People who identify with any of the following communities are typically referred to as LGBTQ+ when the phrase LGBTQ+ is used.
A woman is considered to be lesbian if she sexually enjoys the company of other women rather than guys.
A man is considered gay if he has a strong desire for sexual interaction with other males of the same gender.
If a person experiences sexual attraction to people of both sexes, then we call them bisexual. Bisexuality is a spectrum.
People are said to be transgender if they do not identify with or express the gender that they were given at birth.
People who do not identify themselves as straight or cisgender are often referred to as queer, which is the reverse of what is meant by the term transgender.
There are several concerns which have been raised by the LGBTQ community and they have had to put up a fight for everything.
It is disheartening to learn of the horrendous treatment of members of the LGBTQ community in other parts of the world, despite the fact that the majority of us would like to believe that we live in a modern and progressive society.
The following is a list of some of the more widespread concerns that they respond to:
According to the findings of a number of studies, bullying of LGBTQ students on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity as well as discrimination against LGBTQ students are prevalent in educational institutions. Bullying and prejudice can leave harmful effects that can last for a considerable amount of time, and in some situations, they can even last for decades. Any person who identifies as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, or queer is likely to have a bounty placed on their head in most civilisations. This is because there is a high probability that such a bounty has been placed on the head of such a person (LGBTQ). In recent years, there has been a significant rise in the number of people who have been killed in the name of honour. This trend is expected to continue.
When a woman comes out as lesbian or bisexual, the woman's family may put pressure on her to undergo medically sanctioned corrective rapes in order to "fix" her sexual orientation. These rapes are performed in order to change a person's sexual orientation. This is due to the fact that the woman's family stands to suffer greater consequences as a direct result of the woman's sexual orientation. During these procedures, the woman is subjected to sexual pressure from a male medical practitioner and is forced to engage in sexual activity with him.
Because the idea does not sit well with society and is sometimes questioned by other employees, no company wants to recruit someone who has a different sexual orientation than themselves because it is not desirable. People who identify as belonging to the LGBTQ community face discrimination at every stage of their lives, from elementary school to the workplace and everywhere in between. They are unable to raise their standard of living by climbing the corporate ladder in the sector in which they have chosen to work because there are no opportunities available to them.
Families who live in cities are just as likely as families who live in the countryside to reject their LGBTQ children. This is because city families are more concerned about their reputation than families residing in the countryside. They are, if anything, more prone to act in this manner. After discovering that their child is a member of the LGBTQ community, many urban families have the unenviable task of deciding whether or not to forbid their child from residing in the family home.
Inmates who are identified as belonging to the LGBTQ community are frequently subjected to "corrective therapy for homosexuality" in the form of the administration of psychotic medications. They develop such a tolerance for them that even after they are released from the torment of being in prison, they will continue to turn to narcotics and other psychotropic drugs as a means of self-medicating whenever they are in need of relief from their symptoms. People who identify as members of the LGBTQ community frequently experience social exclusion as a result of who they are. This can lead to feelings of isolation, which can lead to feelings of depression.
The choices that are made in relation to LGBTQ people in India will, without a shadow of a doubt, have an effect on the course that the LGBTQ rights movement takes in that nation in the years to come.
These decisions are progressive not only because they have resolved the problem at hand but also because they have paved the way for members of the LGBTQ community to gain access to a variety of other civil rights that were previously denied to them but are now enjoyed by heterosexuals and cisgender individuals alike. The resolution of the problem at hand is not the only reason why these decisions are progressive. Another reason is that they have paved the way for members of the LGBTQ community to gain access to a variety of other civil rights. This includes the right to marry, the right to adopt or be adopted, the right to have surrogacy performed, the right to be free from discrimination and sexual assault, and a whole host of other fundamental concerns.
Even if there have been improvements for the better, members of the LGBTQ community are still battling to be welcomed. People who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer are the responsibility of the rest of society to ensure their safety and acceptance.
Simply allowing sexual acts between a same-sex couple will not put them in the same danger as the other citizens because the future of same-sex marriage, the legal sanctity of adoption by a same-sex couple, the right against oppression, and so on, are still uncertain, and the community is still fighting for them. As a consequence of this, it is abundantly clear that India still has a significant distance to travel before it can be described as being truly inclusive. This is because there is a significant gender disparity in India.
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