Alabama
Alabama has no anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

Alaska
Alaska has no anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

Arizona
Arizona has no statewide anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

Tucson passed local anti-discrimination protections for transgender people in 1999.

Arkansas
Arkansas has no anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

California
California's Fair Employment and Housing Act was amended in 2003 to cover anti-transgender discrimination in employment and housing. (CA Gov't Code § 12920)

California's hate crimes law was amended in 1998 to cover anti-transgender hate crimes laws. (CA Penal Code § 422.76)

Many localities in California have passed local anti-discrimination protections:
Los Angeles (in 1979)
Oakland (in 2004)
San Francisco (in 1994)
San Diego (in 2003)
Santa Cruz City (in 1992)
Santa Cruz County (1998)
West Hollywood (in 1998)

Transgender city employees in San Jose, CA have anti-discrimination protections due to a city policy.

Colorado
Colorado has no statewide anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

Two localities in Colorado have passed local anti-discrimination protections for transgender people:
Boulder (in 2000)
Denver (in 2001)

Connecticut
Transgender people in Connecticut are protected by the state's sex discrimination law, according to a 2000 decision of the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (the statewide human rights enforcement agency). (Declaratory Ruling on Behalf of John/Jane Doe, November 9, 2000)

Connecticut has no localities that have passed anti-discrimination protections for transgender people.

Delaware
Delaware has no anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

District of Columbia
Transgender people are covered by the term "personal appearance" in the D.C. Human Rights Act of 1977 according to a 1994 federal court ruling. (Underwood v. Archer Management Services, 857 F.Supp. 96)

Florida
Florida has no statewide anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

Two localities in Florida have passed local anti-discrimination protections for transgender people:
Key West (in 2003)
Miami Beach (in 2004)
Monroe County (in 2003)

Transgender city employees in Wilton Manors, FL, and Largo, FL, have anti-discrimination protections due to city policies.

Georgia
Georgia has no statewide anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

In 2000, Atlanta passed local anti-discrimination protections for transgender people.

Transgender city employees have anti-discrimination protections in Pine Lake, GA and Decatur, GA.

Hawaii
Transgender people in Hawai`i are protected by the state's sex discrimination law, according to a 2002 decision of the Hawai`i Human Rights Commission (the statewide human rights enforcement agency). (Final Decision and Order Granting Petition for Declaratory Relief, D.R. NO. 02-0015, June 28, 2002)

Hawai`i's hate crimes law was amended in 2003 to cover anti-transgender hate crimes. (Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 846-51)

Hawai`i has no localities that have passed anti-discrimination protections for transgender people.

Idaho
Idaho has no anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

Illinois
Illinois has a statewide anti-discrimination law but no hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

Many localities in Illinois have passed local anti-discrimination protections:
Carbondale (in 2003)
Champaign (in1977)
Chicago (in 2002)
Cook County (in 2002)
Decatur (in 2002)
DeKalb (in 2000)
Evanston (in 1997)
Peoria (in 2003)
Springfield (in 2003)
Urbana (in 1979)

Indiana
Indiana has no statewide anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

The following localities in Indiana have passed anti-discrimination protections:
Indianapolis/Marion County (in 2005)

Iowa
Iowa has no statewide anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

In 1996, Iowa City passed local anti-discrimination protections for transgender people.

Kansas
Kansas has no anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

Kentucky
Kentucky has no statewide anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

In 2003, Governor Patton signed an Executive Order providing anti-discrimination protections for transgender state employees.

Many localities in Kentucky have passed local anti-discrimination protections for transgender people:
Covington (in 2003)
Jefferson County (in 1999)
Louisville (in 1999)
Lexington-Fayette Urban County (in 1999)

Louisiana
Louisiana has no statewide anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

In 1998, New Orleans passed local anti-discrimination protections for transgender people.

Maine
Maine has a statewide anti-discrimination law but no hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

Maryland
In Massachusetts, there have been at least two court cases, and a decision by the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) (the statewide human rights enforcement agency), that the statewide LAW (name) prohibits discrimination against transgender people. (Jette v. Honey Farms Mini Market, 95 SEM 0421, 2001 Mass. Comm. Discrim. LEXIS 50, Oct. 10, 2001; Lie v. Sky Publishing, 15 Mass.L.Rptr. 412; Doe v. Yunits, 15 Mass.L.Rptr. 278)

Two localities in Massachusetts have passed local anti-discrimination protections for transgender people:
Boston (in 2002)
Cambridge (in 1997)

Massachusetts
Maryland has no statewide anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

In 2002, Baltimore passed local anti-discrimination protections for transgender people.

