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Would the homosexuality be accepted in society after Article 377 has been scrapped?
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Article 377 has been scrapped off from the constitution and Social Media is in frenzy! It’s a nice “colorful” view as the love proved itself to be of more than just one or two colors. Seeing people’s display pictures changing on Facebook in accordance with the symbol of LGBTQ community, is quite overwhelming. So that’s the story of the virtual world, which is full of open-minded intellectuals (or at least pseudo-intellectuals). See how Indian brands are celebrating it:
But what about the real world? Has that too turned into a Utopia as the Indian government decriminalizes homosexuality finally? Well if you ask me, we are still way farther for that kind of Utopian dream. Yes, that what it is –a Utopia, something which is unachievable. And my speculations are not baseless. There are many reasons due to which they hold ground.
It’s almost like giving Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes reservations. Constitutionally, they may have gotten acknowledgement, but no one talks about the nonacceptance and hatred they face socially.
I’m afraid, that’s what is going to happen with the queer community in India. They have been empowered and deemed rightful constitutionally, but that in no way guarantees the waning of homophobia from the psychological and social set up. The sensitization and awareness still needs to be imparted to the major population of the country to legitimize homosexuality socially. Battle for the separate washroom for LGBTQ community is one such example.
As soon as the news of decriminalization of homosexuality hit TV screens and social media, there emerged a flood of memes and posts, making fun of homosexual orientation which could be normal to the so called heterosexuals, but can be very sensitive and even offensive for someone who has got a new life with this law.
I don’t say that there are no supporters. There emerges a large crowd in queer prides and the actual supporters of homosexuality are not that less, but still there’s a certain section of orthodox and conservative Indians for whom homosexuality only exists as a joke and as something “weird” enough to abhor and condemn.
We all have made fun of our friends and used the terms like “gay”, or “hijra” (eunuch) as derogatory words for them –yes, even the “intellectual” section of the society does so consciously or sub-consciously.
It’s the social conditioning which we are used to. Unfortunately, a law from the constitution can be erased overnight, but such kind of deep-rooted mentality can take much longer for getting erased completely.
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