On June 28, 1969, LGBT people rioted following a police raid on the Stonewall Inn. Since 2021, commercial surrogacy has been legally available within New York State. In addition, both conversion therapy on minors and the gay and trans panic defense have been banned since 2019. Transgender people in the state legally do not have to undergo sexual reassignment surgery to change their sex or gender on official documents since 2014. Discrimination protections in credit, housing, employment, education, and public accommodation have explicitly included sexual orientation since 2003 and gender identity or expression since 2019. Same-sex marriage has been legal statewide since 2011, with some cities recognizing domestic partnerships between same-sex couples since 1998. Same-sex sexual activity between consenting adults has been legal since the New York v. The advocacy movement for LGBT rights in the state has been dated as far back as 1969 during the Stonewall riots in New York City. state of New York has generally been seen as socially liberal in regard to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender ( LGBT) rights. Sexual orientation and gender identity or expression protections ( see below) Sex reassignment surgery not a requirement for changing birth certificates
