MY OBJECTIVE

Through this synopsis I want to learn and understand

the LGBTQ community, how they function in the
society and how much discrimination they have to go
through.

kartik baijal
Roll no – L18BALB021

LGBTQ AND ITS

PRESENCE IN
BOLLYWOOD
Legal methods
What is LGBTQ community?
The LGBTQ community refers to a community of lesbian, gays, bisexual, transgender individuals
that are united by a common culture and social movements. These communities generally celebrate
pride, diversity, individuality, and sexuality. The word pride sometimes used to refer to gay pride
is used to express the LGBTQ community’s identity and collective strength in the society that we
live in.

Presence in Bollywood
The Indian film makers are still confused towards projecting homosexual characters in their films.
The first Indian director to deal with homosexuality openly was Deepa Mehta in her movie FIRE
which was released in 1996. The movie is about a lesbian relationship that ignites between two
people enduring similar problems with their spouses. The film also goes out of the patriarchal
prevalence that is dominant in our society.
Another reference can be made from the movie kal ho na ho where saif ali khan’s maid thinks he
is having a relationship with shahrukh khan. But the movie which depicts homosexuality openly
is dostana(2008) where two guys pretend to be gay men so that they can reside in a house with the
owner who is a girl.

Different laws in India related to LGBTQ community

The formation of laws regarding homosexuality began from the colonial era. But the fight against
decriminalizing article 377 of the IPC started in 2004 when Naz foundation filled a PIL in the
Delhi court saying that there is nothing wrong with a gay rally especially which is something
common in countries outside India. The high court gave its decision on 2nd July 2009 by calling
down article 377 of IPC as unconstitutional as it went against articles 14(Equality before law),
15(Prohibiting discrimination on the basis of caste, color, sex) and 21(Right to life and personal
liberty) which are our fundamental rights and thus cannot be violated.1
But this decision was challenged by an astrologer Suresh Kumar Kaushal in the supreme court on
11 December 2013 which upheld the constitutionality of section 377 of IPC. 2 Due to this the
supreme court rejected the review petition which was filed by the central government and Naz
foundation against the verdict of supreme on the above case.
But a breakthrough judgment came on 6 September 2018 when finally, section 377 which talks
about carnal intercourse was made legal.3

Research Method and Methodology

1
MANU/DE/0869/2009
2
MANU/SC/1278/2013
3
MANU/SC/0165/2018
The research method that I have adopted for this synopsis is that initially I googled what LGBTQ
community is, what is their moto, what population of the world comes under this category and
how much discrimination they have to face from the world due to belonging to this category.
Now the research methodology that I have taken for this is looking at the judgments of the above
given cases online and verifying them through the actual case laws. Also I have stated some articles
from the constitution and their verification from the bear act itself.

Bibliography
Primary Sources
1. Constitution of India
2. Actual judgments of the cases

Secondary Sources
1. Manupatra
2. Scc online