- 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
- Varies by Region
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
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Homosexual activity in Jharkhand is legal.
Same-sex marriage in Jharkhand is unregistered cohabitation.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Jharkhand is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Jharkhand is legal, but requires surgery.
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 Jharkhand is recognized.
LGBT employment discrimination in Jharkhand is gender identity only.
LGBT housing discrimination in Jharkhand is gender identity only.
Same-sex adoption in Jharkhand is single only.
Serving openly in military in Jharkhand is illegal.
Blood donations by MSMs in Jharkhand is banned (indefinite deferral).
Conversion therapy in Jharkhand is varies by region.
Equal age of consent in Jharkhand is equal.