LGBTQ COMMUNITY

RIGHT IN INDIA
FULL FORM OF LGBTQ :
 L – lesbian
 G – gay
 B – bisexual
 T – transgender
 Q - queer
WHO STARTED THE FIGHT FOR LGBTQ
RIGHTS?

 An early LGBT movement also began in Germany at the turn of the 20th century,
centering on the doctor and writer Magnus Hirschfeld. In 1897 he formed the
Scientific-Humanitarian Committee campaign publicly against the notorious law.
which made sex between men illegal.
PURPOSE OF LGBTQ RIGHTS :

 A commonly stated goal among these movements is social equality for LGBT people,
but there is still denial of full LGBT rights. Some have also focused on building
LGBT communities or worked towards liberation for the broader society from
biphobia, homophobia, and transphobia. There is a struggle for LGBT rights today.
LAWS REGARDING LGBTQ RIGHTS :

 In August 2017, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the right to individual
privacy is an intrinsic and fundamental right under the Indian Constitution. The Court
also ruled that a person's sexual orientation is a privacy issue, giving hopes to LGBT
activists that the Court would soon strike down Section 377.
SECTION 377 OF IPC :

 Unnatural offences.—Whoever voluntarily has carnal inter­course against the order of

nature with any man, woman or animal, shall be punished with 1[imprisonment for
life], or with impris­onment of either description for a term which may extend to ten
years, and shall also be liable to fine.
RIGHTS OF LGBTQ’S :
 LGBTQ rights in India have been evolving rapidly in recent years. However, Indian
LGBTQ citizens still face certain social and legal difficulties not experienced by non-
LGBTQ persons.

 The country has repealed its colonial-era laws that directly discriminated against
homosexual and transgender identities and also explicitly interpreted Article 15 of the
Constitution to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
But many legal protections have not been provided for, including same-sex marriage

 Transgender people in India are allowed to change their legal gender post-sex reassignment
surgery under legislation passed in 2019, and have a constitutional right to register
themselves under a third gender.
 Additionally, some states protect hijras, a traditional third gender population in
South Asia through housing programmes, and offer welfare benefits, pension
schemes, free operations in government hospitals as well as other programmes
designed to assist them. There are approximately 480,000 transgender people in
India

 In 2018, in the landmark decision of Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India, the
Supreme Court of India decriminalised consensual homosexual intercourse by
reading down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code and excluding consensual
homosexual sex between adults from its ambit

 Despite strong political movements in favour of LGBTQ rights, there remains a

significant amount of homophobia present among the Indian population, with
around one in four Indians objecting to same-sex relationships according to an
opinion poll
WHAT IS PRIDE MONTH ?
 LGBT Pride Month occurs in the United States to commemorate the Stonewall riots,
which occurred at the end of June 1969. As a result, many pride events are held during
this month to recognize the impact LGBT people have had in the world.

 Participants in the parades hail from various indigenous gender and sexual minority
groups and infuse the largely-Western-derived aesthetic of pride with local and
national cultural trappings. Western and international tourists also participate in pride
celebrations in India.
RECENT CASES REGARDING LGBTQ
RIGHTS :
 K S Puttaswamy vs Union of India (2017)

Read more at:

https://www.shethepeople.tv/home-top-video/5-judgements-that-paved-the-way-for-lgbt-rights-in-india/

 Navtej Singh Johar v Union of India (2018)

Read more at:

https://www.shethepeople.tv/home-top-video/5-judgements-that-paved-the-way-for-lgbt-rights-in-india/

 Arun Kumar v Inspector General of Registration (2019)

Read more at:

https://www.shethepeople.tv/home-top-video/5-judgements-that-paved-the-way-for-lgbt-rights-in-india/
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