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LGBT Rights in Indiana State

    Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✔ Legal
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✔ Legal, no restrictions
    Non-binary gender recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✔ Legal
    Military
    ✔ Legal
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal

Public opinion surveys in Indiana have pointed to a varied attitude towards LGBTQ+ individuals.

History

Homosexual activity in Indiana

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Homosexual activity in Indiana is legal.

Current status
Since Jul 1, 1977
Legal
Legislative repeal, effective 1977.
Sources:
Acts 1976 Indiana, page 718, Public Law No. 148, enacted Feb. 25,1976, effective July 1, 1977.
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Same-sex marriage in Indiana

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Same-sex marriage in Indiana is legal.

Current status
Since Oct 9, 2014
Legal
After the Supreme Court's decision to not consider the appeal, same sex marriage ban was lifted on October 9th.
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Indiana

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Indiana is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
No laws exist in Indiana that censor LGBTQ+ topics.
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Right to change legal gender in Indiana

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Right to change legal gender in Indiana is legal, no restrictions.

Current status
Legal, no restrictions
It's possible to change gender in Indiana.
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Indiana

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Indiana is not legally recognized.

Current status
Since 2020
Not legally recognized
Indiana no longer allows X gender markers on official IDs.
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Mar 12, 20192020
Recognized
X gender markers available on driver's licenses. However, since January 2020, state agencies can’t use non-binary gender marker.
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LGBT discrimination in Indiana

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LGBT discrimination in Indiana is no protections.

Current status
No protections
As of December 16, 2014, there are no legal protections for people who are LGBT in regards to employment. However, public employees of the state are protected based on both sexual orientation as well as gender identities.
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Aug 10, 2016–Sep 7, 2018
Illegal
Hate crime law pending backed by court ruling and by the Indiana Governor . State discrimination protection only. Full state employment discrimination protections pending. Full state housing discrimination protections pending. discrimination protection under section VII section sex discrimination also includes gender identity and or sexual orientation.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Indiana

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LGBT employment discrimination in Indiana is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Jun 15, 2020
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Protected federally by a Supreme Court ruling.
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Until Jun 15, 2020
No protections
As of December 16, 2014, there are no legal protections for people who are LGBT in regards to employment. However, public employees of the state are protected based on both sexual orientation as well as gender identities.
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Oct 14, 2017–Sep 10, 2018
Ambiguous
Only for state employments. As well sex discrimination protection under section VII under sex includes sexual orientation. Hate crime law to come into effect. Pending statewide.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Indiana

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LGBT housing discrimination in Indiana is no protections.

Current status
No protections
This state does not provide any legal protections from discrimination based upon sexual orientation or gender identification.

However, the Human Rights Campaign states, "The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires grantees and participants of HUD programs to comply with local and state non-discrimination laws that include sexual orientation and gender identity.
HUD also prohibits inquiries regarding the sexual orientation or gender identity of a prospective tenant or applicant for assisted
housing in every state (March 2012)."
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Mar 1, 2012–Sep 4, 2018
Sexual orientation only
Only city discrimination protections. As well as state housing discrimination protection for sexual orientation only.
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Same-sex adoption in Indiana

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Same-sex adoption in Indiana is legal.

Current status
Legal
Any individual or couple may petition for adoption per §31-19-2.
Second-parent adoption has been legalized via case law in two separate cases. Adoption of K.S.P., 804 N.E.2d 1253 (Ind.Ct. Appl. 2004) approved second-parent adoption by partners of biological parents. Adoption of M.M.G.C., 785 N.E.2d 267 (Ind. Ct. Appl. 2003) approved second-parent adoption by partners of adoptive parents.
Sources:
www.lambdalegal.org/states-region/indiana
Indiana §31-19-2
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Serving openly in military in Indiana

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Serving openly in military in Indiana is legal.

Current status
Since Sep 20, 2011
Legal
Don't Ask, Don't Tell is officially repealed throughout the United States, and gays and lesbians may openly serve.
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Blood donations by MSMs in Indiana

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Blood donations by MSMs in Indiana is legal.

Current status
Since May 11, 2023
Legal
The new FDA policy on blood donation eliminates deferrals and screening questions specific to men who have sex with men (MSM). Prospective donors will be asked the same set of questions regardless of their sex or sexual orientation.
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Apr 2, 2020–May 11, 2023
Banned (3-month deferral)
Blood donation centers follow the new FDA 3-month deferral guidance.
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Dec 21, 2015–Apr 2, 2020
Banned (1-year deferral)
Blood donation centers followed the non-binding FDA one year deferral guidance.
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Jan 1, 1983–May 3, 2018
Banned (1-year deferral)
Since 2016 from the FDA.
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1983–Dec 21, 2015
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Ban on blood donations from MSMs applies to any man who has had sex, even once, with another man on or after January 1, 1977.
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Conversion therapy in Indiana

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Conversion therapy in Indiana is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Conversion Therapy is currently legal in Indiana. No law currently bans it, despite organizations such as the American Psychological Association denouncing it.
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Sep 7, 2016–Sep 9, 2018
Not banned
Not banned in this state.
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Equal age of consent in Indiana

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Equal age of consent in Indiana is equal.

Current status
Equal
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