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
    Unknown
    Donating Blood
    Unknown
    Conversion Therapy
    Unknown
    Age of Consent
    Unknown
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History

Homosexual activity in Uttar Pradesh

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Homosexual activity in Uttar Pradesh 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 Uttar Pradesh

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Same-sex marriage in Uttar Pradesh is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Censorship of LGBT issues in Uttar Pradesh

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Uttar Pradesh is no censorship.

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

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Right to change legal gender in Uttar Pradesh is legal, no restrictions.

Current status
Since Apr 14, 2014
Legal, no restrictions
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Gender-affirming care in Uttar Pradesh

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Gender-affirming care in Uttar Pradesh is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Uttar Pradesh

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Uttar Pradesh is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Uttar Pradesh

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LGBT discrimination in Uttar Pradesh is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Nationwide since 2018.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Uttar Pradesh

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LGBT employment discrimination in Uttar Pradesh is sexual orientation and gender identity.

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

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LGBT housing discrimination in Uttar Pradesh is sexual orientation and gender identity.

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

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Same-sex adoption in Uttar Pradesh is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Intersex infant surgery in Uttar Pradesh

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Intersex infant surgery in Uttar Pradesh is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Uttar Pradesh

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Serving openly in military in Uttar Pradesh is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Blood donations by MSMs in Uttar Pradesh

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Blood donations by MSMs in Uttar Pradesh is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Conversion therapy in Uttar Pradesh

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Conversion therapy in Uttar Pradesh 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 Uttar Pradesh

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Equal age of consent in Uttar Pradesh is unknown.

Current status
Unknown