- 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 Lakshadweep is legal.
Since Sep 6, 2018
Same-sex marriage in Lakshadweep is unregistered cohabitation.
Since Oct 17, 2023
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Lakshadweep is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Lakshadweep 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 Lakshadweep is recognized.
Since Apr 15, 2014
LGBT discrimination in Lakshadweep is illegal.
Since Sep 6, 2018
LGBT employment discrimination in Lakshadweep is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Since Aug 15, 1949
LGBT housing discrimination in Lakshadweep is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Since Aug 15, 1949
Same-sex adoption in Lakshadweep is single only.
Serving openly in military in Lakshadweep is don't ask, don't tell.
Since Sep 6, 2018
Blood donations by MSMs in Lakshadweep is banned (indefinite deferral).
Since 2017
Conversion therapy in Lakshadweep is banned.
Since Jun 7, 2021
Until Jun 7, 2021
Equal age of consent in Lakshadweep is equal.
Since Sep 6, 2018