LGBT Rights in Ladākh Union Territory

    Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    Unknown
    Censorship
    Unknown
    Changing Gender
    Unknown
    Gender-Affirming Care
    Unknown
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    Unknown
    Discrimination
    Unknown
    Employment Discrimination
    Unknown
    Housing Discrimination
    Unknown
    Adoption
    Unknown
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Military
    Unknown
    Donating Blood
    Unknown
    Conversion Therapy
    Unknown
    Age of Consent
    Unknown
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History

Homosexual activity in Ladākh

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Homosexual activity in Ladākh 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 Ladākh

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Same-sex marriage in Ladākh is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Censorship of LGBT issues in Ladākh

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Ladākh is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Right to change legal gender in Ladākh

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Right to change legal gender in Ladākh is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Gender-affirming care in Ladākh

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Gender-affirming care in Ladākh is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Ladākh

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

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Ladākh

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LGBT discrimination in Ladākh is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT employment discrimination in Ladākh

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LGBT employment discrimination in Ladākh is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT housing discrimination in Ladākh

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LGBT housing discrimination in Ladākh is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Same-sex adoption in Ladākh

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Same-sex adoption in Ladākh is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Intersex infant surgery in Ladākh

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Intersex infant surgery in Ladākh is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Ladākh

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Serving openly in military in Ladākh is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Blood donations by MSMs in Ladākh

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Blood donations by MSMs in Ladākh is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Conversion therapy in Ladākh

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Conversion therapy in Ladākh 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 Ladākh

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Equal age of consent in Ladākh is unknown.

Current status
Unknown