- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, no restrictions
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Unknown
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- Unknown
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- Unknown
- Conversion Therapy
- Ambiguous
- Age of Consent
- Unknown
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Homosexual activity in Goa is legal.
Current status
Since Sep 6, 2018
Legal under federal India law
In the Supreme Court case of Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India, a five-judge Constitutional Bench overturned the Supreme Court's decision in Suresh Kumar Koushal v. Naz Foundation and decriminalized homosexuality by striking down the provisions of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that deemed sexual acts between consenting adults as a crime.
Same-sex marriage in Goa is unrecognized.
Current status
Unrecognized
Legalization pending.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Goa is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Goa, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Goa is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Goa is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Since 2018.
LGBT employment discrimination in Goa is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Since 2018.
LGBT housing discrimination in Goa is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Since 2018.
Serving openly in military in Goa is legal.
Current status
Since Oct 15, 2017
Legal
Conversion therapy in Goa is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
in this region they believe that they can be cured. Widely Condemned.
Legal Rights
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