- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unregistered cohabitation
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✔ Recognized
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Military
- ✖ Don't Ask, Don't Tell
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✔ Banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
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Homosexual activity in Karnataka is legal.
Since Sep 6, 2018
Same-sex marriage in Karnataka is unregistered cohabitation.
Since Oct 17, 2023
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Karnataka is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Karnataka is legal, but requires surgery.
Since Dec 5, 2019
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 Karnataka is recognized.
Since Apr 15, 2014
LGBT discrimination in Karnataka is illegal.
Since Sep 6, 2018
LGBT employment discrimination in Karnataka is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Since Aug 15, 1949
LGBT housing discrimination in Karnataka is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Since Aug 15, 1949
Same-sex adoption in Karnataka is single only.
Serving openly in military in Karnataka is don't ask, don't tell.
Since Sep 6, 2018
Blood donations by MSMs in Karnataka is banned (indefinite deferral).
Since 2017
Conversion therapy in Karnataka is banned.
Since Jun 7, 2021
Until Jun 7, 2021
Equal age of consent in Karnataka is equal.
Since Sep 6, 2018