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Hi, I am Celina Jaitley, calling all you guys on itimes to join this community and stand up for the human rights of sexual minorities in Indian society.
Before I begin, I would like to explain my sexuality: I myself am a straight woman with a whole lotta balls! But, from childhood I have had gay friends and have been a part of their agonies and ecstasies. I feel I owe my support to them.
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Read my blogs:
If you don't believe in gay relationships, don't get in
Calling for gay rights in India
My boyfriend was gay
Read my blogs:
If you don't believe in gay relationships, don't get in
Calling for gay rights in India
My boyfriend was gay
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In India, gay people are looked down upon. I personally know of gay people, who are terrified of the fact that if people at their work or their families come to know, hell will break loose. So they live a suffocating closeted life and carry on becoming victims of depression, alcoholism and drug abuse.
Manoj Mitta's blog - Why is India with Taliban on gay people?
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Manoj Mitta's blog - Why is India with Taliban on gay people?
India needs to shrug off its colonial mentality and come out of its all-prevalent homophobia. The biggest hurdle in India (the world’s largest democracy) which stands in the way of gay rights is Article 377, which has been used to systematically persecute, blackmail, arrest and terrorize sexual minorities. Section 377 is also seen as an anachronism from a less tolerant era and health care officials struggling to contain India’s AIDS epidemic warn that it is constantly hampering their efforts to contact vulnerable groups.
An HIV-AIDS prevention organization, The NAZ Foundation, has sued to have Section 377 overturned but the case was rejected on grounds that “public morality” should “prevail over the exercise of any private right”. The petition is being heard again on appeal.
My advice to all people who want to support gay rights in India is: Everybody thinks of changing humanity but nobody thinks of changing themselves.... change your attitude towards gay people from within and your support is shown.
I have come up the hard way with unwavering faith in my principles and always trusted my instincts.
It’s about human dignity and human rights. Some one had to stand up and I did so. My appeal to you all is to join us and stand up for the cause.
