Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    Unknown
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✔ Legal, no restrictions
    Gender-Affirming Care
    Unknown
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    Unknown
    Discrimination
    ✖ Illegal in some contexts
    Employment Discrimination
    Ambiguous
    Housing Discrimination
    Ambiguous
    Adoption
    Unknown
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Military
    ✔ Legal
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    Unknown
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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Homosexual activity in Andaman and Nicobar Islands 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.
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Same-sex marriage in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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Same-sex marriage in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Censorship of LGBT issues in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Andaman and Nicobar Islands, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Right to change legal gender in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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Right to change legal gender in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is legal, no restrictions.

Current status
Legal, no restrictions
Legally all across India.
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Gender-affirming care in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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Gender-affirming care in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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LGBT discrimination in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is illegal in some contexts.

Current status
Since Aug 15, 1949
Illegal in some contexts
Only gender identity and expression.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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LGBT employment discrimination in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is ambiguous.

Current status
Since Aug 15, 1949
Ambiguous
Only for gender identity and expression.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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LGBT housing discrimination in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is ambiguous.

Current status
Since Aug 15, 1949
Ambiguous
only for gender identity and expression.
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Same-sex adoption in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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Same-sex adoption in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Intersex infant surgery in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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Intersex infant surgery in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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Serving openly in military in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is legal.

Current status
Legal
Under Indias military laws.
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Blood donations by MSMs in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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Blood donations by MSMs in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is legal.

Current status
Legal
Under India blood donation laws.
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Conversion therapy in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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Conversion therapy in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is unknown.

Until Aug 2022
Ambiguous under federal India law
Since August 2022, the National Medical Council is prohibited from performing conversion therapy's. However, even though they aren't allowed to be performed, it does not mean they are banned.
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Current status
Unknown

Equal age of consent in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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Equal age of consent in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is equal.

Current status
Equal
Set age of 18 years by India.
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