- 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
- Unknown
- Donating Blood
- Unknown
- Conversion Therapy
- Unknown
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in Assam 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.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Assam is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Assam, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Assam is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Assam is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
since 2018.
LGBT employment discrimination in Assam is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Since 2018.
LGBT housing discrimination in Assam is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Since 2018.
Serving openly in military in Assam is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Equal age of consent in Assam is equal.
Current status
Since Apr 2, 2013
Equal
Set age.
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