LGBT rights in India | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-16

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LGBT rights in India


00:01:42 1 Law regarding same-sex sexual activity
00:01:53 1.1 History
00:05:43 1.2 Contemporary times
00:13:17 2 Recognition of same-sex relationships
00:15:26 3 Discrimination protections
00:16:37 4 Transgender rights
00:21:22 4.1 State laws
00:24:05 4.2 Third-gender literature and studies
00:25:22 5 Conversion therapy
00:26:46 6 Living conditions
00:30:11 6.1 Politics
00:33:50 7 Intersex rights
00:34:53 7.1 Physical integrity and bodily autonomy
00:36:04 7.2 Protection from discrimination
00:37:14 8 Public opinion
00:38:31 9 Notable Indian LGBTI rights activists
00:38:43 10 Summary table
00:38:52 11 See also



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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in India face legal and social difficulties not experienced by non-LGBT persons. Sexual activity between people of the same gender is legal but same-sex couples cannot legally marry or obtain civil partnerships. On 6 September 2018, the Supreme Court of India decriminalised homosexuality by declaring Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code unconstitutional. The Court unanimously ruled that individual autonomy, intimacy, and identity are protected fundamental rights.
Since 2014, transgender people in India have been allowed to change their gender without sex reassignment surgery, and have a constitutional right to register themselves under a third gender. Additionally, some states protect hijras, a traditional third gender population in South Asia, through housing programmes, welfare benefits, pension schemes, free surgeries in government hospitals and others programmes designed to assist them. There are approximately 4.8 million transgender people in India.Over the past decade, LGBT people have gained more and more tolerance in India, especially in large cities. Nonetheless, most LGBT people in India remain closeted, fearing discrimination from their families, who might see homosexuality as shameful. Reports of honour killings, attacks, torture, and beatings of members of the LGBT community are not uncommon in India. Discrimination and ignorance are particularly present in rural areas, where LGBT people often face rejection from their families and forced opposite-sex marriages.