- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unregistered cohabitation
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, but requires surgery
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✔ Recognized
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- Unknown
- Conversion Therapy
- ✔ Banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
Views on same-sex marriage or other legal recognition
Views on same-sex couples' right to adopt
"Should society accept homosexuality?" (2019)
Question: "Should society accept homosexuality?"
Perceived Acceptance of Gay People
Question: "Is the city or area where you live a good place or not a good place for homosexuals?"
History
Homosexual activity in India is legal.
Since Sep 6, 2018
Same-sex marriage in India is unregistered cohabitation.
Since Jun 12, 2020
Censorship of LGBT Issues in India is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in India is legal, but requires surgery.
Since Jan 10, 2020
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in India is recognized.
Since Apr 15, 2014
LGBT discrimination in India is illegal.
Since Sep 6, 2018
LGBT employment discrimination in India is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Since Aug 15, 1949
LGBT housing discrimination in India is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Since Aug 15, 1949
Same-sex adoption in India is single only.
Conversion therapy in India is banned.
Since Jun 7, 2021
Until Jun 7, 2021
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)