Debate points against of LGBT (lesbian, gay,

bisexual, transgender) community

 SOME ARGUE THAT LGBT IDENTITIES GO AGAINST
TRADITIONAL RELIGIOUS OR CULTURAL VALUES, AND
THEREFORE, SHOULD NOT BE PROMOTED OR ACCEPTED IN
SOCIETY. HOWEVER, THIS ARGUMENT DOES NOT TAKE INTO
ACCOUNT THE DIVERSITY OF RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL
BELIEFS, AND THE FACT THAT MANY RELIGIOUS AND
CULTURAL GROUPS FULLY ACCEPT AND EMBRACE LGBT
INDIVIDUALS.
 SOME ARGUE THAT PROMOTING LGBT ACCEPTANCE MAY LEAD
TO THE BREAKDOWN OF TRADITIONAL GENDER ROLES AND
FAMILY STRUCTURES. HOWEVER, STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT
FAMILIES WITH LGBT MEMBERS CAN BE JUST AS LOVING,
SUPPORTIVE, AND FUNCTIONAL AS TRADITIONAL FAMILIES
AND THAT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT ACCEPTING LGBT
INDIVIDUALS LEADS TO NEGATIVE SOCIAL OUTCOMES.
 SOME ARGUE THAT PROMOTING LGBT ACCEPTANCE MAY LEAD
TO INCREASED RATES OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES OR
SUBSTANCE ABUSE. HOWEVER, STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT
THE STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION THAT LGBT INDIVIDUALS
FACE ARE THE PRIMARY DRIVERS OF NEGATIVE MENTAL
HEALTH OUTCOMES, AND THAT PROMOTING ACCEPTANCE AND
INCLUSION CAN LEAD TO BETTER MENTAL HEALTH
OUTCOMES FOR EVERYONE.
 SOME ARGUE THAT PROMOTING LGBT ACCEPTANCE MAY LEAD
TO A "SLIPPERY SLOPE" OF ACCEPTANCE OF OTHER NON-
TRADITIONAL IDENTITIES OR BEHAVIORS. HOWEVER, THIS
ARGUMENT IGNORES THE FACT THAT EVERYONE HAS THE
RIGHT TO LIVE THEIR LIVES AUTHENTICALLY, AS LONG AS
THEY ARE NOT HARMING OTHERS, AND THAT PROMOTING
ACCEPTANCE AND INCLUSION OF ALL INDIVIDUALS,
REGARDLESS OF THEIR IDENTITIES OR BEHAVIORS, IS A
POSITIVE GOAL FOR SOCIETY.
 SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS WILL BECOME MUCH MORE
VISIBLE WHEN THE RIGHTS COME INTO EXISTENCE. THOSE
WHO ARE HATEFUL TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY WILL TARGET
SAME-SEX COUPLES EVEN MORE. EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL
ABUSE MIGHT ESCALATE ONCE THESE SAME-SEX
RELATIONSHIPS COME INTO THE SPOTLIGHT. 
 WHAT HAVE THE JUDGES SAID?
• Thursday's decision was delivered by a five-judge bench headed by India's outgoing
chief justice Dipak Misra and was unanimous.
• Reading out the judgment, he said: "Criminalizing carnal intercourse is irrational,
arbitrary, and manifestly unconstitutional."
• Another judge, Indu Malhotra, said she believed "history owes an apology" to LGBT
people for ostracizing them.
• Justice DY Chandrachud said the state had no right to control the private lives of
LGBT community members and that the denial of the right to sexual orientation was
the same as denying the right to privacy.
• The ruling effectively allows gay sex among consenting adults in private.
 WHAT IS SECTION 377?
• It is a 157-year-old colonial-era law that criminalizes certain sexual acts as
"unnatural offenses" that are punishable by a 10-year jail term.
• The law punishes, in its own words, "carnal intercourse against the order of
nature with any man, woman or animal".
• While the statute criminalizes all anal and oral sex, it has largely affected
same-sex relationships.
• Human rights groups say police have used the statute to harass and abuse
members of the LGBT community.
HOW HAVE POLITICAL PARTIES REACTED?
• Subramanian Swamy, known for making provocative comments, said: "It
could give rise to an increase in the number of HIV cases."
WHERE IS HOMOSEXUALITY ILLEGAL?
• The 2017 report from 
the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex Associati
on (Ilga)
 lists 72 countries and territories where same-sex relationships are still
criminalized, although that includes India before its latest ruling.
• Most of them are in Africa, the Middle East, and other parts of South Asia.
• The report said homosexuality could still result in the death penalty in eight
nations.