Madhav AgarwalAIR 16 · CSE 2024 · 188 wordsTheir whole copy
Opening
Even in the garb of demand for recognition of same sex marriage, LGBTQIA+ community remain vulnerable to exploitation despite a judicial pronouncement.
Body · points and prose
- Navtej Singh Jauhar case (held by SC)
- Homosexuality is also the order of nature
- Social morality cannot overshadow constitutional morality
Task half done because:
(1) Continued discrimination in social sphere:
- (eg) denial of houses by tenants, lack of acceptance by families.
(2) Right to marry as per choice (Hadiya Case) still not honoured which leads to :-
↳ denial of access to resources like State protection ↳ access to financial tools available to a couple (eg: Joint Bank Account, nominee, etc) (3) Homophobia still continue in the traditional society (4) Lack of dignity in economic work (eg: sex work, badhai by transgenders)
Need of the hour:
→ Protection of rights of LGBTQIA+ through awareness initiatives → Role of NGOs become critical → Need to promote 'self identification' → Promote sex education via NEP 2020
Close · a way forward
The recognition of same sex marriage is a sensitive issue which must be preceded by [debate] for its full acceptance rather than a top down approach.