Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Unrecognized
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Gender-Affirming Care
    Unknown
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    Unknown
    Discrimination
    ✔ Illegal
    Employment Discrimination
    N/A
    Housing Discrimination
    N/A
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Military
    ✔ Legal
    Donating Blood
    Unknown
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    Unknown
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History

Homosexual activity in Jammu and Kashmir

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Homosexual activity in Jammu and Kashmir 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 Jammu and Kashmir

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Same-sex marriage in Jammu and Kashmir is unrecognized.

Current status
Since Jun 12, 2020
Unrecognized
Under Indian Laws.
Until Nov 30, -0001
Banned
In Jammu&Kashmir Gay Marriage is Not Legal
Sources:
As a citizen of Jammu&Kashmir and by local sources
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Jammu and Kashmir

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Jammu and Kashmir is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
Under Indian Laws.
Until Nov 30, -0001
Fine as punishment
In Jammu&Kashmir there is censorship
Sources:
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Right to change legal gender in Jammu and Kashmir

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Right to change legal gender in Jammu and Kashmir is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
In Jammu&Kashmir changing Gender is Illegal
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Gender-affirming care in Jammu and Kashmir

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Gender-affirming care in Jammu and Kashmir is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Jammu and Kashmir

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Jammu and Kashmir is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Jammu and Kashmir

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LGBT discrimination in Jammu and Kashmir is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Full discrimination protections.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Jammu and Kashmir

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LGBT employment discrimination in Jammu and Kashmir is n/a.

Current status
N/A
No discrimination
Sources:
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LGBT housing discrimination in Jammu and Kashmir

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LGBT housing discrimination in Jammu and Kashmir is n/a.

Current status
N/A
No discrimination.
Sources:
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Same-sex adoption in Jammu and Kashmir

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Same-sex adoption in Jammu and Kashmir is single only.

Current status
Single only
No restrictions.
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Intersex infant surgery in Jammu and Kashmir

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Intersex infant surgery in Jammu and Kashmir is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Jammu and Kashmir

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Serving openly in military in Jammu and Kashmir is legal.

Current status
Since Oct 15, 2015
Legal
Legally nationwide.
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Blood donations by MSMs in Jammu and Kashmir

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Blood donations by MSMs in Jammu and Kashmir is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Conversion therapy in Jammu and Kashmir

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Conversion therapy in Jammu and Kashmir is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Not criminalized anywhere in Indian. However full criminalization pending.
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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 Jammu and Kashmir

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Equal age of consent in Jammu and Kashmir is unknown.

Current status
Unknown