"LGBT" Section 377 has now been decriminalised by the Supreme court of India.

Most of us do not know the meaning of LGBTQ

Let me tell you something about the "LGBTQ" term. 

LGBTQ stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and queer.

On 6th September 2018, the Supreme Court of India took a bold decision against the 158-year-old colonial law under Section 377 of the IPC which led the deep-rooted discrimination against people of the same sex involved in a consensual relationship.

Justice Indu Malhotra, one of the judges of the Indian supreme court, held that section 377 of the Indian penal code, which criminalizes consensual sexual acts between adults of the same sex, was unconstitutional.

 
Supreme court also said that the discrimination against such people has also adversely impacted their mental health and the right to live with dignity has been recognized. Sexual orientation is a natural phenomenon determined by biology and science. Any discrimination on this basis is unconstitutional.

The bench also said the LGBTQ community faced the stigma because of the criminality attached to the consensual same-sex relationship.

Some points which we really need to observe;

1 - “This community feels inhibited to go for medical aid due to prejudices against them. Because of family pressures, societal pressures etc. they are forced to marry the opposite sex and it leads to bi-sexuality and other mental trauma.”  

2 - “It is not human beings alone who indulge in homosexual acts, many animals also show homosexual behavior; it is not an aberration but a variation.”

3- The relationship between two consenting adults and the manifestation of their rights under Articles 14 and 21…we are dwelling on the nature of the relationship and not marriage…we want the relationship to be protected under fundamental rights and to not suffer moral policing.”

4 - “If the ‘order of nature’ should mean only act that results in procreation, will sex that does not lead to reproduction be against the ‘order of nature’?”

"Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?"--Author Ernest J. Gaines

In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court now scrapped the controversial Section 377- a 158-year-old colonial law on consensual gay sex. The Supreme Court reversed its own decision and said Section 377 is irrational and arbitrary. "LGBT Community has same rights as of any ordinary citizen. Respect for individual choice is the essence of liberty; the LGBT community possesses equal rights under the constitution. Criminalising gay sex is irrational and indefensible," said Chief Justice Dipak Misra, who headed the five-judge bench hearing the case. 

To know more the judgment of the Supreme court in the favor of Homosexuality watch this video;

Source - TOI