Growing up in a traditionally corrupted society, I always had troubles of finding justifications of facts that my society was uncomfortable to talk about. Sometimes it is really difficult for me to consume a truth and develop my own perspective around where the truth is so layered by ignorance.

One such fact is ‘Homosexuality’. To consume the very truth is only possible if one has a clarity about what sexuality is all about. And most people don’t have. One day traveling in a vendor coach of a local train, made me have a clarity about differences between gender and sexuality.

As I was being in a overcrowded coach mostly filled with men, I started to wander in my thoughts. Galloping from one thought to another, I stumbled upon one.

How would a grown-up woman would feel by being in such manly exposé ?

What if I was a girl ? How would I have felt then ?



Do I have to transform myself into a peculiar embodiment just to justify my sexual orientation?

No. It shouldn’t be. Right? Fallacy around homosexuality imprinted in my conscience was startled as commonsense made much more sense.

So why do my society doesn’t get this simple idea? Why they’re so determine to undermine some certain sexual preferences? Why they’re so arrogantly ignorant about the humanity homosexual individuals deserves?

May be they’ve been preached to follow a doctrine that mocks and questions the whole existence of a certain community. But who did inculcate my society to do so ?

Say hello to Bollywood and his cousins from Indian Mainstream Cinema. Bollywood and semi-Bollywood regional film-industries of India has deep implanted the seeds of homophobia inside the conscience of it’s viewers across the country by portraying homosexual characters in a peculiar way of self-indulgent mockery just for the sake of comedy.

They’ve taught us that if you are gay then you’ve to talk in a certain way, your hand gestures must be like this, your wardrobe must be forcefully vibrant blah, blah and blah. If you’re lesbian you’ve to embrace manly attitude, wear certain clothes, act in a certain tomboyish way blah and blah. Being a part of Indian pop culture Bollywood shaped young minds in such a way that they find it cool to use words like ‘gay‘, ‘homo‘, ‘lesbo‘ to insult someone. An identity of a community transformed into a mere slang, because some media industries messed up their sense of humor. What is the solution then ?



Is it really worthwhile to wish for an era where people will not be judged and discriminated in terms of their sexuality and sexual orientation ?

Sure it is. And to materialize that, we’ve to strike conversations and discussions to inculcate liberal perspective into our society.

Talk to that person in your friend circle who considers homosexuality a mental disorder. Talk to that person in your whatsapp group who sends over sexist homophobic jokes. Talk to that person in your class who uses the term ‘gay‘ as a slang. Make them understand that someone’s sexual orientation is not the only thing that counts as personification of an individual.

If you belong to the LGBT community, don’t feel ashamed or afraid. There are people who will not judge you. Don’t feel marginalized. Come out of the closet. Don’t deprive this monochromatic world from your colorful existence.

These were my thoughts. Feel free comment. I am waiting to hear from you. I wish this article to be reached out every single reader who values humanity more than race or sex. Share this with those priceless souls in your life. See you on some other write-ups.