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  • Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
  • Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Unrecognized
  • Changing Gender
    ✔ Legal, surgery not required
  • Adoption
    ✖ Single only
  • Discrimination
    ✔ Illegal
  • Employment Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
  • Housing Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
  • Military
    ✔ Legal
  • Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
  • Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
  • Conversion Therapy
    Ambiguous

History

Homosexual activity in Maharashtra

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Current status
Legal
Under the 2018 Indian Supreme Court Ruling.
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Same-sex marriage in Maharashtra

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Current status
Unrecognized
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Right to change legal gender in Maharashtra

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Current status
(since Apr 14, 2014)
Legal, surgery not required
Surgery not required since 2017. it is preformed in India.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Same-sex adoption in Maharashtra

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Current status
Single only
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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LGBT discrimination in Maharashtra

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Current status
Illegal
Since 2018.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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LGBT employment discrimination in Maharashtra

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Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Since 2018.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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LGBT housing discrimination in Maharashtra

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Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Nationwide.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Homosexuals serving openly in military in Maharashtra

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Current status
(since Jan 1, 2017)
Legal
Article 26 of the criminal code just got removed
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Blood donations by MSMs in Maharashtra

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Current status
Legal
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Equal age of consent in Maharashtra

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Current status
Equal
Set age of 18 years
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Conversion therapy in Maharashtra

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Current status
Ambiguous
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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