Michigan
Michigan has no statewide anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

Many localities in Michigan have passed local anti-discrimination protections for transgender people:
Ann Arbor (in 1999)
East Lansing (in 2002)
Grand Rapids (in 1994)
Huntington Woods (in 2001)
Ypsilanti (in 1997)

Minnesota
Minnesota has a statewide transgender-inclusive anti-discrimination law that passed in 1993.

Minnesota has a statewide transgender-inclusive hate crimes law.

Two localities in Minnesota have passed local anti-discrimination protections for transgender people:
Minneapolis (in 1975)
St. Paul (in 1990)

Mississippi
Mississippi has no anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

Missouri
Missouri has no statewide anti-discrimination laws that protect transgender people.

Missouri has a statewide hate crimes law, passed in 1999, that protect transgender people (Mo. Rev. Stat. § 557.035).

In 2003, University City, MO passed local anti-discrimination protections for transgender people.

Montana
Montana has no anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

Nebraska
Nebraska has no anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

Nevada
Nevada has no anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

New Hampshire
Transgender people are protected by the state's Law Against Discrimination (LAD) according to a decision of a New Jersey appeals court in 2001. In Enriquez v. West Jersey Health Systems, the court held that both "sex" and "disability" protect in the law protect transgender people. The case was brought by a transsexual woman doctor who was effectively terminated after she transitioned gender. (Enriquez v. West Jersey Health Systems, 342 N.J.Super. 501)

New Jersey
New Hampshire has no anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

New Mexico
New Mexico has a statewide transgender-inclusive anti-discrimination law that passed in 2003 (N.M. Stat. Ann. § 28-1-2(Q)).

New Mexico has a statewide transgender-inclusive hate crimes law that passed in 2003 (N.M. Stat. Ann. § 31-18B-2(B)).

New York
Transgender people are protected by the state's sex discrimination law according to a decision of a lower New York Court in 1995. (Maffei v. Kolaeton Industry, Inc., 626 N.Y.S.2d 391)

Many localities in New York have passed local anti-discrimination protections for transgender people:
Albany (in 2004)
Buffalo (in 2002)
Ithaca (in 2003)
New York City (in 2002)
Rochester (in 2001)
Suffolk County (in 2001)
Tompkins County (in 2004)

North Carolina
North Carolina has no anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

North Dakota
North Dakota has no anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

Ohio
Ohio has no statewide anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

In 1998, Toledo, OH, passed local anti-discrimination protections for transgender people.

Oklahoma
Oklahoma has no anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

Oregon
Transsexual people are protected by Oregon's Administrative Rules that forbid discrimination against transsexualism in hiring, promoting, and firing. However, employers do not need to provide reasonable accommodations to a transitioning employee. (O.A.R. 839-006-0206)

Many localities in Oregon have passed local anti-discrimination protections for transgender people:
Bend (in 2004)
Benton County (in 1998)
Lake Oswego (in 2003)
Multnomah County (in 2001)
Portland (in 2000)
Salem (in 2002)

Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has no statewide anti-discrimination law that protects transgender people.

Pennsylvania has a statewide transgender-inclusive hate crimes law that passed in 2002 (18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2710).

In 2003, Governor Rendell signed an Executive Order providing anti-discrimination protections for transgender state employees.

Many localities in Pennsylvania have passed local anti-discrimination protections for transgender people:
Allentown (in 2002)
Erie County (in 2002)
Harrisburg (in 1983)
New Hope (in 2002)
Philadelphia (in 2002)
Pittsburgh (in 1997)
Scranton (in 2003)
York (in 1998)

Rhode Island
In 2001, Rhode Island passed statewide anti-discrimination protections for transgender people. R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-24-2.1(l)

Rhode Island does not have any statewide hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

South Carolina
South Carolina has no anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

South Dakota
South Dakota has no anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

Tennessee
Texas has no anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

Three localities have passed local anti-discrimination protections for transgender people:
Austin (in 2004)
Dallas (in 2002)
El Paso (in 2003)

In Houston, transgender city employees have anti-discrimination protections due to a city ordinance.

Texas
Tennessee has no anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

Utah
Utah has no anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

Vermont
Vermont has a statewide transgender-inclusive hate crimes law that passed in 2000 (Vermont Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 1458).

Virginia
Virginia has no anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

Washington
Washington has no anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

Many localities in Washington have passed local anti-discrimination protections for transgender people:
Olympia (in 1997)
Seattle (in 1986)
Tacoma (in 2002)

Transgender city employees in Bellingham, WA have anti-discrimination protections.

West Virginia
Wisconsin has no anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

Wisconsin has one city with anti-discrimination protections for transgender people:
Madison (in 2001).

Transgender county employees in Dane County, WI, also have anti-discrimination protections.

Wisconsin
West Virginia has no anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.

Wyoming
Wyoming has no anti-discrimination or hate crimes laws that protect transgender people.