Delaware

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Issues

• Marriage
  1996 – Anti-same-sex marriage statute banned marriage for same-sex couples
• Domestic Violence
  Delaware Senate Bill 57 (S.B. 57) was signed into law in 2007. It included straight and same-gender couples in Delaware’s domestic violence statute by ensuring protection from abuse orders for all couples irrespective of sexual orientation.
• Second-Parent Adoption
  Trial courts have granted second-parent adoptions
• Hate Crimes
  Has hate crime laws that include crimes based on sexual orientation

Statewide LGBT Organizations

ACLU-DE Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights Project
http://www.aclu-de.org/lbgt.html

Campus Resources

University of Delaware - LGBT Community Office
http://www.udel.edu/diversity/lgbt