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LGBT is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender.
In an affidavit, the central government said the notion of marriage itself necessarily and inevitably presupposes a union between two persons of the opposite sex.
He said the Quran does not address a third gender and doesn't even accept marriages that are not between a 'natural' man and woman.
After the medical college authorities said that the health department has to issue a special order, the couple wrote to the Health Minister.
Zahhad, who was transitioning to become a man, stalled his therapy to be able to conceive a baby.
Zahad, was born a woman and transformed into a man, and Ziya was born a man and changed into a woman.The couple is now awaiting for the birth of their first child. Zahad would be the first transman father in India through conception.
The former MLA said members of LGBTQ community create anarchy in society.
A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala asked the Centre to file its joint reply to all the petitions on the issue by February 15 and directed that all the petitions will be listed in March.
The legal battle by Adhila Nasarin and Fathima Noora served as an inspiration to the LGBT community, members of which live in the shadow of fear, ignominy and societal pressure.
In a historic verdict in 2018, India's top court decriminalised homosexuality by scrapping a colonial-era ban on gay sex.
Kollam T S Kumareshan (36) joined work as a post man in 2012. After a long fight to continue living as a woman in line with her inner identity, the Indian Postal Department stood by her to change the name and gender on her service records last November.