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Civil rights protection for lesbians and gays, mid-1993
							
states with civil rights laws							
California	CA						
Connecticut	CT						
Hawaii	HI						
Massachussetts	MA						
Minnesota	MN						
New Jersey	NJ						
Vermont	VT						
Wisconsin	WI						
							
							
states with measures other than full civil rights law
Colorado	CO	pending prop 2 implications	
Hawaii	HI	public & private employment
Illinois	IL	public employment, under question
Louisiana	LA	executive order for state employees					
Maryland	MD	public employment					
Michigan	MI	public employment					
New Mexico	NM	public employment					
New York	NY	public employment					
Ohio	OH	public employment					
Pennsylvania	PA	public employment - executive order					
Rhode Island	RI	public employment					
Washington	WA	public employment					
							
cities/counties	(no distinctions made for breadth of protection)						
Anchorage	AK						
Phoenix	AZ						
Tucson	AZ						
Alameda County	CA						
Berkeley	CA						
Cathedral City	CA						
Cupertino	CA						
Davis	CA						
Hayward	CA						
Laguna Beach	CA						
Long Beach	CA						
Los Angeles	CA						
Mountain View	CA						
Oakland	CA						
Olympia	CA						
Palo Alto	CA						
Sacramento	CA						
San Diego	CA						
San Francisco	CA						
San Jose	CA						
San Mateo County	CA						
Santa Barbara	CA						
Santa Barbara County	CA						
Santa Cruz	CA						
Santa Cruz County	CA						
Santa Monica	CA						
West Hollywood	CA						
Aspen	CO						
Boulder	CO						
Crested Butte,  City of	CO						
Denver	CO						
Morgan County	CO						
Telluride	CO						
Hartford	CT						
New Haven	CT						
Stamford	CT						
Washington	DC						
Alachua County	FL						
Boynton Beach	FL						
Hillsborough County	FL						
Key West	FL						
Miami Beach	FL						
Palm Beach County	FL						
Riviera Beach	FL						
West Palm Beach	FL						
Atlanta	GA						
Honolulu	HI						
Ames	IA						
Iowa City	IA						
Champaign	IL						
Chicago	IL	
Cook County	IL	
Evanston	IL	
Oak Park	IL	
Urbana	IL	
Lafayette	IN	
New Orleans	LA	
Amherst	MA	
Boston	MA	
Cambridge	MA	
Malden	MA	
Worcester	MA	
Baltimore	MD	
Gaithersburg	MD	
Howard County	MD	
Montgomery County	MD	
Prince Georges County	MD	
Rockville	MD	
Portland	ME	
Ann Arbor	MI	
Birmingham	MI	
Detroit	MI	
East Lansing	MI	
Ingram County	MI	
Saginaw	MI	
Hennepin County	MN	
Marshall	MN	
Minneapolis	MN	
St. Paul	MN	
Columbia	MO	
Kansas City	MO	
St Louis	MO	
Chapel Hill	NC	
Durham	NC	
Raleigh	NC	
Los Alamos	NM	
Albany	NY	
Alfred	NY	
Buffalo	NY	
East Hampton	NY	
Ithaca	NY	
New York City	NY	
Rochester	NY	
Suffolk County	NY	
Syracuse	NY	
Tompkins County	NY	
Troy	NY	
Watertown	NY	
Cayahoga County	OH	
Cincinnati	OH	
Columbus	OH	
Dayton	OH	
Yellow Springs	OH	
Corvallis	OR	
Multnomah County	OR	
Portland	OR	
Harrisburg	PA	
Lancaster	PA	
Northamton County	PA	
Philadelphia	PA	
Pittsburgh	PA	
State College	PA	
York	PA	
Minnehanna County	SD	
Austin	TX	
Houston	TX	
Alexandria	VA	
Arlington County	VA	
Burlington	VT	
Clallam County	WA	
King County	WA	
Olympia	WA	
Pullman	WA	
Seattle	WA	
Dane County	WI	
Milwaukee	WI	
Madison	WI	
		
source		
states	NGLTF	
localities	combined lists published by NGLTF and Queer Resouces Directory

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"Sodomy laws by state, as of mid-1993"						


STATE	LAW	MAX SENT	LINGUISTIC HIGHLIGHT			
Alabama	both		sexual misconduct			
Alaska	none					
Arizona	both		crime against nature			
Arkansas	homosexual					
California	none					
Colorado	none					
Connecticut	none					
Delaware	none					
District of Columbia	both	10				
Florida	both					
Georgia	both	20				
Hawaii	none					
Idaho	both	life				
Illinois	none					
Indiana	none					
Iowa	none					
Kansas	homosexual					
Kentucky	none					
Lousiana	both	5				
Maine	none					
Maryland	homosexual	10				
Massachusetts	none					
Michigan	none	life				
Minnesota	both					
Mississippi	both	10				
Missouri	homosexual					
Montana	homosexual	10	deviate sexual conduct			
Nebraska	none					
Nevada	homosexual	6				
New Hampshire	none					
New Jersey	both					
New Mexico	none					
New York	none					
North Carolina	both	10				
North Dakota	none					
Ohio	none					
Oklahoma	both	10				
Oregon	none					
Pennsylvania	none					
Rhode Island	both	20				
South Carolina	both		buggery			
South Dakota	none					
Tennessee	homosexual					
Texas	homosexual		homosexual conduct			
Utah	both						
Vermont	none						
Virginia	both						
Washington	none						
West Virginia	none						
Wisconsin	none		sexual perversion				
Wyoming	none						
							
							
NOTES							
law	whether state bans homosexual sodomy, heterosexual sodomy, both,
	or neither
max sent	maximum sentence in 12 states identified by NGLTF as
	"dirty dozen"
linguistic highlight	especially delightful phrases singled out by
	NGLTF from state laws
							
source	National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Washington, D.C.
	(202-332-6483)