- 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 Lakshadweep is legal.
Current status
Legal
Ruled unconstitional by the Indian Supreme Court.
Same-sex marriage in Lakshadweep is unrecognized.
Current status
Unrecognized
Legalization pending.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Lakshadweep is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Lakshadweep, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Lakshadweep is legal, surgery not required.
Current status
Since Apr 14, 2013
Since Apr 14, 2013
Legal, surgery not required
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Lakshadweep is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Lakshadweep is illegal.
Current status
Since Aug 15, 1949
Since Aug 15, 1949
Illegal
Nationwide.
LGBT employment discrimination in Lakshadweep is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Aug 15, 1949
Since Aug 15, 1949
Sexual orientation and gender identity
nationwide.
LGBT housing discrimination in Lakshadweep is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Aug 15, 1949
Since Aug 15, 1949
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Nationwide.
Same-sex adoption in Lakshadweep is single only.
Current status
Single only
Legalization pending.
Serving openly in military in Lakshadweep is legal.
Current status
Legal
Blood donations by MSMs in Lakshadweep is legal.
Current status
Legal
Conversion therapy in Lakshadweep is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
Equal age of consent in Lakshadweep is equal.
Current status
Equal
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Alternative names: Laccadive, Lakkadiven