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In 1992, the  Council of the District of Columbia
 passed the "Health Benefits Expansion Act", which was signed into
law by the  Mayor of Washington, D.C.
 The bill, which established  domestic partnerships
 in the District of
Columbia, became law on June 11, 1992. Every year from 1992 to 2000, the
Republican leadership of the U.S. Congress added a  rider
 "Rider \(legislation\)") to the District of
Columbia  appropriations bill  that prohibited the use of federal or local funds to implement the
Health Care Benefits Expansion Act.  [381]  On October 5, 1992, Bush signed
the H.R. 6056 into law, which included the Republican rider to the
appropriations bill.  [382]
In 2012, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's 
Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
 issued a regulation called "Equal Access" to prohibit
LGBT discrimination in federally-assisted housing programs.  [61]  It ensures
that the Department's core housing programs are open to all eligible persons,
regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. In 2019, however, there
was an attempt to weaken the regulation.  [62]
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Amendment 43 \(2006\)") ,  Florida  ,  Georgia
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Amendment 1 \(2004\)") ,  Idaho  "Idaho
Amendment 2 \(2006\)") ,  Kansas 
"Kansas proposed amendment 1 \(2005\)") ,  Kentucky
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Amendment 1 \(2004\)") ,  Louisiana
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Constitutional Amendment 1 \(2004\)") ,  Michigan
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Proposal – 04-2 \(2004\)") ,  Mississippi
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 Missouri  "Missouri
Constitutional Amendment 2 \(2004\)") ,  Montana
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Nebraska  "Nebraska Initiative
Measure 416 \(2000\)") ,  Nevada  "Nevada
Question 2 \(2002\)") ,  North Carolina  ,  North Dakota
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Constitutional Measure 1 \(2004\)") ,  Ohio
 "Ohio State Issue 1 \(2004\)") , 
Oklahoma  "Oklahoma State Question
711 \(2004\)") ,  Oregon  "Oregon
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\(2006\)") ,  South Dakota  "South
Dakota Amendment C \(2006\)") ,  Tennessee
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Texas  "Texas proposition 2 \(2005\)") , 
Utah  ,  Virginia  , and  Wisconsin 
"Wisconsin Referendum 1 \(2006\)") .
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now formally structured District, with those of Maryland applying to that
portion of the District ceded from Maryland, and those of Virginia applying to
that portion ceded from Virginia. At the time, Maryland had a sodomy law
applicable only to free males with a punishment of "labour for any time, in
their discretion, not exceeding seven years for the same crime, on the public
roads of the said county, or in making, repairing or cleaning the streets or
bason [sic] of Baltimore-town;" it imposed the death penalty for slaves
committing sodomy. Similarly, Virginia had a penalty of 1–10 years for free
persons committing sodomy, but imposed the death penalty for slaves committing
sodomy. The law went into effect on February 27, 1801.  [342]
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confirming their gender identity on their legal documents. The  Ministry of
Justice  "Ministry of Justice
\(Russia\)") approved this document on January 19, 2018. Up to this point,
changes related to the gender change could only be made to the documents on
the basis of a court decision. The Ministry of Health explained that, in
accordance with the legislation, the registry offices make changes to the
birth certificate if a mentioned certificate is submitted.  [ _ citation
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On March 5, 1976, when asked about the issue of gay rights, with respect to
hiring, employment, and housing,  Gerald Ford  said "I recognize that this is a very new and serious problem in our
society. I have always tried to be an understanding person as far as people
are concerned who are different than myself. That doesn't mean that I agree
with or would concur in what is done by them or their position in society. I
think this is a problem we have to face up to, and I can't give you a pat
answer tonight. I just would be dishonest to say that there is a pat answer
under these very difficult circumstances".  [364]
See also:  Cho Man Kit v Broadcasting Authority
In June 2018, arguing that her right to privacy and equality had been
violated, amounting to a breach of the  Basic Law  and the  Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance
 , a Hong Kong lesbian woman known as "MK" sued the  Hong Kong
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 "High Court \(Hong Kong\)") heard the case in
a preliminary brief 30-minute chambers hearing in August 2018.  [40]  [41]
[42]  In April 2019, a judge rejected a bid by the Catholic Diocese of Hong
Kong and other conservative groups to join litigation and ruled that the court
can not arbitrate on social or theological issues and works only on legal
considerations, as the counsel for the Catholic Diocese claimed that the
outcome of the court case could lead to 'reverse discrimination' and create a
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nightclub shooting  . Obama and Biden laid 49 bouquets of white roses to memorialize
the 49 people killed in the tragedy impacting the LGBTQ community.  [499]
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