- 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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Same-sex marriage in Karnataka is unrecognized.
Current status
Unrecognized
Under review in the supreme court.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Karnataka is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Karnataka, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Karnataka is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Karnataka is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
since 2018.
LGBT employment discrimination in Karnataka is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Since 2018.
LGBT housing discrimination in Karnataka is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
since 2018.
Same-sex adoption in Karnataka is single only.
Current status
Single only
Serving openly in military in Karnataka is legal.
Current status
Since Oct 15, 2017
Since Oct 15, 2017
Legal
Blood donations by MSMs in Karnataka is legal.
Current status
Legal
Conversion therapy in Karnataka is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
Equal age of consent in Karnataka is equal.
Current status
Equal
Age of consent is 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 Karnataka to help improve its accuracy.
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