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Homosexuality has been made legal in India by the Supreme Court, but there are still issues with sexual, physical, and psychological abuse. Transphobia is a prejudice attitude on the transgender or the LGBTQIA+ community. Though our Indian laws are designed to provide equality to all community, but why there are still so many transphobes is still a puzzle. The LGBTQIA community in India needs to have its rights and obligations upheld, and revolutionary measures are being done in many places to spread awareness. For many years, there has been discrimination against the LGBTQ population among people all over the world. This study has a major impact in preventing harassment, inequality, and discrimination against the LGBTQ community. It also explains that creating a peaceful and egalitarian society requires more than just speaking out in favour of offering equal opportunity for members of the LGBTQ community. Through this study, it was clearly defined that LGBTQ people are subject to bullying and harassment just because they transform into another gender and respondents remained neutral with the statement that educational institutions must include them in mainstream education. Social media plays a major role in influencing negative attitude towards LGBTQIA+ Community.
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