Gay Ho! Jai Ho!

I’m not a protagonist. But I’m jus another common man who values the feelings & expectations of one who are around us. It’s a one of the great days in the history of India, when India decriminalized Gay sex which almost took 150 yrs, better late than never. And India became the 127th country to do this.
Well, I was thinking on this & felt happy for some of my friends who are part of this controlled world and escalated with joy on hearing this. That was time; I thought why I don’t bring some of the important points of Gay History, how it has evolved & the message carried by the Pride flag.
History says that it all started way back in BC, mainly to have the population reduction & also to adopt sexuality to be started between adolescent’s boys & Princes. And Greeks were the first to legalize though not officially. It was common between the Men to live together like any other couples. Plato went a step further to argue that this form of relationship between Men would make them intellectual & the relationships with women were ritual. Probably this can be the underlying statement, where in the most of the movies when Gays are depicted they are portrayed as either intellectual or people with a nack for clear thoughts, but mostly on the wrong side.
History goes on record stating the Famed Julius Caesar had love affair with another king & same sex marriages are recorded towards the end of BC Era. On Indian context there were references of Gay & Lesbian relationship prevailing during the same period. This reference however can be referred from Manava Dharmasastra, which also referred to the punishments for these kinds of relationships.
Further during the AD era, this became more of a sinful thing due to few of the so called religious aspirants and of the king makers to have control over their people. However, during the end of the 17th Century, changes start to take place and Netherlands decriminalizes homosexuality. With this the new rights for legality starts to pop up across the world. However the Word Gay was used first during 1920.
This purple handprint became a symbol of gay revolution during the period of 1969.
The original eight color version of the Pride flag. The color & their reference is as below.
Pink – Sexuality
Red – Life
Orange – Healing
Yellow – Sunlight
Green – Nature
Turquoise – Magic
Indigo/Blue – Serenity
Violet – Spirit.
Off late some the stripes were removed, such as Pink as they felt no further it carries sexuality.
Moving forward, there would be equal space for every culture and this would be also be a dominant force. The marketing teams are already working out their strategies to capitalize this population. In the far western countries, this has evolved over the time and they too have a majority stake in the national interests.
Its slowly happening in India & Happy to see India proved its democracy again in the form of rights to my fellow Indian. But India has to go further. Believe like another common Indian.
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manusmriti
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India-decriminalises-gay-sex/articleshow/4726608.cms
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_India
http://gaylife.about.com/od/gaypride/p/rainbowflag.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_history
http://www.gayheroes.com/alex.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality
http://www2.aaaa.org/news/agency/Pages/062909_mindshare.aspx