The establishment of LGBT rights in the District of Columbia is a relatively recent event, with much of the progress in LGBT rights occurring in the 20th century. Along with the rest of the country, the District of Columbia recognizes the marriage of same-sex couples. The percentage of households in the District of Columbia based on same-sex couples in 2008 was 1.8%, the highest in the country. Under the District of Columbia Home Rule Act of 1973, all laws passed by the District of Columbia Council and signed by the District Mayor of Columbia, are subject to a mandatory 30-day "Review of Congress" by the US Congress. Only then after 30 days of review of the Congress, the US Congress formally approved the law - then they became effective in the District of Columbia.
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The law on same-sex sexual activity
Sexual sexual activity was decriminalized in 1981 but the decision was quickly canceled by the United States Congress. A repeal of a law that successfully criminalizes same-sex sexual activity that followed in 1993.
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Recognition of same-sex relations
Similar-sized domestic partnerships were adopted by the city government in 1992 through the Health Benefits Expansion Act, but Republican-controlled Congress refused to approve such action until 2002, when a legislative rider who prevented Congressional approval on the implementation of the Act was not included that year.. Subsequently, the provisions of the district law domestic partnership are gradually expanded.
A same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia was adopted on 18 December 2009, when the mayor Adrian Fenty signed a bill passed by the District Council of Columbia on December 15, 2009. After the signing, the move enters a mandatory congressional review of 30 working days. The marriage license became available on March 3, 2010, and the marriage began on March 9, 2010. The district became the only jurisdiction in the United States under the Mason-Dixon Line to allow same-sex couples to marry, until neighboring Maryland legalized the same sex. wedding on January 1, 2013.
Domestic partnerships for same-sex couples and the opposite sex remain available as a joint marriage option.
The district has provided benefits to same-sex counterparts since 2002.
Adoption, IVF, surrogacy and family planning
The same-sex couples who adopt children are legal, along with IVF and commercial or altruistic surrogacy.
On 2 December 2016, the Committee passed a 9-0 bill to allow commercial surrogacy contracts for all couples. On 22 December 2016 the District of Columbia government council passed the bill on a second reading unanimously 13-0 to allow for the regulation of commercial surrogacy for all couples. Columbia District Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the bill into law on February 15, 2017. Now the bill must wait for a mandatory 30-day review in Congress, controlled by Republicans at all three levels of government including the President of the United States. The state, also known as the government trifecta. The law came into force on April 7, 2017.
Protection of discrimination
Sexual orientation and gender identity are both covered as a protected class under the laws of the District of Columbia.
Since May 2015, prohibition of discrimination against LGBT students attending religious schools becomes legal.
Hate criminal law
The laws of hate crime in the district include hate crime based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Gender identity
Transgender people can change their birth certificate once they have had sex change surgery. Under the Amendment Amendment Act of JaParker Deoni Jones Amendment Amendment 2013, DC-born transgender persons may obtain a new birth certificate that reflects their current gender identity from city registry based on a letter from a licensed health care provider and no longer having to undergo surgery sex change. This action passes through the congressional review and takes effect on November 5, 2013.
In 2015, a bill was introduced to the DC Board to improve gender identity on death certificates. The bill failed in the Committee with a vote of 4-6.
In 2016, the same bill was introduced by different members and passed the Committee with a 9-0 vote. The bill passed a second reading unanimously in a 13-0 vote. Columbia District Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the bill into law on February 15, 2017. Now the bill must wait for a mandatory 30-day review in Congress, controlled by Republicans at all three levels of government including the President of the United States. The state, also known as the government trifecta. The law came into force on April 7, 2017.
Driver license
Since July 1, 2017, Department of Motor Vehicles D.C. will begin offering a third option for gender on the license and identification card: X , designating a gender-neutral or non-binary identity.
Conversion therapy
- A list of US jurisdictions that prohibit conversion therapy for minors
On December 2, 2014, Board D.C. voted unanimously to prohibit attempts to change sexual orientation (conversion therapies) for minors. Mayor Vincent C. Gray signed the bill on December 22, 2014. This deed passes through the congressional review and takes effect on March 11, 2015.
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