It’s Time For India To Show Support At UN For The LGBT Community

Petition urges India to vote in favour of UN Mandate on sexual orientation and gender identity.

A petition has been released on Change.org to urge Prime Minister Modi to vote in favour of The United Nation mandate on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.

Over the years India has come forward to show their support towards the LGBT community. In 2014 a NALSA judgment was made to make people rethink notions of gender identity. This became a larger movement and led to the judiciary passing a verdict on section 377 which decriminalised homesexuality.

The petition talks about UN’s HRC (Human Rights Council) coming together to vote on a resolution moved by latin American states in a bid to renew the mandate on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) passed by the first UN expert.