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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer rights in India have expanded in the 21st century, though much of India's advancements on LGBT rights have come from the judiciary and not the legislature. LGBTQ people in India continue to face legal and social challenges not experienced by non-LGBTQ people. [4]
The petition was covered by various news articles, including The Times of India, stating, "The petitioners are lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGBT) citizens of India whose rights to sexuality, sexual autonomy, choice of sexual partner, life, privacy, dignity and equality, along with the other fundamental rights guaranteed under Part-III of ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Pages in category "LGBTQ rights in India" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of ...
The case is seen as a milestone event for LGBTQ rights in India, following a historic 2018 judgement by the Supreme Court that scrapped a colonial-era ban on gay sex. Only Taiwan and Nepal allow ...
On 15 April 2014, the Supreme Court of India delivered its judgment in National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India (NALSA v.UOI), in which it recognised the rights of transgender people in India and laid down a series of measures for securing transgender people's rights by mandating the prohibition of discrimination, recommending the creation of welfare policies, and reservations for ...
India will consider giving equal financial rights and legal protection to the LGBTQ community but legalising same-sex marriage is not on the agenda despite the Supreme Court saying the onus for ...
Mental, physical, emotional and economic violence against the LGBT community in India remains a problem. [15] Lacking support from family, society or police, many gay rape victims do not report the crimes. [16] According to Equaldex, India received a score of 60 out of 100 in LGBT rights, and ranked 5th among 44 Asian countries that were ...
More than 1,000 members of India's LGBTQ community, rights groups and their supporters marched through the streets of the capital on Friday to protest a citizenship law that excludes Muslims.