International Humanitarian Approach on ‘Identity Crisis’ of LGBTQ: A Global Perspective

Abstract

Unlawful attacks on sexuality perpetuated by intolerance of the binary sex poses a serious concern on the honour and reputation of a transgender person being an ‘individual’ making the minority vulnerable with poor physical and mental health. Being a person with diverse sexual expression is no limitation to enjoy basic inalienable rights being a ‘human’ suppressing sexual orientation and identity is an arbitrary denial of right to love with dignity. Streets taking up ‘pride parade’ movements confronting the Governments demanding progressive laws against discrimination, harassment and degrading treatment, recognition of their constitutional fundamental and basic human rights still remain far from reality. International commitments drafted at Conventions remain non-functional because most of the legal systems defend a stigmatised religious attitude and intolerance of culture. However, regardless of variation in customs, culture or societal norm, it is obligated on countries to secure freedom of expression of LGBTQ for an inclusive society. Homosexualities in sports and athletes have shown apologetic and disheartening incidents of voyeurism, trauma and humiliation. The alleged sex controversy of 2012 involving the Asian Games gold winner Pinki Pramanik (Indian Athlete) raised disturbing questions on a person’s anatomical features, right to privacy of body, standards of morality when she was mistreated and lodged in a male prison on accusations of raping her live-in-partner. This paper is an attempt to bring out the perspective of world community on personhood and human rights of the LGBTQ/transgender community.