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  • Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
  • Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Unrecognized
  • Changing Gender
    ✔ Legal, surgery not required
  • Adoption
    ✖ Single only
  • Discrimination
    ✔ Illegal
  • Housing Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
  • Employment Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
  • Military
    ✔ Legal
  • Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
  • Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
  • Conversion Therapy
    Ambiguous

History

Homosexual activity in Assam

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Current status
Legal
Under the 2018 Indian Supreme Court Ruling.
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Same-sex marriage in Assam

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Current status
Unrecognized
No
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Sources:
No
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Right to change legal gender in Assam

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Current status
(since Apr 14, 2014)
Legal, surgery not required
Since 2017.
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Sources:
No
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Same-sex adoption in Assam

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Current status
Single only
No
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Sources:
No
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LGBT discrimination in Assam

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Current status
Illegal
since 2018.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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LGBT housing discrimination in Assam

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Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Since 2018.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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LGBT employment discrimination in Assam

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Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Since 2018.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Homosexuals serving openly in military in Assam

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Current status
Legal
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Equal age of consent in Assam

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Current status
(since Apr 2, 2013)
Equal
Set age.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Blood donations by MSMs in Assam

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Current status
Legal
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Conversion therapy in Assam

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Current status
Ambiguous
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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