Sarathi

Since the time the Honorable Indian Court struck down the antuquated law that criminalized homosexuality, there has been much enthusiasm, merry-making, and talk on this subject in India.

Picture: A shot from the American Homosexual Parade of 2009

Sexual attraction between people of the opposite sex is common, but at times people of the same sex develop sexual attraction to each other. Those who then choose to express it practically are known as homosexuals, and the practice is known as homosexuality where the word “homo” stands for “the same”.

Male homosexuals now call themselves “Gay” a word that removes the stigma associated with homosexuality and presents it in a very pleasing manner. Similarly, female homosexuals now call themselves Lesbians, the history of which will be given in another post.

Picture: Approximately 3000 year old Egyptian picture of two homosexual lovers

Sexual attraction and marriage between the opposite sexes have received social and religious sanction for many millennia, but the situation is different in case of homosexual attraction and marriage. Such attraction and marriages have been seen as an aberration and even as a crime. A microscopic minority has practiced homosexuality in spite of this social problem.

Homosexuals became open and aggressive in the twentieth century, and have been able to gain many victories. With that their is a phenomenal increase in their canvassing for people to enter this kind of lifestyle, and this has resulted in an increase in their population.

We will look at many facts of homosexuality in this series which will have at least six articles.

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