Missouri

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Issues

• Marriage
2004 – Anti-same-sex marriage constitutional amendment banned marriage for same-sex couples

1996– Anti-same-sex marriage statute banned marriage for same-sex couples, which was subsequently overturned by its state supreme court

• Domestic Violence
  Has domestic violence laws that are gender neutral and include household members and dating partners
• Second-Parent Adoption
  It is unclear whether the state adoption law permits second-parent adoptions.
• Hate Crimes
  Has hate crime laws that include crimes based on sexual orientation and gender identity

Statewide LGBT Organizations

PROMO
http://www.promoonline.org [1]

LGBT Youth

Growing American Youth
http://www.growingamericanyouth.org [2]

Passages
http://www.kcpassages.org [3]

Anti-Violence Programs

Kansas City Anti-Violence Project
http://www.kcavp.org [4]

St. Louis Anti-Violence Project
http://www.ncavp.org/AVPs/AVPDetail.aspx?id=111 [5]

Community Centers

Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Ozarks
http://www.glocenter.org [6]

Campus Resources

The Triangle Coalition
http://students.missouri.edu/~triangle [7]

University of Missouri - Columbia - LGBT Resource Center
http://www.missouri.edu/~lgbt [8]

University of Missouri - Kansas City - LGBT Initiative
http://www.umkc.edu/lgbt [9]

Health and HIV/AIDS

Kansas City Free Health Clinic
http://www.kcfree.org [10]