Homosexuals can serve openly in the Armed Forces; have had full rights and anti-discrimination protections since 1979.

Mr. Bush supported the anti-discrimination protection in his campaign.

No known anti-discrimination protections exist for sexual orientation or gender identity.

YAF has also organized protests against legislation enacting anti-discrimination protection for transsexuals.

The measure prohibits the Legislature and every city from passing anti-discrimination protection for homosexuals.

Cornerstone opposed a New Hampshire bill that would have extended anti-discrimination protections to transgendered individuals.

However, in 2011, to clarify and codify this ruling, a separate law was passed defining legal anti-discrimination protections on the basis of gender identity.

The bill, critics say, weakens anti-discrimination protections in the workplace for legal immigrants.