Can we do that there? Be that here? Check Equaldex.

May 13, 2014 12:06 PM

Equaldex: the collaborative LGBT knowledgebase! A crowd-sourced, verified, beautifully presented representation of equal rights (and how they are specifically denied) for LGBT folks. [via reddit]
posted by batmonkey (6 comments total)

They still list gay marriage as being illegal in Arkansas. I wonder if it's more of a lag in updating or a conscious decision to wait until all the appeals, etc., run their course.
posted by Curious Artificer at 1:34 PM on May 13, 2014

Well, they do list Utah, which is in just as much appeal limbo as Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
posted by I Havent Killed Anybody Since 1984 at 3:07 PM on May 13, 2014

It claims that "LGBT Discrimination" is illegal in the US because "In all Federal positions, discrimination based on sexual orientation is against the law. In non-federal government jobs, it is based on the state's laws." Not sure this is a particularly good measure...
posted by BungaDunga at 3:54 PM on May 13, 2014

I think it's worth emphasising that the data is crowd-sourced, and people are encouraged to sign up to contribute.

I think there should be a non-FB sign-up option, but, other than that, it looks like there's room for lots of input to make the data better.
posted by batmonkey at 6:06 PM on May 13, 2014

Interesting to see that in the Netherlands, homosexuality has been legal since 1811, thanks to the French occupation of the country at that time.
posted by MartinWisse at 12:07 AM on May 14, 2014

Dutch Civil Law provides that in order for a citizen to change their legal gender they must first undergo gender re-assignment surgery.

Shouldn't this get a yellow flag? That isn't like, dancing in the gardens legal as far as quite a few people would be concerned.
posted by emptythought at 12:38 AM on May 14, 2014