant is in fact the
new gender to correct the sex designation on a driver's license.  [141]  As of
November 2019, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts no longer requires any
documentation or a sworn statement from a medical doctor in order to change
one's gender marker on their drivers license/state ID. In order to change the
gender marker, one only needs to fill out a new drivers license/ID card
application reflecting the correct information.  [142]  The state of 
Virginia  had policies similar to those of
Massachusetts, requiring  Sex reassignment surgery (SRS)
 for a birth
certificate change, but not for a driver's license change.  [143]  [144]
Virginia removed the requirement for surgery to change the gender marker in
September 2020.  [145]
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In 1977, under the guidance of Jimmy Carter, a policy was removed which barred
employment of gays in the  foreign service  and  Internal Revenue Service  . That same year, fourteen gay and lesbian
activists were invited to the White House for the first official visit ever.
Jimmy Carter publicly opposed the  Briggs Initiative
 . However, in March 1980,
Carter issued a formal statement indicating he would not issue an executive
order banning anti-gay discrimination in the U.S. federal government and that
he would not support including a gay rights plank in the Democratic Party
platform.  [367]  [368]  In September 1980, the  United States Department of
Justice  announced that immigration officials would no longer be allowed
to ask whether an individual entering the United States was gay and therefore
ineligible for admission.  [369]  An individual would only be denied admission
into the United States if the traveler self-identified as gay to the
immigration official.  [369]
###  Conjugal visits
LGBTQ rights remains one of the areas in which the city stands apart from
mainland China, where same-sex sexual acts have been legal since 1997 but 
recent years have seen a crackdown on the community
 .
In November 2018, openly gay legislator  Raymond Chan Chi-chuen
 proposed a motion to
study  civil unions  for same-sex couples,
but this was voted down by 27 to 24.  [48]
On December 26, 2013, President Obama signed the  National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014
 into law, which repealed the
ban on consensual sodomy in the  UCMJ
 .
[484]
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For many years, leading advocate groups such as Community Business, have
worked to promote and advance the extension of non-discrimination policies in
the corporate sector for LGBT minorities. Only a limited number of
multinational companies have explicitly embraced such policies, namely 
Goldman Sachs  and  IBM  .  [99]  Only a handful of local and mainland China-based companies
have extended non-discrimination protection to LGBT employees, including blue-
chip stock companies.
Public opinion in Russia tends to be hostile toward homosexuality and the
level of intolerance has been rising.  [39]  A 2022 survey found that 74% of
Russians said homosexuality should not be accepted by society (up from 60% in
2002), compared to 14% who said that homosexuality should be accepted by
society.  [40]  In a 2015 survey of 2,471 Russians, 86% said homosexuality
should not be accepted by society.  [41]  In a 2007 survey, 68% of Russians
said homosexuality is always wrong (54%) or almost always wrong (14%).  [42]
In a 2005 poll, 44% of Russians were in favour of making homosexual acts
between consenting adults a criminal act;  [43]  at the same time, 43% of
Russians supported a legal ban on discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation.  [43]  In 2013, 16% of Russians surveyed said that gay people
should be isolated from society, 22% said they should be forced to undergo
treatment, and 5% said homosexuals should be "liquidated".  [44]  In Russian
psychiatry, Soviet mentality about homosexuality has endured into the present
day.  [45]  For instance, in spite of the removal of homosexuality from the
nomenclature of mental disorders, 62.5% of 450 surveyed psychiatrists in the 
Rostov Region  view it as an illness,
and up to three-quarters view it as immoral behavior.  [45]  The psychiatrists
sustain the objections to pride parades and the use of veiled schemes to lay
off openly lesbian and gay persons from schools, child care centres, and other
public institutions.  [45]  A Russian motorcycle club called the  Night
Wolves  , which is closely associated with
