- Homosexuality⚢✔ Legal
- Marriage⚭✖ Not legal
- Changing Gender✔ Legal, but requires surgery
- Adoption✖ Illegal
- Discrimination✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Military✖ Illegal
- Age of Consent✔ Equal
- Donating Blood✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy✖ Not banned
History
Current status
(since Sep 6, 2018)
(since Sep 6, 2018)
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
The Delhi High Court ruling, IPC 377, was overruled by the Supreme Court of India. Sexual intercourse between two people of the same sex is illegal, being punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment.
Current status
(since Dec 11, 2013)
(since Dec 11, 2013)
Not legal
Homosexual relations in India was ruled illegal and thus so is homosexual union.
Varies by Region
Gay marriage and gay union legalization pending. Civil Union legalization pending.
Current status
(since Apr 15, 2014)
(since Apr 15, 2014)
Legal, but requires surgery
The Supreme Court of india recognized a third gender that transgender persons can choose to identify themselves in official documents. However, this third gender is very different from what we normally think of a gender-queer individual
Current status
(since Aug 15, 1949)
(since Aug 15, 1949)
No protections
No known anti-discrimination protections exist for sexual orientation or gender identity.
Current status
(since Aug 15, 1949)
(since Aug 15, 1949)
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Transgender discrimination protections pending. Sexual orientation discrimination protection through human rights institute. Full discrimination protections pending.
Current status
(since Aug 15, 1949)
(since Aug 15, 1949)
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Full discrimination protection pending nationwide.
Current status
Not banned
Strongly condemned by Indian Psychiatric Society. Not criminalized. Conversion therapy ban pending. Under ruling from the supreme court legalizing of same sex activity.
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- Delhi (Union Territory)
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- Pondicherry (Union Territory)
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