LGBTQ+ Community: The LGBTQ+ community embraces individuals who identify as non-heterosexual, non-cisgender, or non-binary. An individual attracted to their own gender is known as lesbian and gay; bisexul is a person attracted to both genders; transgender whose identity differs from their biological sex; queer is an umbrella term for non-hetrosexual and non-cis-gender identities; there are various identities, orientations, and expressions. 

Important facets: attraction, gender individuality, expression, biological and physical appearance, with regards to the preferred pronouns and individualities, humanising the LGBTQ+ community and respecting their choices, supporting equality and inclusivity.

LGBTQ+ Human Rights and Matters: Matrimonial and relationship acknowledgement, judgement and impartiality, healthcare admittance and affordability, depiction and visibility, and intersectionality with other societal justice movements; all-encompassing linguistic and anti-discrimination regulations; security and violence anticipation. 

Organisations that protect the community are human rights campaign HRC and gay and lesbian alliance against defamation. GLAAD, the Trevor project supporting the LGBTQ+ youths, national task force, LGBTQ+ advocacy, and litigation. The community is celebrated by organising pride parades and events as a sign of acceptance on June as Pride month, national coming-out day on October 11, 1980, transgender day of visibility on March 31, and LGBTQ+ history month in October.

In India, the first pride walk was held in Kolkata in the year 1999 and Delhi, respectively. Madurai hosted the first gender queer pride parade in 2012 in Bangalore, Delhi, and Kolkata on 29th June 2008. Bangalore has initiated Namma Pride Bangalore, a platform for LGBTQ+ individuals and communities; Queer Campus Bangalore, a support group for students started by Anurag Nair and Ria Andrews; and the Bangalore queer film festival, an annual LGBTQIA+ event held in Bangalore that brings queer films across the globe.

JD Institute of Fashion Technology embraces diversity, equality, and inclusion, a friendly environment to talk and educate scholars on gender spectrum, anti-discrimination based on race, sexual orientation, gender identity, and social stratus. The Institute focusses on organising events, workshops, and seminars to promote the significance of the LGBTQ+ community and their inclusivity.

Integrating LGBTQ+ friendly campus policies, student-led inclusive clubs in fostering community and advocacy, offering scholarships and resources to the scholars, perspectives and issues into curriculum in fashion, interior, styling, and merchandising programs to motivate scholars and promote inclusivity. The Institute collaborates with local groups, events, professionals, fundraisers, and awareness campaigns. 

Showcase LGBTQ+ inspired fashion and interior design during the final awards by pairing students to collaborate on the project. The lack of platforms on educating gender spectrum results in dehumanising and demonising members of the community and being ridiculed, the community gender pronouns as “him” and “her.”

Conclusion: The rainbow flag represents the LGBTQ+ community, an inclusive term representing the diverse gender orientation and identities. JD Institute of Fashion Technology creates a safe haven for scholars who identify themselves as different Facilitating them with acceptance and freedom of expression, the design industry is vast and with the philosophy of uniqueness, innovation, and breaking the barriers to create a safe and non-judgemental future.