| Oklahoma | Enacted in 1987 | Requires that HIV/AIDS education teach students that “homosexual actvity” is one of the primary ways to contract the disease, and avoiding this and other activities is the only way to stop the virus from spreading. Oklahoma Statute 70, § 11-103.3 |
| South Carolina | Enacted in 1988 | Health education programs cannot discuss “alternate sexual lifestyles from heterosexual relationships including, but not limited to, homosexual relationships except in the context of instruction concerning sexually transmitted diseases.” South Carolina Code of Laws § 59-32-30 |
| Texas | Enacted in 1991 | HIV/AIDS instructional materials for minors must “state homosexual conduct is not an acceptable lifestyle and is a criminal offense.” Sex education should emphasize “that homosexuality is not a lifestyle acceptable to the general public and that homosexual conduct is a criminal offense.” Texas Health & Safety Code § 85.007 and § 163.002 |
| Alabama | Enacted in 1992 | Sex education programs must emphasize “that homosexuality is not a lifestyle acceptable to the general public and that homosexual conduct is a criminal offense under the laws of the state.’ Code of Alabama Section § 16-40A-2 (c)(8) |
| Louisiana | Enacted in 1993 | Sex education classes cannot “utilize any sexually explicit materials depicting male or female homosexual activity.” Lousiana Revised Statute § 17:281 A. (3) |
| Mississippi | Enacted in 1998 | Sex education classes can include lessons about “current state law related to … homosexual activity.” Mississippi bans “unnatural intercourse” with “mankind or with a beast,” which is understood to include homosexual relations. Mississippi Code § 37-13-171 |
| Utah |
Enacted in 1988
Repealed in 2017 |
Lawmakers repealed language “prohibiting the advocacy of homosexuality in health instruction” in 2017. The change was a reaction to a lawsuit filed in behalf of LGBTQ students in the state. Utah Health Education Amendment to § 53A-13-101 |
| Arizona |
Enacted in 1991
Repealed in 2019 |
Lawmakers repealed a statute banning HIV/AIDS instruction that promoted “a homosexual life-style”, portrayed “homosexuality as a positive alternative life-style” or suggested there are safe ways to have homosexual sex. Statute not yet available. |