LGBT ( lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community is now accepted in India with open arms
@allknowing (130534)
India
September 6, 2018 6:19pm CST
The Victorian thinking is abolished and the LGBT community is now legalised in India much to the relief of the countless that come under this category.
My old school or call it Victorian thinking just cannot accept this. Will I from now on embrace those I shunned so far? A million dollar question. indeed
With the anti-gay section 377 judged unlawful, there’s hope for change, says law lecturer Mayur Suresh
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@LadyDuck (461940)
• Switzerland
7 Sep 18
I have read the news, in our country it is a long time that they are not obliged to hide. What I would ask is to keep it quiet, I cannot stand the days called "Gay Pride", pride of what? Should you be proud to have a problem? I would keep it quiet.
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@allknowing (130534)
• India
7 Sep 18
I am with you on this. This is like opening a Pandora's box. There are so many unnatural situations which will soon become legal. They are giving these urges constitutional astatus. What about Incest then and other unnatural activities?
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@allknowing (130534)
• India
7 Sep 18
@LadyDuck No one has gone to jail for being what they are today and so why all the fuss is not known. Even now I do not think those in the household will approve of this behaviour even if it is now declared as legal
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@LadyDuck (461940)
• Switzerland
7 Sep 18
@allknowing There are things that cannot be accepted. In our day it seems that "being normal" is a crime.
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@allknowing (130534)
• India
7 Sep 18
There are many celebrities and successful LGBTs and I do not think any one has been jailed for the community they belong to and so I do not understand what cruel treatment has been given to them. If anything the treatment is from family members Just because it has now become legal I doubt if the family will change their thinking.
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@allknowing (130534)
• India
7 Sep 18
@vsai2008 Then the whole purpose of making it legal is defeated.
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@vsai2008 (11796)
• India
7 Sep 18
@allknowing not just family, society has also been unjust to them.
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@crossbones27 (48590)
• Mojave, California
6 Sep 18
You can thank this man @amadeo or more commonly known as Alfredo who puts gay in every post and I think its neat. Made me try, all though do not think I do it well, say go Lakers in every post. I get not the same thing, but its neat. My question is that really bothersome to your country as a whole? I told Alfredo I used to be homophobic but lucky I live in California and they showed me nothing to be afraid of. Let people be happy and if they approach you, just say I am straight and thanks because women never hit on me like that.
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@allknowing (130534)
• India
7 Sep 18
Having been brought up thinking that what they do is wrong time hopefully will help me.
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@crossbones27 (48590)
• Mojave, California
7 Sep 18
@allknowing Indeed, it takes getting some used to. I am at the point where I am starting to become politically correct. Well, used to. I stay away from most people these days. I know this group of lesbians and something would show on TV at local bar or the jukebox. I would go that is gay. They never gave me any scolding over it and actually used to say. You are right that is gay.
I never really took the time though to see if it offended them and actually asked them one day and they said you fine, would not want you to be any other way. For some reason I think gay people women in general are attracted to me, men too, but just remember so many lesbians not from the area asking me for advice and always I am lesbian by the way. Do not get to excited.
I do not know, maybe people can just tell someone is down to earth.
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@allknowing (130534)
• India
7 Sep 18
@crossbones27 This urge is now considered natural and therefore legalised. What else will be considered natural in course of time is a question that needs an answer.
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
7 Sep 18
I'm glad to know the LGBT community is now legalised in India. I think this is a social progress and we should accept these people.
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@allknowing (130534)
• India
7 Sep 18
To my mind respecting them is fine but there are complications specially when it comes to children produced by them.
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@allknowing (130534)
• India
7 Sep 18
Have you given a thought to the child that is produced by this community a child who will not have either a father or a mother and how that child will have to face this situation in schools?
@lovelife1234 (88)
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7 Sep 18
I am glad that finally, India is moving forward, they are opening arms for all kinds of people and their interests. Though I am not too sure that people in the country with not so open mentality will accept them as of now. Yes its legal now, but changing mentality of all the people will take much more time.
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@allknowing (130534)
• India
7 Sep 18
There are ramifications that need to be looked at in this scenario.
@shaggin (71672)
• United States
7 Sep 18
I am happy for them. I would never shun someone for their feelings. Things are probably different in your culture then in mine though.
@allknowing (130534)
• India
7 Sep 18
You are right. One should not shun. That is wrong
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@allknowing (130534)
• India
7 Sep 18
Because of the 'holier than thou' attitude I agree with you. No one should shun anyone
I agree with you. No one should shun anyone1 person likes this
@allknowing (130534)
• India
10 Sep 18
@lady1993 It is only those narrow minded politicians that took them to task. Otherwise society left them alone
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@lady1993 (27225)
• Philippines
10 Sep 18
@allknowing As long as you don't do them any harm i guess 
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@Mavic123456 (21893)
• Thailand
7 Sep 18
congratulations. So is this okay with you?
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@allknowing (130534)
• India
7 Sep 18
@Mavic123456 My silence is louder than a protest.
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@Mavic123456 (21893)
• Thailand
7 Sep 18
@allknowing ahhh so what are you going to do about this? are you joining the protest?
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@wolfgirl569 (97331)
• Marion, Ohio
7 Sep 18
I feel everyone should be allowed to love who they want. Have a few friends who are and they are the same as everyone else. They work, hurt, cry, have fun and love.
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@ria1606roy (2797)
• Kolkata, India
7 Sep 18
It really all depends on how people are raised, with what mentality and attitude, so it's not your fault that it seems uncomfortable. I was raised on the thought that love is the most important feeling in the world and it should be practised carefully but just as passionately with everybody. Earlier in my childhood, LGBT news didn't make the headlines and media portrayed it as something banal, so that's how the general public opinion was. But with the maturation of thought process of new India and several entertainment media showing this as the way people just are from their birth, it changed everyone's opinions in my family. After all, you can't control or correct what is inherent. If I was a lesbian I'm sure my family would have had a heart attack, but at the end of the day I'm 500% sure they would still love me and would accept me as I naturally am, & would not force me to be something I'm not. Embracing people as they are is probably the greatest compliment you can give to them
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@allknowing (130534)
• India
7 Sep 18
My worst fear is their urge is considered natural. Will there be no end to consider every kind of urge as natural?
@allknowing (130534)
• India
7 Sep 18
It is legalised but it will take time for conservative society to accept it.
