Connecticut General Statutes
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46a-81a (2026)
Sexual orientation discrimination: Definitions
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Section 46a-81a is repealed, effective July 1, 2023.
(P.A. 91-58, S. 1; P.A. 09-13, S. 14; P.A. 13-81, S. 16; P.A. 23-145, S. 6.)
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10
cases, 1993–2014 · leading case: Kerrigan v. Comm'r of Pub. Health, 957 A.2d 407 (Conn. 2008).
Kerrigan v. Comm'r of Pub. Health, 957 A.2d 407 (Conn. 2008). “These efforts are most notably reflected in this state's gay rights law; see General Statutes §§ 46a-81a through 46a-81r; which broadly prohibits discrimination against a person because of his or her "preference for heterosexuality, homosexuality or bisexuality, having a history…”
Gay & Lesbian Law Students Ass'n v. Bd. of Trs., 673 A.2d 484 (Conn. 1996). “The plaintiff alleged that by allowing the Judge Advocate General Corps of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines to recruit at the law school, *456 the defendants had violated General Statutes §§ 46a-81a through 46a-81r (Gay Rights Law) 1 and General *457 Statutes…”
Donald Beason v. United Tech. Corp., Hamilton Stand. Div., 337 F.3d 271 (2d Cir. 2003). “In using the term sexual orientation, the legislature defined it broadly as “having a preference for heterosexuality, homosexuality or bisexuality, having a history of such preference or being identified with such preference.”
Rosengarten v. Downes, 802 A.2d 170 (Conn. App. Ct. 2002). “6 *387 The plaintiff first points to General Statutes §§ 46a-81a through 46a-81r, which prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation as evidence of Connecticut’s clear public policy in favor of recognizing the right of homosexuals to enter into a marriage-like…”
Patino v. Birken Mfg. Co., 41 A.3d 1013 (Conn. 2012). “Specifically, the defendant referred to our statement in Kerrigan regarding General Statutes §§ 46a-81a through 46a-81r, wherein we observed that, "the bill that did become [the gay rights] law provides more limited protection than the proposals that had preceded it, all of…”
Lewis v. Harris, 908 A.2d 196 (N.J. 2006). “91-58 (codified at Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 46a-81a to -81r (1991)); L.”
State v. Linares, 630 A.2d 1340 (Conn. App. Ct. 1993). “Here, the defendant did not raise the doctrine at the trial level, although she mentions the doctrine in her appellate brief. We, therefore, have no basis on which to determine the applicability of the doctrine in this case.”
Boy Scouts of Am. v. Wyman, 335 F.3d 80 (2d Cir. 2003). “On October 6, 1999, Cynthia Watts Elder, the Executive Director of the CHRO, wrote an unsolicited memorandum to the Committee indicating her concern that, by allowing the BSA to participate in the Campaign and to benefit from a fundraiser that used state resources, the Committee…”
Boy Scouts of Am. v. Wyman, 213 F. Supp. 2d 159 (D. Conn. 2002). “§ 46a-81r by “condoning homosexuality,” and “requiring the teaching in educational institutions of homosexuality as an acceptable lifestyle” (Count 3); and violated its rights under Conn. Gen.Stat. § 46a-81a by discriminating against the BSA for showing a “preference for…”
Mueller v. Tepler (Conn. 2014). “91-58, codified as amended at General Statutes § 46a-81a et seq.; and enacted legislation in 2000 providing that, for purposes of adoption, ‘‘[t]he best interests of a child are promoted when the child is part of a loving, supportive and stable family, whether that family is a…”
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