LGBT Rights in Kerala State

    Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Unrecognized
    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
    Ambiguous
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Kerala

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Homosexual activity in Kerala 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 Kerala

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Same-sex marriage in Kerala is unrecognized.

Current status
Unrecognized
Legalization pending.
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Kerala

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Kerala is no censorship.

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

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

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

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Gender-affirming care in Kerala is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Kerala

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

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Kerala

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LGBT discrimination in Kerala is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Nationwide since 2018.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Kerala

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

Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Nationwide.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Kerala

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

Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Since 2018.
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Same-sex adoption in Kerala

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Same-sex adoption in Kerala is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Intersex infant surgery in Kerala

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Intersex infant surgery in Kerala is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Kerala

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Serving openly in military in Kerala is legal.

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

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Blood donations by MSMs in Kerala is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Conversion therapy in Kerala

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Conversion therapy in Kerala is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
Strongly condemned.
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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 Kerala

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Equal age of consent in Kerala is equal.

Current status
Equal
Set age of 18 years.
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