HOMOSEXUALITY(LGBT)
Homosexuality is a romantic or sexual attraction or sexual behaviour between members of the same sex or gender. though india being a religious country has accepted the non religious communities years ago. In ancient India there was a place for all kinds of diverse cultures, arts and literatures; the society was very assimilative. At one place we have purely and strictly religious painting and sculptors like at Konark or at Jagganath Puri temples and at another place we have monuments like Khajuraho which is famous world over for its erotic arts and sculptors; this also includes sculptors with homosexual activities. This shows that not only all types of sexual orientations were there in ancient past but people were so tolerant and broad minded that paintings and sculptors depicting the same sex love-making were being freely created and displayed.Thus unlike ancient India, people with different sexual choices i. e. homosexuals are not treated equally in today’s society and their basic human rights are violated frequently. the causes of this sexuality mainly include the biological factors and the social and environmental factors . though the indian constitution says that everyone is equal before law and nobody can be discriminated on the basis of their religionor sex , the condition of LGBT communities are not good. Section 377 of the IPC says “Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.†and so they get bullied, molested , sexualy violated , threatened and even murderd the major problems faced by them include marginalization and social exclusion ,homelessness ,barriers to care. to improve the conditions of homosexuals be it in any country , we can educate people about them doing workshops so that they get support from their surroundings, we can create oppurtunities for them, train police and other such officials so that the people dont get mistreated
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