See the State-by-State Statutes (button to the lower left of the map) for more detail for every state.Īdditionally, the U.S. *NOTE: In green stripe states, the state's nondiscrimination law does not explicitly enumerate sexual orientation or gender identity, but the state's civil/human rights commission has explicitly stated it interprets the state's existing protections against sex discrimination to include protections for both sexual orientation and gender identity.