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Statewide Relationship Recognition
no Licenses marriages for same-sex couples.
no Honors marriages of same-sex couples from other jurisdictions
no Relationship recognition for same-sex couples: No statewide recognition for same-sex couples but some local domestic partnership registries are available, including for example, in Phoenix and Tucson.
  • 2008 Arizona amends its constitution to provide that "Only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state." See Arizona Const. art. 30, § 1.
  • 1996 Arizona prohibits marriage between same-sex couples by statute, and prohibits recognition of lawfully married same-sex couples from other states or jurisdictions. See Arizona Revised Statutes § 25-101.

Statewide Employment Protections
no Private employment protections based on sexual orientation.
no Private employment protections based on gender identity.
yes Public (state) employment protections based on sexual orientation.
unclear Public (state) employment protections based on gender identity.
  • 2003 Governor Janet Napolitano issues an executive order banning discrimination based on sexual orientation for state employees, see Executive Order 2003-22. However, Arizona does not have a state-wide law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, see Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 41-1463.

Statewide Parenting Laws
Who May Adopt Any adult. ARS § 8-103.
Second Parent Adoptions Not yet permitted.
Notes Consideration of bisexuality (among many other factors) approved in denial of pre-adoption certification in In re Appeal in Pima County Juvenile Action B-10489, 727 P.2d 830 (App. 1986).

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Related Content for region

4/3/2012
Federal Court Continues To Bar Arizona from Stripping Family Coverage for Lesbian and Gay State Employees
(San Francisco, April 3, 2012) — The U.S.
3/28/2012
Lambda Legal se une a grupos para apoyar decisión contra la ley anti-inmigrante de Arizona en la Corte Suprema
(Nueva York, 28 de marzo de 2012) - Ayer, Lambda Legal y más de 100 organizaciones que apoyan los derechos de los inmigrantes - incluyendo la Liga de Ciudadanos Latinoamericanos Unidos (LULAC, por sus siglas en inglés) - participaron como amigos de la corte (amicus) en el caso Arizona contra Uni
3/28/2012
Lambda Legal Joins Groups Urging Supreme Court to Uphold Ruling against Arizona Anti-Immigrant Law
(New York, March 28, 2012)—Yesterday, Lambda Legal and over 100 civil rights, faith and community organizations – including the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and League of United Latin American Citizens – filed a friend-of-the-court brief in Arizona v.
9/6/2011
Federal Court Continues Reprieve for Family Health Coverage for Gay and Lesbian Arizona State Employees
(San Francisco, September 6, 2011)—The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld an injunction that temporarily maintains family health coverage for gay and lesbian employees of the State of Arizona until a court issues a final decision in the case.
11/17/2009
Diaz v. Brewer (formerly Collins v. Brewer)
Case representing Arizona lesbian and gay state employees facing elimination of their domestic partner benefits.
4/29/2009
Egan v. Fridlund-Horne
Case seeking to uphold non-biological mother's right to have parenting time with her child.
3/27/2012
Arizona v. United States
Amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States supporting an injunction against key provisions of Arizona SB 1070.
9/14/2005
In re Gwin
Administrative appeal of a state Medicaid program's refusal to cover the cost of a life-saving organ transplant because the recipient is a woman living with HIV

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