- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Non-binary gender recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- Ambiguous
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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History
Homosexual activity in Bihar is legal.
Current status
Legal
became legal on September 8, 2018.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Bihar is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Bihar, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Bihar is legal, surgery not required.
Current status
Legal, surgery not required
Since 2017.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Bihar is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Bihar is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Since 2018.
LGBT employment discrimination in Bihar is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Since 2018.
LGBT housing discrimination in Bihar is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Since 2018.
Serving openly in military in Bihar is legal.
Current status
Since Oct 15, 2017
Since Oct 15, 2017
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Equal age of consent in Bihar is equal.
Current status
Equal
Set at age 18 years.
Legal Rights
83 / 100
This region's Equality Index is based on legal rights alone. Please submit survey results that show the public opinion of LGBTQ+ issues in Bihar to help improve its accuracy.
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