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UNITED STATES

Male to Male relationships: Legal
Punishments for male to male relationships: No law
Female to Female Relationships: Legal
Age of consent: Equal for heterosexuals and homosexuals
Marriage and Substitutes for Marriage: Marriage laws vary in this country depending on area
Is it possible to change your gender on official documents?: Only in some areas
Gay or lesbian able to serve in the armed forces: Yes

Your Views

Are you LGBTI? We want to hear from you! Help us inform other users of the site with your views on this country. Below is a random question about this country. If it is relevant to you please answer it.

Traveled to UNITED STATES? Did you feel comfortable being out while you were there?

The majority of people visiting this site have said I hid my sexual orientation while I was there

I was very comfortable (16%) It was not an issue (25%) I hid my sexual orientation while I was there (41%) I was discriminated against because of my sexual orientation (16%)

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Readers Experiences

This is what people are saying about life for LGBTI people in UNITED STATES...
Stanley Howard Erwin (user currently living in UNITED STATES) posted for gay readers on 18/12/2011
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when i was 14 i came out to my parents that i was gay and when my father heard me say that i remember him slapping my face and telling me to get out of his house and also him calling me names like fag and stuff like that and i also remember him saying that god hates gays but i remember when i was younger the Sunday school teacher saying that god hates no one. so that's my story.
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Stanley Howard Erwin (user currently living in UNITED STATES) posted for gay readers on 18/12/2011
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when i was 14 i came out to my parents that i was gay and when my father heard me say that i remember him slapping my face and telling me to get out of his house and also him calling me names like fag and stuff like that and i also remember him saying that god hates gays but i remember when i was younger the Sunday school teacher saying that god hates no one. so that's my story.
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