• Civil marriage equality in effect at the state level since November 2014. (Same-sex couples may legally marry.)
• First Montana same-sex marriage license issued!
• 26 March 2015, About 13,400 LGBT Workers in Montana Lack Statewide Protections against Ongoing Employment Discrimination - Williams Institute Press Release and Report

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

• Montana's hate crimes statute does not cover violence based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
• Montana has provided benefits to same-sex partners of state employees since 2005.
• As of 2013,  both the City of Missoula and Missoula County have domestic partnership registries.
• Sodomy was not decriminalized until 2013.
• The city of Missoula was one of 25 municipalities to receive a perfect 100 score from the Human Rights Campaign in its 2013 Municipal Equality Index. And, Missoula shows up on Facebook as a hotbed of LGBTQ activism.
• Marriage equality was banned by a 1997 statute and a 2004 constitutional ban, Montana Initiative 96 from 1997 until 2014.
• 19 November 2014, U.S. District Judge Brian Morris struck down Montana's ban on marriage equality. His ruling went into effect immediately.