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In a historic judgment, The Supreme Court of India on 6 September 2018 ruled that consensual gay sex in private space is not crime saying that sexual orientation is natural and people have no control over it. This judgment is a new dawn for personal liberty for LGBTQ community because in any inclusive society persons cannot be discriminated on the basis of grounds related to their identity. Judges of Apex court said that social morality cannot violate the rights of even one single individual. As this decision was flashed in media, mixed reactions were captured among various sections of the society and new debates emerged on sexuality nationwide because larger part of Indian society was not ready to accept this kind of decision but smaller part of our society believes in right based society and welcomed this shift. Philosophy of inclusion emphasizes that no one should left behind and the role of families becomes decisive in increasing acceptance of LGBTQ community members   

Contents: Psychosocial Problems: 1. The invisibles: the third gender of India/Mohd. Shamim and Mohd. Irshad Hussain. 2. Scaling to silence – a treatise to transphobia/Payel Ganguly. 3. Coming out of the closet/Krupa Nishar. 4. Transgender persons and their psycho-social problems/Jonali Borah. 5. Dynamics of psycho-social issues among transgender persons in India/Neha Sharma and Jasleen. 6. Trans marriage in India: a contrasting journey of hardship and happiness/Khuman Bhagirath Jetubhai and Madhumita Ghosal. Educational Problems: 7. Prejudices and discrimination against sexual minorities in schools- an exploration of issues and concerns in India/Amar Singh. 8. Social, economic and educational problems of transgender persons in India/Rajalakshmi Das, Bimal Charan Swain and Mrs. Suchismita Das. 9. Challenges and problems of transgender persons in higher education/G. Anbalagan. 10. Mitigating the problems of transgenders with reference to their constitutional rights and teacher education/P. B. Beulahbel Bency. Miscellaneous: 11. Demography pattern of transgender people in India/Habib Subhan, Rubia Biswas and Hassan Momin. 12. Transgender persons in Indian society- a research perspective/Bimal Charan Swain.