Yes! Pride, But What About the Prejudice?

“The Supreme Court might have given its decision but homosexuality is still not normal.” 

(Photo: The Quint/Erum Gour)

Video Editor: Rahul Sanpui
Camera: Chandni Sharma

In a historic Judgment on Section 377, the Supreme Court on Thursday, 6 September, decriminalised consensual homosexual sex. But to get a sense of what people think about homosexuality, the LGBTQ+ community and the Supreme Court’s verdict, I went on the streets of Delhi in this episode of Sharma Na Bol Daal.

Supreme Court might have given its decision but homosexuality is wrong. 

I have never heard of same sex people loving or getting married to each other. It’s not normal. 

While the Supreme Court might have made this day historic for some, a big number of our society is perhaps still in the old age where they think homosexuality is unnatural and even if you love someone from the same sex, you cannot marry them.

Even though same sex couples can now live together and law shall not intervene, they still cannot get married, adopt kids or own property together. However, while passing the judgement on Section 377, the Court said:

History owes an apology to the LGBT community. They were denied the fundamental right to equality, the right against discrimination and the right to live with dignity.  

Is the ‘freedom to love’ really a freedom when the stigma around homosexuality still persists?