Here are the answers to the quiz questions: 1. The Defense of Marriage Act banned federal recognition of same-sex marriage and defined marriage as between a man and a woman. 2. Economic benefits like health insurance, social security benefits, family medical leave, joint filing of tax returns etc. can be granted to gay couples if same sex marriage is legalized. 3. Gays and lesbians can have children through surrogacy, adoption or artificial insemination. 4. Allowing gay marriage does not undermine traditional marriage between a man and woman. Gay marriage expands the definition of marriage without limiting traditional heterosexual marriages in any way.

1. LGBTIssues
SUBMITTED TO :-
Ms. Khyati Jain
(Assistant professor)
(School of Law)
SUBMITTED BY :-
Ms. Sakshi Bishnoi
(B.B.A. LL.B)
(IIIrd Semester)

3. WHAT IS LGBT
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L.G.B.Tstandsfor
L.G.B.T is an initialism that stands for :-
 Lesbian
 Gay
 Bisexual
 Transgender
 OTHER variants of the term L.G.B.T –
LGBTQ , LGBTI ,LGBTIH .

4. WHAT IS LGBT
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An Overviewof the Issue

5. WHAT IS LGBT
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Timeline
 1924 - The Society for Human Rights is founded by Henry Gerber in Chicago. It is
the first documented gay rights organization.
 June 28, 1969 - annual observance of Protests and demonstrations , and it later
becomes known as the impetus for the gay civil rights movement in the United States.
 June 28, 1970 - Community members in New York City march through the local
streets to recognize the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall riots. This event is
named Christopher Street Liberation Day, and is now considered the first gay pride
parade.
 January 1, 1973 - Maryland becomes the first state to statutorily ban same-sex
marriage.
 January 14, 1975 - The first federal gay rights bill is introduced to address
discrimination based on sexual orientation. The bill later goes to the Judiciary Committee
but is never brought for consideration.
November 30, 1993 - President Bill Clinton signs a military policy directive that
prohibits openly gay and lesbian Americans from serving in the military, but also

6. WHAT IS LGBT
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Timeline
 September 21, 1996 - President Bill Clinton signs the Defense of Marriage
Act, banning federal recognition of same-sex marriage and defining marriage as "a legal
union between one man and one woman as husband and wife.“
 April 26, 2000 - Vermont being comes the first state to legalize civil-unions between
same-sex couples.
 June 2003 - The US Supreme Court strikes down the "homosexual conduct" law,
which decriminalizes same-sex sexual conduct, with their opinion in Lawrence v. Texas.
The decision also reverses Bowers v. Hardwick, a 1986 US Supreme Court ruling that
upheld Georgia's sodomy law.
 May 17, 2010- The first legal same-sex marriage in the United States takes place in
Rhodo Islands
 September 20, 2011 - "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is repealed, ending a ban on gay men
and lesbians from serving openly in the military.

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Importance of 1996

8. WHAT IS LGBT
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Whynot:-ThesanctityofTraditionalMarriage
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 The Marriage is the right of two opposite sex adults to make
commitments to each other based on mutual, sexual attraction.
 Same sex Marriage destroys the Institution of Traditional
Marriage.

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CopingtheSituation
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 However, there are many other ways from which Lesbians and Gays can
have children.

10. WHAT IS LGBT
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2009 :- Fight Begins

11. WHAT IS LGBT
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2010 –Marriage Ceremony
 The first couple :- married at the headquarters of the
human Rights campaign, located on Rhodo Island
Avenue, Northwest.
 The couple of Young and Townsend were married on
March 9th.

12. WHAT IS LGBT
 L.B.G.T
2010 –2011 (First Gay President)
 By Newsweek Magazine , Barack Obama
was considered “The First Gay President”.
 as he openly addressed the fact that Gay
Couples have right to be Married in the United
States.

13. WHAT IS LGBT
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WhysamesexmarriageConsideredTaboo
There are Several reasons why same sex marriage is
considered as taboo:-
1. Same-Sex couples are not good Parents.
2. Same-Sex Marriage destroys the continuation of the
generation.
3. Same-Sex Marriage would start us down a “Slippery Slope”
towards Legalized incent, Bestial Marriage, Polygamy and
all manner of other Horrible Consequences
4. Same-Sex Marriage might destroy marriages and the
Tradition of Marriage.
5. Same-Sex marriages are Immoral (Religion).
6. These kinds of marriages can have Negative influence on
children.

14. WHAT IS LGBT
 L.B.G.T RELIGION
SURVEY

15. WHAT IS LGBT
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16. WHAT IS LGBT
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“MadeGaySexIllegalinIndia”
 Supreme Court reversed the July 2009 ruling of the Delhi High Court
decriminalizing gay sex between consenting adults in private.
 Section 377 of the Indian penal code (IPC), of the Indian Constitution reads
that “whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of
nature with any man , women or animal , shall be punished with
imprisonment for life , or with imprisonment of either description for a
term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.”
 Gay rights activists argue that Section 377 violates articles 14, 15, 19 and 21
of the Indian Constitution, which guarantee equality, freedom of expression and
personal liberty to its all citizens.

17. WHAT IS LGBT
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18. WHAT IS LGBT
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It’sQuizTime
1. What did the ‘Defense of Marriage act’ do to the institution of
marriage?
2. What are some Economic benefits that can be granted to gay
couples if the same sex marriage is legalized?
3. What are the ways that gays and lesbians can have children ?
4. Conservatives say that Gay marriage will undermine the
sanctity of traditional marriage , but this is not true, why?