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 Maharashtra

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Homosexual activity in Maharashtra 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 Maharashtra

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Same-sex marriage in Maharashtra is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Censorship of LGBT issues in Maharashtra

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Maharashtra is no censorship.

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

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

Current status
Since Apr 14, 2014
Legal, no restrictions
Surgery not required since 2017. it is preformed in India.
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Gender-affirming care in Maharashtra

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Gender-affirming care in Maharashtra is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Maharashtra

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

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Maharashtra

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LGBT discrimination in Maharashtra is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Since 2018.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Maharashtra

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

Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Since 2018.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Maharashtra

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

Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Nationwide.
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Same-sex adoption in Maharashtra

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Same-sex adoption in Maharashtra is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Intersex infant surgery in Maharashtra

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Intersex infant surgery in Maharashtra is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Maharashtra

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Serving openly in military in Maharashtra is legal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2017
Legal
Article 26 of the criminal code just got removed
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Blood donations by MSMs in Maharashtra

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Blood donations by MSMs in Maharashtra is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Conversion therapy in Maharashtra

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Conversion therapy in Maharashtra 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 Maharashtra

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Equal age of consent in Maharashtra is equal.

Current status
Equal
Set age of 18 years
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