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new birth certificate reflecting an applicant's gender identity will be issued by the Maine
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387:, effective from July 1, 2019. The gay panic defense is a legal strategy in which defendants accused of violent offenses claim that unwanted same-sex sexual advances provoked them into reacting by way of self-defense. Occasionally, the defendant may see their charges decrease from murder to the lesser charge of manslaughter.
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Massachusetts law, reading: "That if any man shall commit the crime against nature with a man or male child, or man or woman shall have carnal copulation with a beast..." The penalty was set at one year's solitary confinement followed by 10 years of hard labor. A revision
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vetoed the bill on July 6, 2018. In his veto message, LePage stated that the bill was " threat to an individual's religious liberty" and added that parents "have the right to seek counsel and treatment for their children from professionals who do not oppose the parents' own religious beliefs. We
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Maine law penalizes discrimination in employment, housing, credit, public accommodations and education opportunity on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, among other categories. The law was amended to add these protections in 2005, passing the
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Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Pratt for sodomy because the trial judge had instructed the jury that sodomy was complete upon a mere touching of a penis. The Supreme Court reiterated state law that actual penetration had to be proven.
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signed the legislation into law on May 29, 2019. The new law became effective 90 days after the conclusion of the legislative session (i.e. September 17, 2019). It prohibits licensed health care providers from practicing conversion therapy on minors within the state.
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in 1840 removed the gender-specifics (heterosexual sodomy was made criminal), the one year of solitary confinement and the hard labor provision. The penalty was finally set at a maximum of up to ten years' imprisonment. This would remain unchanged until 1976.
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should not prohibit professionals from providing their expertise to those who seek it for their own personal and basic questions such as, 'How do I deal with these feelings I am experiencing?'". Conversion therapy has been labelled
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2029:
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2018:
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830:
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813:
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806:
805:
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796:
793:
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789:(Since 2021)
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776:(Since 2011)
774:
770:
767:
766:
762:
758:
755:
754:
751:(Since 2005)
749:
745:
742:
741:
738:(Since 2012)
736:
732:
729:
728:
724:
720:
717:
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553:
552:
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548:
546:% opposition
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269:
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257:
252:
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244:
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209:
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197:
193:
189:
185:
181:
176:
173:
169:
165:
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153:
149:
145:
141:
137:
133:
123:
121:
117:
113:
108:
105:
103:
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96:Family rights
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86:
84:
80:
76:
74:
70:
65:
62:
60:
56:
51:
47:
42:
37:
30:
27:
19:
2749:
2730:
2573:Civil unions
2322:South Dakota
2312:Rhode Island
2307:Pennsylvania
2287:North Dakota
2085: (1986)
2080:
2054:federal laws
2037:
2019:
2016: (2020)
2003:
2000: (2018)
1995:
1992: (2016)
1987:
1984: (2015)
1979:
1971: (2013)
1966:
1948: (2003)
1943:
1935: (1996)
1930:
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1917:
1849:
1839:
1831:Military.com
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1821:
1812:
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1794:ava.prri.org
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1519:
1510:
1501:
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993:
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208:masturbation
203:
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191:
180:State v. Cyr
179:
177:
161:
129:
26:
2618:Repealed or
2541:Immigration
2507:Transgender
2487:Hate crimes
2443:Puerto Rico
2420:territories
2237:Mississippi
2152:Connecticut
2050:Repealed or
1520:lgbtmap.org
1263:Ballotpedia
501:Janet Mills
470:Paul LePage
433:against an
198:in 1950 in
196:cunnilingus
2620:overturned
2352:Washington
2272:New Mexico
2267:New Jersey
2142:California
2052:overturned
1734:2019-05-29
1449:. Augusta.
1226:2013-11-02
1165:2013-11-02
1009:2013-11-02
984:2013-11-02
937:References
543:% support
445:See also:
361:hate crime
330:Angus King
276:Question 1
268:referendum
114:since 2004
109:since 2012
2650:Movements
2362:Wisconsin
2327:Tennessee
2232:Minnesota
2207:Louisiana
1898:By entity
1624:"Actions"
1465:Gay Times
538:Margin of
427:ruled in
298:surrogacy
89:see below
2767:Category
2751:Category
2590:Marriage
2512:Intersex
2502:Military
2472:Adoption
2347:Virginia
2297:Oklahoma
2277:New York
2252:Nebraska
2242:Missouri
2227:Michigan
2217:Maryland
2202:Kentucky
2182:Illinois
2157:Delaware
2147:Colorado
2137:Arkansas
1850:CBS News
1655:cite web
1647:Newsweek
1577:LA Blade
1559:Advocate
1359:LegiScan
1138:Archived
1121:Reutersl
909:See also
498:Governor
485:and the
467:Governor
462:sine die
359:Maine's
188:fellatio
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