Research and Discussion on Homosexuality Nowadays

In 1992 investigation revealed that 6.1% of males in Britain have had a homosexual experience in France the number was 4 %. According to a survey of 2003, 12% of Norwegians was homosexual. In New Zealand a recent report proposed that 20% of the population anonymously reported same homosexual feeling meanwhile few of them identifying as homosexual. Percentage of persons identifying homosexual was 2 to 3%. According to a 2008 survey only 6% of Britains characterized their sexual desire as homosexual or bisexual, more than twice that number of Britons have had some types of sexual contact with some one of the similar sex. In USA, according to exit polling on 2008 election day for the 2008 presidential election, 4% of electorate self recognized as LGB, the same percentage as in 2004. An estimated 34,000 homosexuals who are in relationship are engaged by the national government.

The 2012 U.S. presidential election have seen that, for the first time, the election of a major party candidate who publically supported and upheld same-sex couples” right to marry. Exit polling from the election found that 49 % of voters supported legal marriage for homosexual couples in their states, compared with 46% who restricted. voters for the first time openly endorsed marriage rights for bisexual couples by strong majority in three states. Difference this rising support for homosexual with the fact that since 1998, 30 states have enacted constitutional amendments to limit marriage to different-sex. The topic of same-sex couples and their status in U.S.A remains a highly perceptible and controversial.

An estimated 3.5% of adults in the America identify as LGB and an estimated 0.3% of adults are transgender.

In 2001 Kaiser Family Foundation survey found that 60% of Americans ages from 17-29 support same- sex marriage. They don’t see the harm since same sex couples may be in love too, but this is a ethical issue that affects our society. Likely nineteen million Americans reported that they have engaged with homosexual behavior and approximately 25.60 million Americans admit at least some homosexual magnetism.

In India there is no official demography for the LGBT population, but the Govt. of India submitted fixture to the supreme court in 2012, according to which there were approx 2.5 million gay people recorded in India. These records are just in view of those people’s who have self confirmed to the Ministry of Health. These statics may be substantially higher for individuals who have hidden their identity, since a number of homosexual Indians are living in the secret due to fear of prejudice. However there are many websites in India which provide to bisexual, gay, lesbian, and transgender communities and many people are enrolled and actively communicate and guidance each other through these destination. According to trendy gay dating website, which has about 1.8 million men registered from around the world, India has about 14 thousand individual males registered, a fixture more than western countries like the USA(46,645) and the UK(41,021) and positions third on the list of individual’s registered from a nation nearly 80% of them are from 15to30 age range with highest numbers registered in states of Maharashtra(25,564) Tamil Nadu(16,380) Karnataka(14,763) and Delhi(13,441), while cities with the highest numbers are New Delhi (13,441), Mumbai(11,001)., Hyderabad(10,273) and Bangalore (8,000 ).

On 24 August 2017, Indian Supreme Court gave the country’s LGBT community the freedom to safely utter their sexual orientation .Therefore an individual’s sexual orientation is protected under the country’s Right to Privacy law. However, the Supreme Court did not directly overturn any laws criminalizing homosexual relationship.

In 2004, the most research depict that a majority of the USA population still anchorage negative attitudes towards gay people’s and homosexuality, although the size of majority has diminish markedly over the previous decade .The Canadian, British and Australian population has a tendency to be more accepting of homosexuality than Americans but their attitude are generally predict by the same demographic characteristics and values. The most data show that in 2002 those considering homosexuality to be always wrong constituted just 50% of the population, while over 30% of the population now believe homosexuality is not a erroneous at all. Altemeyer (2001), conducted a parallel study in a Canadian University, which showed that while opinion on the suitability of homosexual deeds changed very little between1984 to 1998, respondents become much less willing to confine the civil liberties of homosexual people.

Now days homosexuality is general issue in our society that need to take up this study come up knowledge and attitude among college students in a selected college of Rewa. In recent year there has been significant increase in public awareness regarding homosexuality .so by the help of this study assess student knowledge about homosexuality and attitude towards homosexuality.