- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Non-binary gender recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- Ambiguous
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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History
Homosexual activity in Kachin is legal.
Current status
Legal
Under rebel control.
Same-sex marriage in Kachin is unrecognized.
Current status
Unrecognized
In all of Myanmar.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Kachin is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Kachin, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Kachin is legal, surgery not required.
Current status
Legal, surgery not required
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Kachin is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Kachin is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Illegal in some contexts
Sexual orientation discrimination protection through human rights institute.
LGBT employment discrimination in Kachin is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
Only sexual orientation discrimination protection through human rights institute.
LGBT housing discrimination in Kachin is no protections.
Current status
No protections
None exist.
Same-sex adoption in Kachin is single only.
Current status
Single only
No laws in place for same sex couples.
Serving openly in military in Kachin is legal.
Current status
Legal
Nationwide.
Blood donations by MSMs in Kachin is legal.
Current status
Legal
Nationwide.
Conversion therapy in Kachin is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Not criminalized in Myanmar.
Equal age of consent in Kachin is equal.
Current status
Equal
Set age of consent.
Legal Rights
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