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Acceptance of LGBT Community: Rhetoric Or Reality © 2019 JETIR May 2019, Volume 6, Issue 5 www.jetir.org (ISSN-2349-5162) Acceptance of LGBT community: Rhetoric or Reality Maj.Gen Rajinder Kumar AVSM, SM, VSM (Retd), Director,ALS, Amity University Madhya Pradesh Dr.Saroj Choudhary, Assistant Professor, Amity Law School, AUMP ABSTRACT Sep 6, 2018 let’s celebrate this day because the Honourable Supreme Court as this day in Navtej Singh Johar’s case decriminalised all consensual sex among adults in private including homosexual act executor sex with minors, non- consantal sexual acts as rape and bestiality, it is proved at the end that love wins all. Let us all accept ourselves, the country is evolving let us evolve, love out loud, come out loud, stop screaming inside, let’s start living and loving because love is love and it is beyond age, religion and sexuality. This research will not more be called as an issue now because the LGBT community has got its identity they are no more criminals now, they can no more be held to any conviction under section- 377 of I.P.C. This research will examine the struggle of our heroes of LGBT community from the past decade to the present day and will find out solutions to make LGBT not only law proved but also sociologically approved. INTRODUCTION “a gender- equal society would be one where the word ‘gender’ does not exist; where everyone can be themselves” Rightly said by- Gloria Steinem. “History ones an apology to the members of this community and then families, so this delay in providing reprisal for its ignominy and ostracism that they have suppressed through the centuries. The members of this community were compelled to this a life full of fear of reprisal and persecution. This was an account of the ignorance of the majority to recognize that homosexuality is a coupelity natural condition, part of range of human sexuality. This misapplication of this provision denied them that fundamental Right to equality guaranteed by Art-14.it infringed the fundamental right to non-discrimination under Art15 and the fundamental right to live a life of dignity and privacy guaranteed by Art 21.The LGBT persons deserve to live a life unshackled from the shadow of being unappreahanded factors, Supreme court through a sec377. In this paper the author will analyse the drawbacks, the hurdles in society which make it difficult to achieve the goal of equal status, opportunity and gender equal society. When I talk about the LGBT community the word LGBT individually doesn’t clicks in my mind but comes along with gender inequality now the question come here who does this inequality amongst all of us, is that the Law of the land or we the people of India the answer is so clear, the culprit are “we”, the whole society, our conservative thoughts and it was not the Law but we who bounded the Law in past to give the tag of criminals to the individuals of LGBT community. The constitution of India itself gives the right to equality but is this right actually helping the real in need. If I talk about past days truly speaking the law of the land itself discriminated the LGBT community and the individuals forming homosexual relationship were held to be criminal and were convicted section- 377 of the Indian penal code i.e. “punishment for Unnatural offences”. On one side the constitution of India provides equality amongst all and no discrimination to be done on the bases of race, caste, sex etc and on the other section 377 was a huge contradiction to article- 14 of the Indian constitution but, as we know that “wrong comes but cannot survive for so long” so here once again the battle is over partly, I used partly here because I think the fight is over only from one side the is Law but it is still in continuance and will be till the time we the people accept the true equality which is for all and avoid discriminating the community and start motivating them, loving them from the deepest corner of our heart to make them feel the happiness of living more comfortably, suitably without any fear of being harassed for what they actually are. JETIR1905G66 Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR) www.jetir.org 454 © 2019 JETIR May 2019, Volume 6, Issue 5 www.jetir.org (ISSN-2349-5162) Resuscitate of LGBT- LGBT will be generally utilized acronym to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer. Inside and out with these terms it may be known as “Rainbow community”. Female who communicates sexual fascination towards an alternate lady while gay may be a male who express as much sexual fascination towards another male. On the promiscuous alludes to sexual fascination conduct towards both females and males. Transgender will be a depiction to people whose sex character contrasts starting with the thing that need at