Transgender persons are people whose identities are different from the stereotypical gender norms, which identify genders only as male or female. Society has failed to accept their gender identity due to which they have suffered from discrimination, social oppression and physical violence. There are certain socio-cultural groups of transgender people who are identified as Hijras,…
Trans genders have always been considered as a kind of “taboo” in some parts of the country. Many a times trans genders face discrimination just due to their gender. It is really necessary to understand that transgender us not a “disease” but, a gender itself. There have been many instances in Indian courts too where…
Psychology is the scientific study of behaviour, experience and mental processes. Behaviour includes all of our outward or overt actions and reactions, such as talking, facial expressions and movement. Mental processes refer to all the internal, covert actions of our minds, such as thinking, feeling and remembering. To study behaviour and mental processes in both…
Personally, I love school uniforms. There are two ways of looking at why there should be school uniforms. Equality. School uniforms means that everyone has to look the same, and that there can be no disparity between the clothing choices of students, preventing more bullying. This is actually why my school doesn’t even have full…
The Transgender community in India is undoubtedly the foremost socially deprived in terms of marriage, property, adoption, electoral rights and so the list goes on. After the NALSA judgment, that’s the National Legal Service Authority v. Union of India the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill was taken up in the Lok Sabha in 2016…
‘Love will be Love’. It isn’t only from time to time that we go over this expression in our day-to-day routines and via online media. It infers that adoration, regardless of who it thrives between, is love. All affection is equivalent and merits equivalent regard. The decriminalization of Section 377 by the Supreme Court of…
Introduction Right around two years back, homosexuality was decriminalized in the notable judgment by the Supreme Court of India on account of Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India. Albeit this reformist judgment brings about certain different inquiries that have stayed unanswered in regards to homosexuality that arrangement with same-sex relationships. India doesn’t perceive same-sex…
Love comes in all forms. It would be wrong to say that a person cannot marry someone just because they are not from the opposite sex. The world is evolving more than ever and we need to keep up with times. Same-sex marriage is when any person chooses to marry the same sex instead of…
List of Cases National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India Navtej Singh johar v. UOI Justice K.S.Puttaswamy v. Union of India Introduction The sixth of September 2018 was not a conventional day. Something earth-shattering occurred on the day that blew the existence of “lawfulness” of the LGBTQIA+ people, who have been exposed to hundreds…
The TRANSGENDER community in India were an ignored segment of the society and were target to lots of discrimination even in the basic necessities such as, employment, health, education etc despite protection given to them under the provisions of the Constitution of India. A landmark case of NALSA v. Union of India[1], “recognized the various…
