Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    Unknown
    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
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    Ambiguous
    Age of Consent
    Unknown
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History

Homosexual activity in Arunachal Pradesh

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Homosexual activity in Arunachal Pradesh 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 Arunachal Pradesh

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Same-sex marriage in Arunachal Pradesh is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Censorship of LGBT issues in Arunachal Pradesh

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Arunachal Pradesh is no censorship.

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

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Right to change legal gender in Arunachal Pradesh is legal, no restrictions.

Current status
Since Apr 14, 2014
Legal, no restrictions
Since 2017.
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Gender-affirming care in Arunachal Pradesh

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Gender-affirming care in Arunachal Pradesh is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Arunachal Pradesh

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Arunachal Pradesh is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Arunachal Pradesh

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LGBT discrimination in Arunachal Pradesh is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Since 2018.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Arunachal Pradesh

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LGBT employment discrimination in Arunachal Pradesh is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Since 2018.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Arunachal Pradesh

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LGBT housing discrimination in Arunachal Pradesh is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Under section 377.
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Same-sex adoption in Arunachal Pradesh

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Same-sex adoption in Arunachal Pradesh is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Intersex infant surgery in Arunachal Pradesh

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Intersex infant surgery in Arunachal Pradesh is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Arunachal Pradesh

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Serving openly in military in Arunachal Pradesh is legal.

Current status
Since May 20, 1950
Legal
No bans on service but intense discrimination makes it impossible.
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Blood donations by MSMs in Arunachal Pradesh

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Blood donations by MSMs in Arunachal Pradesh is legal.

Current status
Legal
All across India it is legal.
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Conversion therapy in Arunachal Pradesh

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Conversion therapy in Arunachal Pradesh is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
No information.
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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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Equal age of consent in Arunachal Pradesh

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Equal age of consent in Arunachal Pradesh is unknown.

Current status
Unknown