LGBT Rights in Pondicherry Union Territory

    Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    Unknown
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✔ Legal, no restrictions
    Gender-Affirming Care
    Unknown
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    Unknown
    Discrimination
    ✖ Illegal in some contexts
    Employment Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Housing Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Military
    ✔ Legal
    Donating Blood
    Unknown
    Conversion Therapy
    Unknown
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Pondicherry

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Homosexual activity in Pondicherry 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 Pondicherry

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Same-sex marriage in Pondicherry is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Censorship of LGBT issues in Pondicherry

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Pondicherry is no censorship.

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

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

Current status
Since Apr 15, 2014
Legal, no restrictions
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Gender-affirming care in Pondicherry

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Gender-affirming care in Pondicherry is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Pondicherry

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

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Pondicherry

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LGBT discrimination in Pondicherry is illegal in some contexts.

Current status
Since Aug 15, 1949
Illegal in some contexts
Only for gender identity and expression.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Pondicherry

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

Current status
Since Aug 15, 1949
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Nationwide.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Pondicherry

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

Current status
Since Aug 15, 1949
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Nationwide.
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Same-sex adoption in Pondicherry

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Same-sex adoption in Pondicherry is single only.

Current status
Single only
Legalization pending.
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Intersex infant surgery in Pondicherry

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Intersex infant surgery in Pondicherry is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Pondicherry

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Serving openly in military in Pondicherry is legal.

Current status
Legal
Same sex activity became legal on September 8, 2018.
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Blood donations by MSMs in Pondicherry

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Blood donations by MSMs in Pondicherry is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Conversion therapy in Pondicherry

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Conversion therapy in Pondicherry 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 Pondicherry

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Equal age of consent in Pondicherry is equal.

Current status
Equal
Set at 18 years.
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