L/G and choices.

Alright, this is the best day in long time for me. Feeling nice, healthier than lot days (in a month) and enthusiastic. I m not Bumbling, not mumbling and not mimiyoing. Forthright, macho (just like Bobby in Rab ne) and my close to normal self.

Morning I had a discussion with my friend on the LGBT community and the growing influence of the gays in the society. I have had clear cut 2 point opinion on this issue:

· It’s the individual choice to be one of LGBT. And since its his / her choice, then it’s also his / her responsibility to accept the consequences and repercussions whatsoever from whomsoever.

· Don’t flaunt your choice of sexuality in public. If you are gay / lesb fair enough, keep it to yourself and your private vicinity. Why flaunt it to the entire world ?

I don’t see this as cultural degradation. I don’t see this as a space where the religion should impart its two cents. I don’t see this as a realm where the moral police or even the government, let alone the dharm gurus should wonder. Being a gay/lesb is not a divine creation,, it’s all about body and the attraction. A perfect biological thing. Its about how you get attracted to anybody. Now that’s a different thing that most of us would get attracted towards the opposite sex, don’t we. But terming those minority community as problematic or abnormal or medically unfit is ridiculous.

My friend believed that the “disease” of being G/L spreads through being a part of their group. That is, if you have 10 people around who are L/G then you would have an urge to be one. I objected to that. How can it be? Suppose I make a choice today I would get attracted to men, then will it be possible. Will I hit on fellow men? I can’t unless I get that feeling within. That’s it. You gotta get that feeling to get attracted to same sex from within. Something to do with the hormones. As far I know.

My friend said this is a obnoxious weed which is spreading and this “abnormal people” would spoil the culture. I was like WTF !!!! I believe is this G/L thing wont spread unless somebody doesn’t make a conscious choice and accordingly his biological hormones respond. I asked him would he like to heed to a priest or any other religious leader advice to stop doing things in his bedroom? What would he do? He said he won’t pay a heed to them. I said its same with the L/G community. Who wants to let the religious gurus peep into the bedrooms ? What I do in my private space is my problem. Not anybody else’s. I would give rat’s S.

When something like L/G stuff comes up for discussion, we take the shield of so called rich Indian culture and cry for its safety. If your culture is so weak that it’s going to be affected by a minority of group, then it’s not even worth called great. We always have our opinion to cast people in different categories on basis of our thoughts. Isn’t that disgusting? if we apply our opinions, thoughts and label him/her with a tag, we are erring. We are demeaning his existence. Aint we? Why can’t we just let them be on their own. Why can’t we just let people make their choices and respect that? It isn’t a tough choice to make right.