LGBT Rights in Meghalaya 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
    Unknown
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History

Homosexual activity in Meghalaya

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Homosexual activity in Meghalaya 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 Meghalaya

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Same-sex marriage in Meghalaya is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Censorship of LGBT issues in Meghalaya

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Meghalaya is no censorship.

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

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

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

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Gender-affirming care in Meghalaya is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Meghalaya

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

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Meghalaya

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LGBT discrimination in Meghalaya is illegal.

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

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

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

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

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

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Same-sex adoption in Meghalaya is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Intersex infant surgery in Meghalaya

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Intersex infant surgery in Meghalaya is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Meghalaya

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Serving openly in military in Meghalaya is legal.

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

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Blood donations by MSMs in Meghalaya is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Conversion therapy in Meghalaya

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Conversion therapy in Meghalaya 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 Meghalaya

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Equal age of consent in Meghalaya is unknown.

Current status
Unknown