Gender and sexuality are topics that have never fit into boxes. The term “queer” is an umbrella term used by many to define themselves and their sexual identity.
Liz Powell, a popular psychologist and writer, defines queerism as something beyond the normative. “Queerness is swimming upstream. It’s about your presence in a culture that is heteronormative, that is cisnormative, that is mononormative,” says the psychologist.
The term “queer” is used to describe people who are not cisgender or heterosexual.
Speaking of the 21st century, the term has come to be used to describe a wide range of non-normative gender or sexual identities and politics. Academic disciplines such as queer studies and queer theory describe this as a general opposition to binarism and a lack of intersectionality. Queer cultural groups, queer political groups and queer art are some of the modern manifestations of queer identity.
Queer marriage rights in India
India’s Supreme Court recently rejected an appeal seeking to legalize same-sex marriage.
The verdict was announced by the Supreme Court on Tuesday after hearings held in April and May. Three of the five judges believed that the parliament would decide on this.
Is adoption by queer couples legal?
The 3:2 ruling on adoption rights for queer couples in the country was handed down by a five-judge panel. The Supreme Court passed an adoption ordinance that prohibits queer and unmarried couples from adopting children.
On this, the Chief Justice of India stated: “The law cannot assume that only heterosexual couples can be good parents. That would amount to discrimination. Therefore, the adoption regulations violate the Constitution because they discriminate against queer couples.”
This philosophy was, however, disagreed with by three other judges namely Justice Kohli, Justice Narasimha and Justice Bhat.
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Source: HIS Education