Name: Bhavika Keshav Gholap

Roll no: 19010

College Name: University of Mumbai thane sub-campus.
Subject: Public Relation
Assignment No: Essay-3
Prof in charge: Prof. Aditya Godbole.
Email-Id: bhavikagholap@gmail.com
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Name: Bhavika Keshav Gholap
Topic: When will LGBTQ individuals experience equality?
Due date:05/09/2022
Word count: 727
“LGBTQ stands for lesbian, Gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or
questioning. A large number of individuals and organizations oppose
LGBTQ movements, this is not only today’s issue. In Mahabharata, there
was a character ‘Shikhandi’. According to some versions of the epic,
‘Shikhandi’ is sometimes told to be born as a female but identifies as male.
Because of that, king Drupada didn’t give the throne of Panchal to him.
From the past to the present this community has suffered a lot because of
society.
The LGBTQ community has suffered inhumane treatment in the
past, and even now they are abused by society. It raises serious concern over
the human rights of these people who are homosexuals by birth. But the fact
is that sexualities are born in the genes of a person and they express
themselves at one point in time in their life. There may be several reasons
for such opposition, which may include personal, moral, political, or
religious objections to homosexual relations, gay rights, or gay people.
LGBTQ opponents argue that homosexual relationships cannot be taken as
marriages. A large group of people says that such marriages are unnatural
and that such practices encourage people to keep unhealthy behaviour in
public. In many states, same-sex couples are not granted the same security
when it comes to parenting and adoption as heterosexual partners. A lot of
people say that all forms of sexual relationships between individuals other
than partners of the opposite sex undermine the traditional structure of
families and that children must be brought up in homes with a father and a
mother only.
Sweden is the most gay-friendly country in the world. Sweden has
legalized same-sex marriage and worker protections for the LGBTQ
community. Also, it became the first country in the world to allow
transgender people to change their gender. Whereas in September 2018,
Indian Supreme Court unanimously struck down a colonial-era ban on gay
sex. It was an important moment for the LGBTQ community in India.
“History owes an apology to the members of this community and their
families, for the delay in providing redressal for the ignominy and ostracism
that they have suffered through the centuries,” Justice Indu Malhotra wrote
in her judgment.
Multinational companies come forward to support the LGBTQ
community. Infosys is a signatory to the UN Standards of Conduct for
Business Tackling Discrimination against Lesbian, Gay, Bi, and Trans,
People. Infosys provided Health Insurance plans for their employees who
are based in India, health insurance is basically for gender confirmation
surgeries, coverage for surrogacy, egg freezing procedures, and mental
health therapy. Also, in various parts of India, there are many registered
non-profit organizations that serve the LGBTQ+ community, from holding
social and educational events to providing health and other services.
In 2019, Bollywood produced the coming-of-age romantic
comedy ‘Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga’, about a lesbian woman
coming out to her conservative family, and in 2020 produced a romantic
comedy blockbuster, ‘Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan,’ which features a
gay couple. I think these are the little steps that Indian cinema has taken in
the support of the LGBTQ community. This was a welcome victory, but it
does not necessarily mean that LGBTQ people in India are completely
perceived as equal among their fellow citizens. They can still face
discrimination, harassment, bullying, violence, stigma, and rejection. and it
shows how much work remains to be done in the rest of the world to
overturn restrictive anti-gay laws.
For every individual, whether homosexual or not, the sense of
gender and sexual orientation of the person is so fixed that the individual
carries this aspect of his or her identity wherever he or she goes. While
recognizing the unique worth of each person, the Constitution does not
presuppose that the holder of rights is an isolated, lonely, and abstract figure
possessing a socially disconnected self. It acknowledges that people live in
their bodies, their communities, their cultures, their places, and their times.
Not just sexual orientation or gender identity, meant to be only
about some people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. Not just
something called ‘gay rights, somehow separated from other intrinsic rights
and freedoms. Not even just individual lives lived as if they could exist on
islands of freedom. Sexuality as being not just about sex, body, identity, and
desire, but equally about politics and democracy.