LGBT rights in Hawaii

Hawaii has a law that addresses hate crime protection for both actual and/or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.

According to statute:

Sexual orientation is defined as heterosexuality, homosexuality or bisexuality and those "having a history of any one or more of these preferences or being identified with any one or more of these preferences."Haw. Rev. Stat. § 846-51 (2001). Other relevant provisions include Haw. Rev. Stat. §§ 706-662; 846-54; and 846-52 (2001).

"'Gender identity or expression' includes a person's actual or perceived gender, as well as a person's gender identity, gender-related self image, gender-related appearance, or gender-related expression; regardless of whether that gender identity, gender-related self image, gender-related appearance, or gender-related expression is different from that traditionally associated with the person's sex at birth."Haw. Rev. Stat. § 846-51, S.B. 616, 2003 Leg., 22nd Leg. (Haw. 2003).

Summary Table
 Same-sex sexual activity legal 15px|Yes (since 1972) Equal age of consent 15px|Yes  Anti-discrimination laws in employment 15px|Yes Anti-discrimination laws in the provision of goods and services 15px|Yes  LGBT anti-discrimination law in  hospitals 15px|Yes  LGBT anti-discrimination law in schools and colleges 15px|Yes  LGBT anti-discrimination law in health insurance 15px|Yes  Anti-discrimination laws in all other areas (incl. indirect discrimination, hate speech) 15px|Yes Same-sex marriages 15px|Yes (since 2013) Recognition of same-sex couples 15px|Yes  Step-child adoption by same-sex couples 15px|Yes Joint adoption by same-sex couples 15px|Yes (since 2012) Gays and lesbians allowed to serve openly in the military 15px|Yes (since 2011) Right to change legal gender 15px|Yes Access to IVF for lesbians 15px|Yes Commercial surrogacy for gay male couples 15px|Yes LGBT anti-bullying law in schools and colleges15px|No Conversion therapy banned by law 15px|No Legal recognition of gender diversity beyond the female/male binary 15px|No MSMs allowed to donate blood 15px|No (federal policy) Transgender people allowed to serve openly in the military 15px|No (federal policy, under review) Intersex individuals allowed to join the military 15px|No (federal policy, under review) United States census counts number of lesbian, gay male, bisexual, and transgender people  15px|No (federal policy) LGBT-inclusive sex education required to be taught in schools 15px|No Sexual orientation allowed as grounds for asylum 15px|Yes (Since 1994 )

References

Category:LGBT rights in the United States
Category:Hawaii
Category:Same-sex marriage
Category:American LGBT rights law
Category:LGBT rights by country