- 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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Homosexual activity in West Bengal is legal.
Current status
Legal
Under the 2018 Indian Supreme Court Ruling.
Same-sex marriage in West Bengal is unrecognized.
Current status
Unrecognized
Censorship of LGBT Issues in West Bengal is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In West Bengal, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in West Bengal is legal, surgery not required.
Current status
Since Apr 14, 2014
Since Apr 14, 2014
Legal, surgery not required
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in West Bengal is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in West Bengal is illegal.
Current status
Since Jan 15, 2018
Since Jan 15, 2018
Illegal
Only for gender identity and expression.
LGBT employment discrimination in West Bengal is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Jan 15, 2018
Since Jan 15, 2018
Sexual orientation and gender identity
LGBT housing discrimination in West Bengal is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Jan 15, 2018
Since Jan 15, 2018
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Same-sex adoption in West Bengal is single only.
Current status
Single only
Serving openly in military in West Bengal is legal.
Current status
Legal
Blood donations by MSMs in West Bengal is legal.
Current status
Legal
Conversion therapy in West Bengal is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
Equal age of consent in West Bengal is equal.
Current status
Equal
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This region's Equality Index is based on legal rights alone. Please submit survey results that show the public opinion of LGBTQ+ issues in West Bengal to help improve its accuracy.
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