The LGBT affair

They've been instances in our evolution where we've attempted to address issues that've turned out to be way beyond discussion.Similarly there've been issues that've been widely debated and questioned only to discover that they were'nt even worth consideration in the first case.The latest issue to have carved its way into the latter category has been the Delhi High Court verdict decriminalizing homosexuality,commonly known as the LGBT affair.

The LGBT affair,used to connote Lesbians,gays,Bisexuals,transsexuals has since time immemorial been a contention widely in discussion.But owing to the stigma surrounding it,did'nt find the support contemporary thinkers.The rallies,strikes in the West must have caused an article or two being penned down by its protagonist,but was quickly drowned out in the plethora of other social issues before it even had a chance to cause any repercussions.

But the recent High Court ruling seemed to have awakened all the LGBT's who've pitched this to be their do-or-die endeavor.The weeks surrounding the rulings have witnessed a lot of debates and discussions,mostly ending up hostile,between the open minded aficionado's and religious fanatics with the latter claiming " Nature's way to be the only way of life ".

I start my analysis with the antagonists who claim " Nature's way to be the only way of life ". Their flagrant claim that it increases the chances of people contracting HIV/AIDS and instances of child abuse is rubbished by doctors and medical experts who believe that HIV would come down as now people would take more precautions than they did earlier because of reduced social burden.And regarding the child abuse claim,i'd like to remind them of their so called success rate before the law was decriminalized and ask them how far had they been successful in mitigating it.Moreover the child protection laws we have are more than legislatively enabled to deal with such cases.

Now coming down to the LGBT's ,i believe that they have the right to display their affection, emotions and feelings irrespective of creed and sex.Just like other people they have the right to personal freedom and deserve to live their lives instead of the discrimination and harrassment they are constantly subjected to.I'm perfectly cool with the fact of having to live with an LGBT as my neighbour and see no reason why someone would not feel so.Furthermore,the affection they recieve from their partners makes them confident individuals and their children emotionally secure and responsible future citizens(am sayin this confidently because i've interacted with a few LGBT's and their families).

Coming down to the end,inspite of all discussions and country wide debates there will still be two sides of a coin.Their are some issues one side claims support of to reject the verdict while their are a lot other issues which help favour the supporting side.Inspite of all issues,there is one thing that has to be accepted:-LGBT's will continue to live inspite of whether the society accepts or rejects them.So its best if we end worthless discussions and instead focus on accomodating them in our social sphere coz they will be here,ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.