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So, cannabis is actually still very much illegal on a federal level, but tons of states have policies that legalize it for medical or recreational use. Technically, federal law does take precedence over state law, but the Constitution is (somewhat purposefully) vague as to what powers belong to the federal government, so the federal government leaves the states alone because they don't wanna fuck around and find out. Therefore, cannabis stays legal in those states.
The case would be very much the same for any laws relating to gender. States would have all but official power to do whatever the fuck they want.
Interesting, thanks ! I found this map which gives a global score of each state for people interested: https://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps
additionally, this journalist is keeping tabs on risk assessment per state.
i highly recommend following.
That has been true in the past, but with a sympathetic Supreme Court and Trump being vindictive and petty, who knows what will happen.