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The country may soon get its first gay judge. The Supreme Court collegium has recommended the appointment of senior advocate Saurabh Kripal (49) as a judge of the Delhi High Court. He belongs to the LGBTQIA+ community. People in this community are not identified by their dress or appearance, but by their sexual preferences. That is, to which gender they are attracted for a sexual relationship and consider themselves apart from the body as masculine (male) or feminine (feminine). We tell you who comes in this community and what this plus (+) sign means.
Learn the meaning of each letter of LGBTQIA+…
L – ‘lesbian’: That is, the attraction of a woman or girl to the same sex. In this both the partners are women. At times, the look, personality of one of the partners may or may not be like that of a man.
The Lesbian Pride Flag was created by Natalie McCrae in 2010. Various shades of pink and red are shown in this flag, which represent women.
G – ‘Gay’: When a man is attracted to another man, then he is called ‘Gay’. The term ‘gay’ is sometimes used to refer to the entire gay community, including ‘lesbian’, ‘gay’, ‘bisexual’.
New Flag of Gay Men Pride. Earlier it was 8 color rainbow flag, but later it was changed to 6 color rainbow flag representing the whole community.
B – ‘Bisexual’: When a man or woman is attracted to both men and women and also makes sexual relations, then they are called ‘bisexual’. Both men and women can be ‘bisexual’. Actually a person’s physical desire decides whether he is L, G or B.
The bisexual pride flag was created in 1998. In this, red and blue colors mix together to make violet color, just like bisexual people mix in straight and gay community.
T- ‘Transgender’: The person whose body was different when he was born and he grew up feeling himself completely opposite. As at the time of birth, the child’s private parts belonged to men and his name was that of a boy, but after some time he found himself that he felt like a girl at heart. Some people also do gender change on this. Boys get the hormones of girls, which causes breasts to emerge. These people are ‘transgender’. Similarly, if a woman feels like a man, then she resorts to therapy to feel like a man. She is also ‘transgender’.
The Transgender Flag was created in 1999 by a transgender.
Q – ‘Queer’: Such a person who has neither been able to decide his identity nor physical desire. Meaning these people consider themselves neither man, woman or ‘transgender’ nor ‘lesbian’, ‘gay’ or ‘bisexual’, calling them ‘queer’. The ‘Q’ of ‘queer’ is also considered ‘questioning’ i.e. those who still have many questions about their identity and physical desire.
Black people were not considered part of LGBTQ. So the City of Philadelphia added dark colors to the LGBT flag in 2017 to include black queer people in the community.
I- ‘Intersex’: According to the Intersex Society of North America, the term defines people who are not born with the normal reproductive organs of either a female or a male. People who appear male or female from the outside, but their reproductive organs do not match that gender.
This version of the Intersex Pride Flag was created by Morgan Carpenter in 2013. He didn’t choose the rainbow format. This circle shows that intersex people are complete in their own right.
A- ‘Asexual’ or ‘Alli’: This letter can have two meanings. the first is asexual- This term is used for people who do not feel sexual attraction towards any gender. These people can come into a romantic relationship with someone, but they are not able to form sexual relations. This is not due to any mentality or fear, just they do not have sexual feelings.
This flag of the asexual community was created in 2010. Its different colors reflect how the people of this community view sexuality.
the second word is alai– This term is used for people who speak up for their rights as companions or friends of LGBTQI people, even if they do not belong to the community themselves.
plus (+): Apart from this, a plus (+) sign has also been put in front of LGBTQIA. In this, many other groups are kept including pansexual, polyamorous, demisexual. This has been kept open to more groups, which are yet to be identified.
New classes are constantly being added to the LGBTQIA+ community. In such a situation, this flag shows the growing nature of the community. It contains the colors of all the flags.
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