CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS OF LGBT: THE PRESPECTIVE OF INDIAN CONSTITUTION
Keywords:
LGBT, Homosexual, DiscriminationAbstract
The LGBT community has been in a debate for many years. The notions to secure this community by justice, equity and unity have been the prime motto of government. The word LGBT stands for Lesbian. Gay, Bisexual and Transgender. Earlier, these LGBT were referred as Gay community, but later it included other types of homosexual people. Discrimination against this community has become common, they are isolated and alienated from the society and they are denied the basic fundamental rights, which they are entitled to being the citizen of India. This paper analyses the provisions which are not sufficient to protect their rights and followed by the composition of them and their difficulties nowadays. In recent times the rights of this community have been realised and there is an intervention of judiciary to protect them. The same has been discussed in the paper after the verdict of Supreme Court declaring, “Third gender rights.
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