Assam-First LGBT organization of Assam

What is the news?

=> Xobdo – Dialogue Dignity Movement Foundation, an organisation working on LGBTQIA+ issues has been registered under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013.

=> With this it became the first registered LGBTQIA+ organisation in the State of Assam.

Who are LGBT?

=> To under this we must understand difference between Gender and Sexuality?

=> Gender- How an individual feels like ? It is on the basis of hormones and body organs. One may feel like male other may feel like female.

=> It is sense of a person’s sense of self identity.

=> There are three gender classes- Male female and Transgenders.

=> To under this we must understand difference between Gender and Sexuality?

=> Sexuality- enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions to men, women, or multiple genders.

=> Four Categories- Straight(Heterosexual-attracted towards opposite gender) Lesbian( female attracted to female), Gay( male attracted to male),Bisexual( attracted to both genders).

=> Sometimes they are also known as Homosexuals- Homo-same. Homosexual- Attracted towards same sex.

Status of LGBT community in India:

=> LGBT community people have faced social stigma in Indian society.

=> They are generally outcasted and thrown out of family.

=> They are considered to have a pathological state- mentally sick.

=> Till 2018- Homosexuality was considered crime in India under IPC 377.

=> But the SC decriminalised IPC 377 in 2018.

Decriminalisation of Homosexuality in India: