These are just a few horrifying examples of what the gay community, both those in rural and urban India, face thanks to Section 377 and deep-rooted prejudice against homosexuality. And this tale is not from rural corner of India, but in the capital city of Delhi. In DailyO, this man told an account of how he was given electric shocks to ‘cure’ him of being a homosexual and nearly imprisoned for 3 months by his own family. Or as this BuzzFeed story shows how a gay couple in India sought asylum in the US thanks to the police violence and family beatings and torture they had to endure on a daily basis. In 2011, India’s first legally married lesbian couple had to be granted police protection as they faced death threats in their village in Haryana. In India, being gay is hardly something you can announce with pride. But in a country where being gay means you can still go to jail for a life term, ‘picture changing’ is a rather shallow way to show support. With a cause like this, it’s easy to jump on the bandwagon and think that we’ve done our share by changing our Facebook profile photo. Of course, some have and that’s perfectly understandable. The question in my head was, ‘Why care now?’ Ironically some friends who are gay have not changed their photos. Not all of these people were outraged when Section 377 had been upheld. For starters, they were not the people who I thought even cared about the LGBT community, let alone would rejoice at a judgement like this. Trendy or not, it was surprising to see some of the people change their Facebook Profile Photos with rainbow colours. They went on to add, ‘Begaane ki shaadi, main Abdullah diwaana,’ an old idiom which means, “why go senselessly mad in someone else’s joyous occasion.” (Source: Facebook)Īnother pointed out sarcastically that people changing their profile pics was showing great commitment to the cause.
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Others pointed out that even people who had previously cracked homophobic jokes were now just joining in on the trend. Certainly a ‘trendy’ social media wave, but one that would do nothing for the LGBT community in our country. Even better, it appears the aam Facebook janta is an active supporter of LGBT rights in India.Īs someone pointed out on Facebook, it was strange to see so many people changing their photos because the truth was that the ruling has no impact on India. But from behind the rainbow coloured profile pictures, you’d think the decision was going to impact India too.
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To put it mildly, India and US are miles apart when it comes to their stand on Gay Rights. An earlier judgement by the Delhi High Court had deemed Section 377 illegal, giving hope to the LGBT community in India. The Supreme Court of India said courts are not the appropriate authority to strike down Section 377 and it is the Parliament which has to legislate upon the matter. “It shows that there are still people who want to frighten us.Of course in India, gay marriage is a distant dream since our own Supreme Court had ruled on Decem, that Section 377 which criminalises homosexual acts was still legal.
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“It is scary, even if it was just a loner”, the Pride director said. One of the pictures included an image of Spee de Castillo Ruiz and his husband. Yet the fact that LGBTQ+ people still face discrimination in the Netherlands was shown earlier this week when a photo exhibition on same-sex marriage was defaced in the Amsterdam Nieuw-West. You don’t see that in many other places.” “I think it’s important they are also able to marry in church and get their blessing from a priest. He captured the moment in which two women were wed in church by a priest. Jeroen Ploeger was one of the photographers whose image was selected for the exhibition. The photos are suspended at a height of about three meters above the ground, and will remain in Vondelpark through August 10. The exhibition was introduced on Wednesday by Marjolein Moorman, the city alderman for education, poverty and integration. The winning pictures were selected by a jury led by Cornald Maas out of no fewer than 13 thousand submissions. Pride is more than the faces people see on the outside." “Young, old, trans, colored, party, depth, struggle, it has everything. The entire community is represented”, Spee de Castillo Ruiz said. Lucien Spee de Castillo Ruiz, the director of Pride in Amsterdam, reflected on the exhibit with AT5. “For me, this exhibition means a lot of freedom.
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The photos were curated under the motto “Celebrating Diversity.” Since Wednesday, visitors of the Vondelpark in Amsterdam have been able to view fifty of the most remarkable Pride pictures from the past quarter of a century while strolling the park.