first related the sex they were doled out at conception. Mostly these terms are utilized to the people who would not hetero. Does really taking birth with the feeling of homosexual is a crime? I think not at all because who are we to bind the inner feeling of an individual towards another individual of the same sentiments I’ll not comment about law but I personally feel if I discriminate them on what they are then I am the person to be held criminal for this act of mine because this is something against humanity. Symbols- the gay community is frequently associated with certain symbols; especially the rainbow or rainbow flag. The Greek lambda symbol (l for liberation) triangle, ribbon and gender symbols are also used as ‘gay acceptance’ symbol. There are many type of flag to represent subdivisions in the gay community, but the most commonly recognized is the 8-colour rainbow flag. Gilbert baker, created the commonly known rainbow flag, and this flag was presented at the 1979 pride parade. in which each colour represents a value in the community: 1. Pink- sexuality 2. Red - life 3. Orange- healing 4. Yellow- the sun 5. Green- nature 6. Blue- art 7. Indigo- harmony 8. Violet- spirit Later, pink and violet were removed from the flag to lead the present-day flag which has total 6colours. Historical background worldwide- 10 events from LGBT history 1.1951 – The first trans women Roberta Cowell from British who had undergone reassignment surgery- Cowell was well known as racing driver and a fighter pilot in World War II. She underwent a mystery technique so as will get a testament expressing that she might have been intersex. This enabled her with experience surgery What's more get another conception testament. Clinched alongside later life, she guaranteed that constantly intersex might have been what ‘justified’ her move What's more concentrated particularly with respect to chromosomes Furtherm ore genetics, a methodology which might have been low recurrence 'of its time' contrasted with the up to date talk around trans Also sexual orientation personalities. 2.1967– the sexual Offences enactment decriminalises sex between two men in 21 what's more ‘in private’- However, this didn’t stretch out to those Navy, Armed forces, Scotland, Northern Ireland, channel Island, alternately for man the place of sex between two men stayed illicit. 3.1969 – the ‘Stonewall riots’ incident in the U.S. (June 28) Marsha P Johnson furthermore Sylvia Rivera were known as the pioneer an arrangement from claiming spontaneous, vicious exhibits struck them. Parts of the LGBT group keeping battled against JETIR1905G66 Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR) www.jetir.org 455 © 2019 JETIR May 2019, Volume 6, Issue 5 www.jetir.org (ISSN-2349-5162) a police strike on the stonewall inn. Those of chance triggered the cutting-edge LGBT liberation development in the U.S. 4.1972 – The initial Pride march in London, attracted 2000 participants all over- 1st pride Walk in us. Christopher road liberation day for June 28, 1970 checked the initially commemoration of the stonewall riots for a gathering around Christopher road and the to begin with LGBT Pride Walk in what's to come in U.S. Motivation behind pride Walk. The reason may be apparently should celebrate their personality in the face of a culture which might instead disgrace them over distinguish them as people. The design will be additionally normalizing. Gay Pride parades aggravate gay, lesbian, bisexual transgender people unmistakable Furthermore that's only the tip of the iceberg broadly perceived. Who made those pride Month? LGBT history month originated in the United States Also might have been to begin with praised in 1994.It might have been established Toward Missouri high-school historical backdrop educator's testament Rodney Wilson. Wilson originated that idea, served as organizer on the principal facilitating committee, furthermore picked October Likewise those month for festival. 5. 1988– St Thomas hospital were a man named terry Higgins dies of AIDS- The Terrence Higgins trust, was set up in UK as the first AIDS charity, by Rupert Whittaker, Martyn butler and many more in the series a quite a while after those administrati ons banned the donation of blood by man who were engage in keeping sexual relationship with another man to avoid AIDS. 6.1988– Margaret Thatcher introduces section-28 of the neighbourhood government enactment 1988- Those demonstrations stated that councils ought to not "promote the educating on whatever upheld class of the acceptability of homosexuality similarly as pretended gang relationship”, implying educators couldn’t talk around same-sex associations with their learners. This included scholars advancing out to their educators or handling homophobic tormenting.
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