- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unregistered cohabitation
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✔ Recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ Gender identity only
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ Gender identity only
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✔ Banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
Surveys in India have shown mixed views towards LGBTQ+ rights and issues.
History
Homosexual activity in India is legal.
Since Sep 6, 2018
Same-sex marriage in India is unregistered cohabitation.
Since Oct 17, 2023
Censorship of LGBT Issues in India is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in India is legal, but requires surgery.
Since Dec 5, 2019
Under section 6 of Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, a trans person may apply to be issued a certificate of identity that certifies that they are transgender (denoted as "Transgender"). Upon receiving this certificate, the applicants have the right to be recorded as transgender in all official documents.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in India is recognized.
Since Apr 15, 2014
LGBT employment discrimination in India is gender identity only.
Since Jan 2020
LGBT housing discrimination in India is gender identity only.
Since Jan 2020
Same-sex adoption in India is single only.
Serving openly in military in India is illegal.
Blood donations by MSMs in India is banned (indefinite deferral).
Since 2017
Conversion therapy in India is banned.
Since Jun 7, 2021
Until Jun 7, 2021
Equal age of consent in India is equal.
Since Sep 6, 2018
LGBT Rights by State
View the LGBT laws in each individual state of India.
- Andhra Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Assam
- Bihar
- Chhattisgarh
- Goa
- Gujarat
- Haryana
- Himachal Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Jharkhand
- Karnataka
- Kerala
- Madhya Pradesh
- Maharashtra
- Manipur
- Meghalaya
- Mizoram
- Nagaland
- Orissa
- Punjab
- Rajasthan
- Sikkim
- Tamil Nadu
- Tripura
- Uttar Pradesh
- Uttaranchal
- West Bengal
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory)
- Chandigarh (Union Territory)
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli (Union Territory)
- Daman and Diu (Union Territory)
- Delhi (Union Territory)
- Lakshadweep (Union Territory)
- Pondicherry (Union Territory)