Abstract

Author: Debapriya Biswas, II year B.A.,LL.B.(Hons.) from Amity Law School, Noida

Human history has always been diverse and enriching – with changing times, cultures changed and so did the mentality and view of people. And as these changes occurred, humans’ knowledge about things increased and slowly, we developed as a species with a varied variation. Every individual is said to be unique and yet connected with a community – and yet, many a time, such uniqueness is shamed upon and viewed as ‘not normal.’ With ‘normal’ being nothing more than the majority or more commonly seen traits, actual uniqueness is frowned upon and determined as unholy by many religions – one of such aspects being the different gender identity and sexuality of people. Due to such a narrow and rigid mentality, the LGBTQ community has been shunned for many years – so much so that even history overlooked any person with queer character and overwritten it in a way to fit their standards of what is ‘normal.’