HOW WE UNCONSCIOUSLY SUPPORT HOMOPHOBIA
We've all heard the term, 'homophobia.' Most of us think to ourselves, 'That's not me.
Didn't I drape my profile picture on facebook in rainbow colours to support them?
Do I ever abuse them orally or physically?
And don't I support their rights?'
In India, the majority do have a, 'live and let live' attitude. Most of us support the homosexual community, but there are more ways than outright abuse to harm our minority LGBT+ community. The major culprit is ignorance. And perhaps, indifference. We are heterosexual and homosexuality doesn't really concern us.
Today, I would like to show how it does concern us.
If someone says, "It is unnatural,' do we feel forced to concede it is so? That is because we are ignorant. That is because many of us, inside our hearts believe it is unnatural. But more than that, it is because we haven't bothered to find out for ourselves and say with conviction it isn't. We've kept away. There is only so much support we are capable of giving.
Unfortunately, such support falls into the hands of violent homophobes believing they can mentally or physically abuse homosexuals and get away with it.
If we read the plethora of information available online - information from reliable sources, if we spoke to LGBT individuals, asked them questions, if we genuinely tried to understand them, we would know that about 7% of the population is born homosexual. They are not capable of entering into a physical relationship with people of the opposite sex. And humans aren't the only ones. It happens throughout the animal kingdom.
Even if we know these facts, there's Bollywood and the way they portray the LGBT community that holds our unstinting support back. Here's one article on the subject
http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywo...
Final thought,
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Didn't I drape my profile picture on facebook in rainbow colours to support them? Do I ever abuse them orally or physically?
And don't I support their rights?'
In India, the majority do have a, 'live and let live' attitude. Most of us support the homosexual community, but there are more ways than outright abuse to harm our minority LGBT+ community. The major culprit is ignorance. And perhaps, indifference. We are heterosexual and homosexuality doesn't really concern us.
Today, I would like to show how it does concern us.
If someone says, "It is unnatural,' do we feel forced to concede it is so? That is because we are ignorant. That is because many of us, inside our hearts believe it is unnatural. But more than that, it is because we haven't bothered to find out for ourselves and say with conviction it isn't. We've kept away. There is only so much support we are capable of giving.Unfortunately, such support falls into the hands of violent homophobes believing they can mentally or physically abuse homosexuals and get away with it.
If we read the plethora of information available online - information from reliable sources, if we spoke to LGBT individuals, asked them questions, if we genuinely tried to understand them, we would know that about 7% of the population is born homosexual. They are not capable of entering into a physical relationship with people of the opposite sex. And humans aren't the only ones. It happens throughout the animal kingdom.
Even if we know these facts, there's Bollywood and the way they portray the LGBT community that holds our unstinting support back. Here's one article on the subject
http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywo...
Final thought,
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