Indian law at last accepted Gay community

Posted on June 29, 2009
Filed Under East meets West |

Indian gov. has finally given long due rights to gays to express their love and marry with full respect. The rejoice can be seen on Delhi roads as marches and camps are taking place. Famous celebrity like Celina Jaitely, Rohit bal are also very much part of the celeberations here.

Gay rights activists in India and their supporters carry a rainbow flag as they participate in a gay pride march in Bangalore on Sunday.

Look at some of the hidden stories about  known people,who were tongue tied earlier.
Flambouyant fashion designer Rohit (Gudda) Bal has finally confessed that he’s gay and has professed his love for boyfriend Lalit Tehlan, who is a model.
Bal said “I have found someone who loves me more than I love him. I don’t walk any more. I float.” When asked who the lucky person was, Bal gushed “His name is Lalit Tehlan. He is a model and is good looking. Then we met and we realised we can fly higher together. It was love at first sight. Jab pyar kiya toh darna kya.”
Love for Rohit is- “Something that is difficult to come by. It’s the most incredible gift from God to mankind. Most people compromise and many lose it too. I would say it’s a spirited bird you cannot catch. And those who can hold onto it are the luckiest.”
“Why shouldn’t I be open now? I think closet people are really very sad. In the day and time we are living, I don’t think anyone gives a damn about your sexuality. No one cares whom you spend your nights with. And frankly, I have no control over my likes or dislikes. God made me like this. What I do in my bedroom has nothing to do with my abilities as a designer. When people say, ‘Oh God, theek ho jayega’, it’s not diabetes that a person will get cured with medication. If you don’t come out of the closet, you will never be happy. You can’t be born a cat and act like a dog. It’s better to live one’s life with dignity and integrity.”

Such feelings ans stories are coming out in open now in India, where as earlier it was considered as a taboo.
We have more stories for you related to gay people which happened in the life of known people.

Bollywood hottie Celina speaks ———- My boyfriend was gay

I was 16 and it was my first time at a nightclub with my friends. and we became really good friends. I loved spending time with him and when he told me ‘I love you’, I thought I loved him too.
I had no idea of relationships either. It didn’t strike me as odd that my boyfriend liked to meet in public where he could be seen with me and would get angry if I bumped into him while he was with his friends. Gradually, my friends began to tell me that he was known to be gay. I fought with them and told them that just because he was different it didn’t mean he was gay. Gradually, the arguments started, and then physical abuse, when I asked him if he was seeing another woman. I had no reason to believe he was keeping a secret. However, one Sunday, I decided to land up at his place, that’s when I saw him with his ‘best friend’.

I lived in denial for the next few months. Then came a phase when I prayed to God to make him ‘normal’. I got severely bulimic… I was a complete mess. My close friends and my brother made me realise he was gay. That’s when I finally stopped fighting.
Later I became Miss India and then entered films, and we lost touch. One day, he phoned me suddely and said, “Silly Billy (that’s what he called me), are you still mad at me? Please don’t be, God made me like this.” And, I realised he was right.
Besides, I then started seeing him as a person. We became the greatest of friends and when he passed away after a bulimia-induced heart attack, he left me his mother’s jewellery that would have ideally gone to a wife.(Man with an golden heart) He always said that had he married, it would’ve been to me. He did love me, in his own way.

Another man who nurtured me was Probir Kumar De, my first make-up person. Probir da was transgendered, wore a salwar kameez and fought his own battles as he rose from his middle-class roots, braving taunts of ‘hijra’. When I didn’t have money as a student, he would buy me lipsticks. He, along with a friend, entered me for the Femina Miss India contest without my knowing about it. He considered me his daughter. Gays are nice people.

My gay friends have always been there for me and there’s nothing I’ve been able to do for them. Recently, when I flew to Bangalore for a close friend’s father funeral, I was in a fragile state. My gay friend, who knew exactly how I would be feeling, flew down to Bangalore, without letting me know, met me at the airport to accompany me and give me strength.Gays are very emotional and kind hearted people.

I wanted to gift Probir da a car for his birthday but he died three months before that. I always promised myself that I would take up the cause of gay rights when I could and that’s what I’m doing now, despite the hate mail that I receive. Ironically, a lot of the mails I get are from the youth. I want to ask them if being modern means fighting with your parents to be able to go to the nightclub, wear Western clothes, be able to smoke or drink? When it comes to gay rights, why are you still living in the previous century?

For me, gay rights are about human rights. And, I don’t care if people call me gay!



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