LGBTQ rights in North Dakota | |
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Status | Legal since 1973 |
Gender identity | Transgender people no longer allowed to change legal gender since 2023 |
Discrimination protections | Protections in employment for sexual orientation and gender identity |
Family rights | |
Recognition of relationships | Same-sex marriage since 2015 |
Adoption | Same-sex couples allowed to adopt |
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in the U.S. state of North Dakota may face some legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBTQ residents. Same-sex sexual activity is legal in North Dakota, and same-sex couples and families headed by same-sex couples are eligible for all of the protections available to opposite-sex married couples; same-sex marriage has been legal since June 2015 as a result of Obergefell v. Hodges. State statutes do not address discrimination on account of sexual orientation or gender identity; however, the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County established that employment discrimination against LGBTQ people is illegal under federal law.