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Marriage equality hearings shed light on the holes in India’s family ideal

What does it mean to be ‘married’? Thanks to the 10-day Supreme Court hearings on the marriage equality petitions filed by LGBTQIA+ individuals and allies, at least a section of India is opening up to the notion of re-examining our ideals of familial relationships. The arguments for and against the petitions have shed light on the holes in the concepts of marriage and family as we know them, not only for LGBTQIA+ persons but for cisgender heterosexual people as well.