Over the past decade, LGBT people which includes Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people have gained more and more tolerance,acceptance and respect in India, especially in large cities.
Discrimination is still present in rural areas, where LGBT people often face rejection from their families and forced opposite-sex marriages.
Nonetheless, most LGBT people in India remain closeted, fearing discrimination from their families, who might see homosexuality as shameful.
Nowadays people in the LGBT community are fighting for equal rights and acceptance same as normal citizens. Trans people, especially, face a lot of difficulty in finding acceptance. People in the LGBT community are looked down upon all the time. This is a major issue because discrimination against the LGBT community is highly prevalent.
People’s prejudices lead them to think that LGBT people are odd and very different. Today, homosexuality and queer identities may be acceptable to more Indian youths than ever before but within the boundaries of families, homes and schools, acceptance still remains a constant struggle for LGBT people. I have heard of people coming out of the closet and declaring to their families that they are not the person their family expected them to be.
Being L,G,B or T is not a ‘problem’, nor is it a ‘choice’ as such. LGBT individuals are merely individuals who have sexual preferences that differ from what would appear to be the ‘normal’, due to differing learned behaviours and, you know, having a personal perspective and mindset that differs from everyone else’s. Saying that it’s objectively wrong for people to have sexual preferences that differ from the normal is objectively wrong itself.
Article 15 of our Indian Constitution Article 15, 1949
- Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, Sex or place of birth.
If normal men and women have the right to live in this society with respect then why not a person who belongs to LGBT can live in this society with respect. It’s not about what our religion says it’s about what humanity says…If we talk about religion as per the Hindu aspects Lord Rama had given a boon to hijras for their loyalty that’s why the curse or boon of hijras means a lot to the normal beings.
I think everyone who is living in this world, either normal or abnormal has equal rights to live in this society with full respect..!!
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