Gender and sexual minority youth have complained that they have to face legal hurdles step by step. Rejected by family, relatives and society, they complain that even the government does not want to ensure their basic human rights.
They say that they have to face legal hurdles to get every service and facility from citizenship to education, health and employment.
On Friday, the youth participating in the program on legal recognition of gender and sexual minorities conducted by the Women, Law and Development Forum (FWLD) demanded that the government ensure their rights through the law.
'Society still hasn't accepted us. We are fighting with family, relatives and society. This is a different battle," said Ruksana Kapali, a gender minority activist. "The government has not given us even the basic human rights that should be given to us. Right from birth registration to get citizenship or to study at university, so much so that we even had to face problems to get the covid vaccine. Being a gender and sexual minority, we have to be deprived of basic needs. We are struggling against the state.'
Kapali, who is currently studying law at Purvanchal University, said that more than 100 cases have been registered in courts across the country, including the Supreme Court.
'Sexual and sexual minorities are forced to go to court for anything. Our identity is not accepted by the government. We have problems entering the Supreme Court based on our identity,' she said.
She said that due to the lack of clear laws, gender and sexual minorities did not get citizenship and many had to knock on the court's door for that.
Advocate Susma Gautam said that gender and sexual minorities still have to fight hard to get citizenship. She said that the government should initiate laws to identify this community.
Advocate Vinu Lama said that the constitution ensures the right of a person to get citizenship regardless of his identity, and the government should ensure it by making laws.