Russian President  Vladimir Putin 
and which suggests "Death to faggots" as an alternate name for itself,  [46]
organised a large  Anti-Maidan  rally in
February 2015 at which a popular slogan was "We don't need Western ideology
and gay parades!"  [47]
|  
Paid family leave for same-sex parents and couples  |   |
 /   [669]
LGBT anti-discrimination law in adoption, custody, and visitation rights  |   |
 /  
 Conjugal visits  for same-sex
couples  |  N/A (conjugal visits banned in federal prisons regardless of
sexual orientation)  |   /   (only in  New York
 "New York \(state\)") and  California
 )
LGBT people allowed to serve openly in the military  |   (since  2011
 )  [670]  |  
Transgender people allowed to serve openly in the military  |   (Most Transgender
personnel allowed to serve openly since 2021)  [671]  |  
Intersex people allowed to serve openly in the military  |   (current Department of Defense
policy bans "  hermaphrodites  "
from serving or enlisting in the military)  [672]  |  
Right to change legal gender  |   (Does not require  SRS
 for a gender
change on passports  [673]  or  Social Security
 's
records  [674]  )  |   /   (20 states allow a gender change
on birth certificates after  SRS  , 27 states allow it without being required to undergo
such treatments, one state bans all amendments to birth certificates, and two
are ambiguous at the moment)
Legal recognition of  non-binary gender  |   |   /  
Legal recognition of  non-binary gender  on US passports  |   (since 2022)  [675]  |  
Abolition of gender-based dress codes which may discriminate against
transgender students at schools  |   |   /   /  
(Known cities with such a policy include New York City)  [676]
Airport security screening gender neutral (body scanning, etc.)  |   (since 2022) Cessation of
"alarm" or "anomaly" security flags on bodily characteristics deemed not
congruent, or not to "match" sex designations, as may occur for some
transgender persons  [677]  |  
 United States census 
counts number of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and recognizes
a  non-binary gender  or 
Intersex  option  |   |  
Intersex minors protected from invasive surgical procedures  |   |  
Conversion therapy banned on minors  |   |   /  
 Gay panic  and  trans panic
 defenses banned by law  |   |   /   (  11 States
 currently ban
it.)
Gay and Lesbian Criminal records expunged  |   |   /  
Homosexuality declassified as a mental illness  |   (since 1973)  |  
Transgender identity declassified as a mental illness  |   (since 1994) Not
considered a mental illness.  [c]  |  N/A
Intersex sex characteristics declassified as a physical deformity  |   |
 /  
 MSMs  allowed
to donate blood  |   /   (3-month deferral period)  [681]
[682]  |  N/A
Female sex partners of  MSMs  allowed to donate blood  |   /   (3-month deferral period)  |
N/A
|   (Since 1991 for
employment, since 2005 in housing, and since 2006 in public accommodations)  |
 (Since 2005 in housing,
since 2006 in public accommodations, and since 2011 in employment)
September 1, 2023
##  Genes and genetics – related parents
###   US news outlet Radio Free Asia exits Hong Kong over safety, security
law fears; gov’t condemns ‘scaremongering’
On March 26, 2021,  Rachel Levine 
became the U.S. assistant secretary for health and "the highest-ranking openly
transgender official in U.S. history" (according to the _Washington Post_ ).
[622]  On May 10, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services affirmed
that gay and transgender people's access to healthcare was protected under the
Affordable Care Act, reversing a Trump administration policy and restoring an
Obama administration policy.  [67]
This article
incorporates text from a  free content 
work. Licensed under CC-BY-SA IGO 3.0 (  license statement/permission
 ). Text taken
from  _Out in the Open: Education sector responses to violence based on
sexual orientation and gender identity/expression​_
 , 45, UNESCO,
UNESCO. UNESCO.
Unknown if transgender military service allowed
|   (Since 1993 for both 
sexuality  and  gender identity
 )  |   (Since 1993 for both 
sexuality  and  gender identity
 )
In June 2021,  the court sided with Li and his late partner
 , saying that
the city’s subsidised housing policies, which do not acknowledge same-sex
partners as a tenant’s family member, “constitute unlawful discrimination on
the ground of sexual orientation.”
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On February 2, 1950, Senator  Lyndon B. Johnson  voted for  Uniform Code of Military Justice
 .
[354]
*  American Samoa 
*  Guam 
*  Northern Mariana Islands 
*  Puerto Rico 
*  U.S. Virgin Islands
On March 1, 1917, the  Articles of War  of 1916 are implemented. This included a revision of the Articles of War
of 1806, the new regulations detail statutes governing U.S. military
discipline and justice. Under the category Miscellaneous Crimes and Offences,
Article 93 states that any person subject to military law who commits "assault
with intent to commit sodomy" shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
[347]
* _ Alekseyev v. Russia  _
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* _ Fedotova and Others v. Russia  _
Obama supported  civil unions  , but
opposed same-sex marriage when he ran for the U.S. Senate in 2004 and for U.S.
President in 2008.  [430]  He supported civil unions that would carry equal
legal standing to that of marriage for  same-sex couples  , but believed that decisions about the title
of marriage should be left to the states.  [433]  [434]
|   (Since 1992)  |   (Since 2007)
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While many American socialist and  communist 
political parties initially preferred to ignore the issue, most now support
gay rights causes. Socialist groups generally integrate a stronger approach to
gender identity issues than mainstream parties. The  Socialist Party U.S.A
 nominated an openly gay
man,  David McReynolds  , as its
(and America's) first openly gay presidential candidate in 1980.  [652]
The law was also condemned by German Chancellor  Angela Merkel
 and German cabinet secretaries,  [187]
British Prime Minister  David Cameron 
,  [188]  Australian Foreign Minister  Bob Carr 
,  [189]  as well as Canadian Prime Minister  Stephen Harper
 and Foreign Affairs Minister John
Baird.  [190]
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In July 2023, Russia enacted the  "Law Banning Gender Transition in Russia"
") [  ru
 ]  , which includes
the following provisions:  [138]  [139]
.jpg) Two women at
the Capital  Pride Parade  , Washington,
DC (2014)
Anton Krasovsky  , a television
news anchor at government-run KontrTV, was immediately fired  [96]  [97]  from
his job in January 2013 when he announced during a live broadcast that he is
gay and disgusted by the national anti-gay propaganda legislation that had
been proposed although had not yet passed.  [49]  [98]
Enters in to force in 2024
Others  |
Prior to 1993, lesbian and gay people were not permitted to serve in the U.S.
military. Under the "  Don't ask, don't tell
 " (DADT) policy
enacted that year, they were permitted to do so only if they did not disclose
their sexual orientation. The  Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010
 permitted homosexual men and women to serve openly in the
armed forces once designated government officials certified that the military
was prepared for the repeal.  [74]  Since September 20, 2011, gays, lesbians,
and bisexuals have been able to serve openly.  [75]
Two statutes, the  Hate Crime Statistics Act
 (1990) and the  Campus Hate Crimes Right
to Know Act
 (1997), require the  Department of
Justice  and the  Federal Bureau of Investigation

(FBI), as well as college/university campus security authorities, to collect
and publish hate crime statistics.
On January 25, 2021, the new  Biden administration
 revoked Trump's ban
through an executive order, reverting the policy regarding  transgender
people and military service  to what it was in 2016 under the 
Obama administration  .
Transgender personnel are now allowed to serve in the military under varying
conditions and requirements. On April 30, 2021, the United States Department
of Defense enacted a new policy calling for better medical access and gender
marker assistance to transgender people serving in the United States Military.
[90]  [91]
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###  George W. Bush
Photo: Gay Games 11 Hong Kong 2023, via Facebook.
###  Some notable cases
The governor's office "contacted the family and asked if we would consider
taking sexual orientation out of the bill, and our answer was no, because the
bill is for everybody. Everybody should be protected by the law." said Harris.
