Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) released a new map explaining the need for non-discrimination laws protecting LGBT people at the federal level, according to a press release. The hashtag “#31Reasons” has been added to the map, reflecting the number of states that lack protections against employment and housing discrimination on the basis of both sexual orientation and gender identity.
The map shows that the Supreme Court’s ruling has brought marriage equality to a number of states that still lack clear, fully inclusive non-discrimination protections for LGBT people, meaning that—despite the ruling—LGBT Americans can get legally married but still be at risk of being denied services.
See hrc-assets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com//files/assets/resources/31reasons-comprehensive.pdf.