The Indian Supreme Court decriminalized homosexuality in 2018 and recognized the equal constitutional citizenship of LGBT+ Indians. Since then, several petitions seeking marriage equality have been filed before Indian courts. In parallel, critics have argued that traditional approaches to LGBT+ equality ignore problematic family law institutions, and have stressed the need to think beyond legal inclusion to recognize diverse families. These arguments are not unique to India. Claiming LGBT+ rights within existing family law institutions has divided LGBT+ activists the world over. The commonly advanced argument is that assimilation into existing patriarchal social institutions disregards radical transformational possibilities. However, experiences in jurisdictions like the United States challenge this premise and show how family law can potentially be transformed through LGBT+ rights claims. While we still await an authoritative judicial pronouncement on marriage equality in India, this article argues that legally recognizing marriage equality may positively impact existing family laws by generating arguments for expanding recognition of diverse families. It shows that achieving marriage equality through the recognition of LGBT+ relational rights, comprising LGBT+ family equality and the right to legal recognition of LGBT+ relationships, has the potential for progressively expanding Indian parenthood laws. The article specifically demonstrates how this is possible in guardianship, assisted reproduction, and adoption laws and may benefit diverse different-sex families, single parents, and persons in non-marital relationships.

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LGBT+ 权利要求婚姻平等以及改变印度家庭法的可能性

印度最高法院于 2018 年将同性恋合法化，并承认 LGBT+ 印度人享有平等的宪法公民权。从那时起，印度法院收到了几起寻求婚姻平等的请愿书。与此同时，批评者认为，LGBT+ 平等的传统方法忽视了有问题的家庭法机构，并强调需要超越法律包容性来思考承认多元化家庭。这些论点并非印度独有。在现有家庭法机构内主张 LGBT+ 权利的做法，让世界各地的 LGBT+ 活动人士产生了分歧。普遍提出的论点是，融入现有的父权社会制度忽视了彻底变革的可能性。然而，美国等司法管辖区的经验对这一前提提出了挑战，并表明如何通过 LGBT+ 权利主张来改变家庭法。虽然我们仍在等待印度关于婚姻平等的权威司法声明，但本文认为，在法律上承认婚姻平等可能会产生扩大对多元化家庭的承认的论据，从而对现有家庭法产生积极影响。它表明，通过承认 LGBT+ 关系权利（包括 LGBT+ 家庭平等和法律承认 LGBT+ 关系的权利）来实现婚姻平等，有可能逐步扩大印度的亲子法。该文章具体展示了这如何在监护、辅助生殖和收养法中成为可能，并可能使不同性别的家庭、单亲父母和非婚姻关系的人受益。