LGBT Rights

Syllabus- General Studies 2(governance) Issues relating to quality of life: livelihood, poverty, hunger, disease and social inclusiveness. Context This year, the world woke up to June, pride month, gazing at the Google Doodle of Dr. Frank Kameny (1925-2011), an American astronomer, veteran, and gay rights activist. Background: The global LGBTQ+ community marched ahead after the 1970s. But in India, the queer community is still a stigmatised and invisible minority, a fact that is alarmingly incompatible with the country’s living, liberal and inclusive Constitution. The Constitution was conceived by India’s founding fathers as a beacon of fundamental rights, leading once enslaved....Read More