“Gender expression” refers to a person’s characteristics and behaviors such as appearance, dress, mannerisms, and speech patterns, all of which can be described as masculine, feminine, or something else. “Gender identity” is a person’s deeply-felt inner sense of being male, female, or another gender(s). NOTE: This tally includes laws that explicitly address or impact gender identity and/or expression. For example, earning 25-49.9% of the total points possible results in a "Fair" categorization. Each category reflects a percentage range of the total possible points. This table shows how a state's tally score determines its categorization.īelow are the current scoring thresholds. For each state, these individual policy scores are then added up to produce a summary tally score. See a state's profile to see its detailed scores across all these policies.
In other words, these scores are an excellent measure of the current LGBTQ policy landscape across a wide range of issues, but the scores do not necessarily reflect the entire political or social landscape for LGBTQ people.Įach of the over 50 LGBTQ-related laws and policies that MAP tracks earns a score (positive for protective, or negative for harmful). States with lower scores might shift rapidly with an influx of resources, and states with higher scores might backslide, or they might expand equality for LGBTQ people in ways that can provide models for other states.
The tally also does not reflect the social climate in a state, the efforts of advocates, and/or opportunities for future change. They do not reflect bills currently under consideration, nor the implementation of each state’s laws. Note that these scores reflect only existing laws and policies.
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