Relationships

Sexual and Gender Identity

Not everyone is attracted to someone of the opposite sex and this can initially be a confusing and scary time.

Some people are attracted to people of the same sex and some are attracted to people of both the same and the opposite sex – someone who feels this way may be gay or lesbian or bisexual. Other people may feel their gender doesn’t match their body, or that their gender isn’t conventionally male or female – it may be that someone who feels this way is transgender or intersex.

It is not ok for someone to discriminate against you because you are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or intersex, and it is certainly not OK for them to bully you because of this. If this is happening at school you need to tell your parents, a teacher, the principal or someone you trust to share the information with.

To find out more on what the Supreme court of India says on this click on

http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/outtoday/wc40012.pdf