that it's not a preference but the necessity we debated the issue with human rights activist peter tatchell and radio talk show host. trans people do not choose to be trans they don't make this decision about gender reassignment career without very very serious long protracted thought and indeed is often agonizing they face often rejection by their parents being thrown out of home and very high rates of suicide and attempted suicide so this is not a decision that a young person takes lightly and if they make the decision but they feel that they are one gender or another i think we should respect that i don't think it's a big deal to it's about common decency just about being kind and compassionate to other people so i don't i agree with that but part of same token they should respect our rights to have a different view and when you talk about this this is always brought the thing about trans and serious sides it isn't because they're struggling with the fact they think they're in the wrong body that leads generally to the serious side it's aster when they realize they've made a dreadful mis

emphasizing it's not a preference but a necessity we debated the issue with human rights activist peter tatchell and radio talk show host john god. trans people do not choose to be trans they don't make this decision about gender reassignment career without very very serious long protracted thought and indeed is often agonizing they face often rejection by their parents being thrown out of home and very high rates of suicide and attempted suicide so this is not a decision that a young person takes lightly and if they make the decision but they feel that they are one gender or another i think we should respect that i don't think it's a big deal too it's about common decency just about being kind and compassionate to other people so i don't i agree with that but part of same token they should respect our rights to have a different view and when you talk about this this is always brought the thing about trans in serious charge it isn't because they're struggling with the fact they think they're in the wrong body that lage generally to the serious side it's aster when they realise they've made a dre

emphasizing it is not a preference but of necessity we debated the issue with human rights activist peter tatchell and radio talk show host john gaunt trans people do not choose to be trans they don't make this decision about gender reassignment really very very serious long protracted thoughts and devious often agonizing they face often rejection by their parents being thrown out of home and very high rates of suicide and attempted suicide so this is not a decision that a young person takes lightly and if they make the decision but they feel that they're one gender or another i think we should respect that i don't think it's a big deal too it's about common decency just about being kind and compassionate to other people so i don't i agree with that but bought a same token they should respect our rights to have a different view and when you talk about this this is always brought the thing about trans in serious sides it isn't because they're struggling with the fact they think they're in the wrong body that leads generally to the suicide it's asked when they realize they've made a dreadful mistake

emphasizing it is not a preference but a necessity we debated the issue with human rights activist peter tatchell and radio talk show host john gaunt. trans people do not choose to be trans they don't make this decision about gender reassignment career without very very serious long protracted thought and indeed is often agonizing they face often rejection by their parents being thrown out of home and very high rates of suicide and attempted suicide so this is not a decision that a young person takes lightly and if they make the decision but they feel that they are one gender or another i think we should respect that i don't think it's a big deal to it's about common decency just about being kind and compassionate to other people so i don't i agree with that but part of same token they should respect our rights to have a different view and when you talk about this this is always brought that thing about trans in serious charge it isn't because they're struggling with the fact they think they're in the wrong body that lage generally to the serious side it's aster when they realise they've made a d

this is the british activist peter tatchell.behaviour in india was and life imprisonment under a law that was originally imposed by britain on the people of india during the colonial period in the 19th century. so this scraps the colonial era law. it will effectively decriminalise same six relations for nearly one fifth of the world of gbg population who live in india. —— same sex. it is argued the biggest reform of one world history. these are just some of the countries where same sex relationships are still illegal. in iran, saudi arabia, sudan, and qatar, and others we couldn't fit on the map — those found engaging in same sex relationships can face the death penalty. in these others, homosexuality is punished with jail terms, again there are more than just these. and in many cases these punishments are because of laws that date back to british rule. the activist laxmi tripathi turns to these issues here. this branch is backed up to what we have fought for so many years. i believe india is going back and is going back in his

also with us is peter tatchell, lgbt and human rights campaigner.i have begun to expected. when you are close to somebody you make jokes about each other, but this is something else, it isa other, but this is something else, it is a deep, not believing, not have done grabbing any respect and pulling you upon who you are. it is crazy, it is meant to be a community where we are meant to support each other. —— not believing, not having any respect. you might expect it would come from the street community, but it has not. there has been some, but for me it has been a lot. when you have lgbt people going into campaigning and they do not really believe in bisexuality, that is where you see it has not been taken seriously? charlotte? ithink the most annoying example of biphobia i have experienced is from within the lgbt community, because of this thing called straight privilege which we apparently have. what does that mean? about at the moment i am in a relationship with a man, so we can walk down the road holding hands, when i have be with the woman it is