LGBT Rights in Jharkhand State

    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
    Unknown
    Conversion Therapy
    Unknown
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Jharkhand

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Homosexual activity in Jharkhand 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 Jharkhand

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Same-sex marriage in Jharkhand is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Censorship of LGBT issues in Jharkhand

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Jharkhand is no censorship.

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

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Right to change legal gender in Jharkhand is legal, no restrictions.

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

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Gender-affirming care in Jharkhand is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Jharkhand

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Jharkhand is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Jharkhand

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LGBT discrimination in Jharkhand is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
since 2018.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Jharkhand

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LGBT employment discrimination in Jharkhand is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
since 2018.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Jharkhand

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LGBT housing discrimination in Jharkhand is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
since 2018.
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Same-sex adoption in Jharkhand

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Same-sex adoption in Jharkhand is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Intersex infant surgery in Jharkhand

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Intersex infant surgery in Jharkhand is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Jharkhand

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Serving openly in military in Jharkhand is legal.

Current status
Since Oct 15, 2017
Legal
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Blood donations by MSMs in Jharkhand

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Blood donations by MSMs in Jharkhand is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Conversion therapy in Jharkhand

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Conversion therapy in Jharkhand 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 Jharkhand

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Equal age of consent in Jharkhand is equal.

Current status
Equal
Age of consent is set at 18.
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