Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in the U.S.

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 state of Wisconsin have some of the same rights and responsibilities as heterosexuals, however may face some legal issues not experienced by non-LGBT

LGBT

LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...

 residents.

Recognition of same-sex relationships

Same-sex couples have been able to register as domestic partners in the state since 2009, but same-sex marriage and civil union is banned by the state constitution.

Wisconsin has provided benefits to same-sex partners of state employees since 2009.

Discrimination protection

Wisconsin law prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation in employment, housing, public education, credit and public accommodations. It provides no protection against discrimination based on gender identity.

Hate crime laws

Wisconsin hate crimes law punishes violence based on sexual orientation, but not gender identity.

Gender reassignment

Wisconsin allows a person born in the state who has completed sex-reassignment surgery to amend his or her birth certificate once documentation of the surgery and of a change of name is provided.

A 2005 Wisconsin statute denying hormone therapy to prisoners undergoing sexual reassignment, the Inmate Sex Change Prevention Act, was ruled unconstitutional in a unanimous opinion by a three-judge panel of United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the courts in the following districts:* Central District of Illinois* Northern District of Illinois...

on August 5, 2011.