- 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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Same-sex marriage in Shan is unrecognized.
Current status
Unrecognized
Nationwide.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Shan is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Shan, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Shan is legal, surgery not required.
Current status
Legal, surgery not required
Preformed by other countries.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Shan is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Shan is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Illegal in some contexts
Sexual orientation discrimination protection only through human rights institute.
LGBT employment discrimination in Shan is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
Sexual orientation discrimination protection through human rights institute.
LGBT housing discrimination in Shan is no protections.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 1886
Since Jan 1, 1886
No protections
None exist.
Same-sex adoption in Shan is single only.
Current status
Single only
Nationwide. No laws in place for same sex couples.
Serving openly in military in Shan is legal.
Current status
Legal
Nationwide.
Blood donations by MSMs in Shan is legal.
Current status
Legal
Nationwide.
Conversion therapy in Shan is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Homosexuality is currently illegal nationwide.
Equal age of consent in Shan is equal.
Current status
Equal
under India criminal code.
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