In a 2000 presidential debate,  Al Gore  would
attack Bush for allowing the bill to die in committee, with Bush responding
Texas already had a hate crimes statute, and nothing more was needed.  [408]
George W. Bush also stated his opposition to a New Jersey Supreme Court ruling
that said the  Boy Scouts of America must accept gays in their organization
 . "I believe the Boy Scouts is a private
organization and they should be able to set the standards that they choose to
set," Bush said.  [411]  Bush also expressed his support for bans on gay
foster parenting and adoption,  [412]  urging agencies to place children in
"traditional homes—man and wife."  [413]
Obama also called for full equality during his second  inaugural address
 on January 21, 2013: "Our
journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like
anyone else under the law—for if we are truly created equal, then surely the
love we commit to one another must be equal as well." It was the first mention
of rights for gays and lesbians or use of the word _gay_ in an inaugural
address.  [480]  [481]
###  Eye colour
Map of states, counties, and municipalities that have sexual orientation and
gender identity discrimination prohibited in employment, housing, and public
accommodations via statute, executive order, regulation, and/or court ruling:
###   Bereaved parents find solace at Hong Kong’s ‘Forever Love’ crematorium
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On October 3, 2017, the Trump administration voted against a UN resolution to
condemn the  death penalty  (which
condemned the use of that penalty for homosexuality in particular), thus
making the United States one of only 13 countries to vote against the
resolution (including  Saudi Arabia  where the death penalty for gay sex is practiced).
[584]  However, this was in accordance with longstanding policy, as the Obama
administration had also voted against it.  [585]  Jessica Stern, executive
director of the LGBT rights group  OutRight
 , said
the group criticized the Trump administration's "many rights violations, its
many abuses of power from LGBTI violations to xenophobia, but this particular
instance is not an example of a contraction of support on LGBTI rights... It
would be a mistake to interpret its opposition to a death penalty resolution
to a change in policy."  [585]  In September 2020, the Trump administration
(along with co-signatures it had gathered from 57 countries) proposed that the
United Nations emphasize "religious freedom" in place of LGBTQ rights when
discussing "international human rights."  [586]
###  Age of consent, archaic laws
|   (Since 2020 for both 
sexuality  and  gender identity
 )  |   (Since 2020 for both 
sexuality  and  gender identity
 )
*  Navajo Nation 
*  Indian Country
|  
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 , but not state law)  |  
(States Civil Rights Commission implicitly includes  gender identity
 , but not state law)
QQ
(unaffected)
Employment discrimination  refers to discriminatory employment practices such as bias in
hiring, promotion, job assignment, termination, and compensation, and various
types of harassment.  [49]
On November 6, 2012,  Minnesota  became the
first state to vote down a  proposed constitutional amendment
 banning same-sex
marriage. The amendment failed with a 53% to 47% vote.  [44]
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sexuality  and  gender identity
 )  |   (Since 2005 for both 
sexuality  and  gender identity
 )
On June 11, 1999, Clinton declared June to be Gay and Lesbian  Pride Month
 , making him the first president to do so.
[404]
####  Pregnancy, birth and raising children
On June 28, 2000, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in _ Boy
Scouts of America v. Dale  _ that the  Boy Scouts of America
 had a First Amendment
right to exclude people from its organization on the basis of  sexual
orientation  , irrespective of
any applicable civil rights laws.
By type  |
On October
27, 2018, hundreds of protesters marched in downtown San Diego to protest the
Trump administration's plans to define gender as sex assigned at birth.  [544]
|   (Since 1995)  |   (Since 2011)
The law subjects Russian citizens found guilty to fines of up to 5,000 roubles
and public officials to fines of up to 50,000 roubles.  [ _ citation needed
 _ ]
Organisations or businesses will be fined up to 1 million rubles and be forced
to cease operations for up to 90 days. Foreigners may be arrested and detained
for up to 15 days then deported, as well as fined up to 100,000 rubles.
Russian citizens who have used the Internet or media to promote "non-
traditional relations" will be fined up to 100,000 rubles.  [16]
The LGBT rights organisation  Gayrussia.ru  has been monitoring homophobic political parties since 2011.
[105]  In the middle of 2013 their list included:  [106]   United Russia
 ,  Communist Party of Russian
Federation  ,  Narodnaya Volya
 "People's Union \(Russia\)") ,  National
Bolshevik Party  ,
 National Bolshevik Front  ,  Patriots of Russia  ,  Eurasian Youth Union  and  Fair Russia  .