2. OVERVIEW
• What is LGBT ?
• Why oppose LGBT marriages ?
• LGBT should be legalized
• Countries where Same-Sex marriages
are legalized
• LGBT Activists
• To Conclude

3. What Is LGBT?
 LGBT describes an individual’s sexual orientation or gender
identity
 It stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
Lesbian
 A lesbian is a woman who is romantically, sexually and/or
emotionally attracted to women
Gay
 A gay man have similar feelings like lesbians for men. The
word gay can be used to refer generally to lesbian, gay and
bisexual people but many women prefer to be called lesbian

4. Bisexual
A bisexual person has feelings same like lesbians and gays do,
but for both the genders
Transgender
It is an umbrella term used to describe people whose gender
identity (internal feeling of being male, female or transgender)
and/or gender expression, differs from that usually associated with
their biological gender

5. Why oppose LGBT marriages
?
Across many countries, the same-sex marriage equality movement
is attaining impetus. Still there are few arguments which be in
conflict with the authorization of same-sex marriage.
Nature: "It's Not Natural"
The most basic argument presented by gay marriage opponents
purports that marriage between two people of the same sex is "not
natural" and is in violation of the "natural order." In reality,
marriage is a societal institution. The natural world didn't create
marriage, humans did.

6. Procreation: "Marriage is for Procreation"
With the procreation argument, opponents of equality argue that
the institution of marriage is essentially in place to assist with
procreation and the raising of children. They reason that because
two people of the same sex cannot procreate that they should not
be allowed to marry.
Religion: "It's Against My Religion“
Marriage is a religious institution, they argue, and not one for
society to tamper with. Religious beliefs about marriage should
never be enshrined in laws in ways that restrict the freedom of
others who do not share those beliefs.

7. Children: "It Will Harm the Children“
Theorists argue that children need a "mom and a dad" in order to
flourish in life and that legalizing same-sex marriage denies
children this opportunity of "normalcy." There is no evidence that
children are psychologically harmed by having two dads or two
moms.

8. LGBT should be legalized
 There is no logical or reasonable basis for denying same-sex
couples access to secular marriage laws. Opposing
the inevitable marriage equality is a waste of time, money and
energy.
LGBT is legalized in many countries
 As more and more politicians all over the world move toward
supporting gay marriage, a look at countries around the world
where it is already legal for same-sex couples to get married.

9. Countries where Same-
Sex marriages are
legalized
07/06/15

10. Netherlands, 2000
The Dutch parliament made history in 2000 when it made it
legal for same-sex couples to marry, divorce, and adopt children.
Till 2014, there are 16,000 married same-sex couples in the
Netherlands— the highest in the European Union.
Belgium, 2003
There wasn't much of an uproar in Belgium when the country's
parliament legalized gay marriage.

11. Canada, 2005
It took a two-year journey filled with court battles before Canada's
house of commons voted to make gay marriage legal in the entire
country.
Spain, 2005
While Spain extended marriage rights to same-sex couples in
2005, the law has since faced fierce opposition from conservative
politicians. In March, interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz
remarked that gay marriage should be banned because it doesn't
guarantee the "survival of the species."

12. South Africa, 2006
In 2005, South Africa's Constitutional Court prevented gay
marriage by asserting that it might violate the country's young
constitution. The court-mandated law passed easily in parliament.
the following year.
Norway, 2009
In 1993, Norway was the second country, after Denmark in the
late '80s, to allow civil unions between same-sex partners. The
Norwegian government later legalized same-sex marriage in 2009.
The main controversy at that time was whether lesbian mothers
had the right to artificial insemination; they won that right when
the parliament voted to approve gay marriage .

13. Sweden, 2009
Sweden, like Norway, allowed civil unions in the mid-'90s and
eventually gave gay couples full marriage rights by a large
majority in parliament.
Iceland, 2010
Every single one of the 49 members of Iceland's parliament
voted "Yes" on gay marriage. Shortly after the law was passed, the
country's Prime Minister, Johanna Sigurdardottir, married her
longtime partner, writer Jonina Leosdottir.

14. Denmark, 2012
Denmark, the first country to allow same-sex civil unions in the
late '80s,fully legalized gay marriage in 2012, allowing same-sex
couples to get married in churches and adopt children.
France, 2013
France's national assembly passed a bill to legalize gay marriage
despite the opposition of hundreds of thousands of protesters.
The first gay marriage in France took place on May 29 2013 in
Montpellier between Vincent Autin and Bruno Boileau.

15. LGBT Activists who
have struggled for the
rights of Gay union
07/06/15

16. Li Yinhe She is a sociologist, sexologist, and
an activist for LGBT rights in
People's Republic of China.
 She also believes that monogamy is a
personal decision made between a
couple, and should not be enforced by
law or social pressure.
 As a member of the national
committee of
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
.
 Li had submitted proposals to
legalize same-sex marriages in 2003,
2005 and 2006. None have succeeded
so far.

17. Nemat Sadat
 He is an Afghan American academic,
cross-cultural liaison, freelance
journalist, media contributor, writer
and prominent LGBT rights activist.
 Sadat is the first public figure from
Afghanistan to come out of the closet
as ex-Muslim gay, atheist, and
Zionist.
 On August 22, 2013, Sadat made
history by being the first native from
Afghanistan to come out as a proud
gay who desired a husband.
 Sadat is considered to have broken
the taboos on cross-dressing and
homosexuality by coming out and
raising awareness about gender
orientation and sexual identity. Since
coming out, Sadat has received
numerous death threats.

18. Rodney Croome
 He is an Australian LGBT rights
activist and academic.
 Currently serves as the spokesperson for
the Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights
Group.
 He was the founding president and long-
term board member of the Tasmanian
LGBT support organization,
'Working It Out.
 He also fronted the successful campaign
to decriminalize homosexuality in
Tasmania, which until 1 May 1997 was a
criminal offence punishable by up to 25
years in jail.

19. Romaine
Patterson
 She is an American LGBT Rights
Activist, radio personality,
and author.
 She first received national attention
for her activism at the funeral of
murdered gay student Matthew
Shepard who died in 1998.
 Patterson later worked at the Gay
and Lesbian Alliance Against
Defamation as a Regional Media
Manager.
 She has also written a book about her
experiences as an activist since
Shepard's death, called “The Whole
World Was Watching’’

20. Anjali Gopalan  She is known as Indian Human
Rights and Animal Rights activist,
founder and executive director of The
Naz Foundation (India) Trust, an
NGO dedicated to the fight against the
HIV/AIDS epidemic in India.
 "When she started working in the
1990s on addressing rights of gay men,
I never thought that I would be sitting
in a place like Madurai and discussing
about LGBT issues, I feel very
ecstatic.“ — Anjali Gopalan on Alan
Turing Rainbow Festival Organized by
Srishti, Madurai

21. Harish Iyer He also known as “Aham”, an activist for
a number of social- cultural and
environmental issues.
 He is an equal rights activist, known for
his campaigns for the rights of the
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender
(LGBT) community, children, women,
animals as well as survivors of Child
Sexual Abuse (CSA).
 He has not only written articles and
letters on the subject, but also appeared
on top national television news shows to
highlight the plight of the LGBT
community in India in wake of the
decision.

22. To Conclude
Judge Anthony Kennedy asserted few amazing lines in
the favour of LGBT; better to hear it from the horses
mouth- here is the news article :
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/06/26/gay-
marriage-ruling-paragraph_n_7671876.html
I urge all of those who oppose gay marriage to
start focusing on their own lives and accept the choice
of tying the knot who ever a person desires to get
married.