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 West Bengal

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Homosexual activity in West Bengal 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 West Bengal

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Same-sex marriage in West Bengal is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Censorship of LGBT issues in West Bengal

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Censorship of LGBT issues in West Bengal is no censorship.

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

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Right to change legal gender in West Bengal is legal, no restrictions.

Current status
Since Apr 14, 2014
Legal, no restrictions
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Gender-affirming care in West Bengal

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Gender-affirming care in West Bengal is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in West Bengal

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in West Bengal is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in West Bengal

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LGBT discrimination in West Bengal is illegal.

Current status
Since Jan 15, 2018
Illegal
Only for gender identity and expression.
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LGBT employment discrimination in West Bengal

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LGBT employment discrimination in West Bengal is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Jan 15, 2018
Sexual orientation and gender identity
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LGBT housing discrimination in West Bengal

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LGBT housing discrimination in West Bengal is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Jan 15, 2018
Sexual orientation and gender identity
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Same-sex adoption in West Bengal

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Same-sex adoption in West Bengal is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Intersex infant surgery in West Bengal

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Intersex infant surgery in West Bengal is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in West Bengal

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Serving openly in military in West Bengal is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Blood donations by MSMs in West Bengal

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Blood donations by MSMs in West Bengal is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Conversion therapy in West Bengal

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Conversion therapy in West Bengal 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 West Bengal

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Equal age of consent in West Bengal is unknown.

Current status
Unknown