PRIDE PROTESTING FOR PARITY
India is known for its great racial diversity, with various ethnic and linguistic groups. The umbrella our country has extended to distinct cultures and traditions is vast. Today, as it embarks as one of the most prestigious developing nations of the world and keeps its prime jewel of diversity at its core under the leadership of PM Modi, I the youth of this country want to understand when we are adding LGBTQA+ marriage rights in the manifesto.
As the Lok Sabha election date announcement comes nearer, echoing this primal right seems natural. British left us in 1947, but when are we leaving this history behind. The battle of Section 377 may have ended but the community is still fighting for equal rights.
Coming from an orthodox traditional family, I often thought about what would be stopping the government from letting the LGBTQA+ community be who they chose to be. The answer was straightforward, the mindset and the taboo that revolves around the community.
Let's break the stereotype and open our minds as we read through it.
A traditional family has a father, a mother, and children. However, with time this definition has evolved and now, it says a group of one or more parents(can be heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, asexual, etc.) and their children living together as a unit. As I dug deep, I found that parents are just people who raise you regardless of blood or gender identity. They are people who want their kids to be happy, successful, and content.
Born in the 1990s, I have seen the world changing rapidly. I wonder how a society of 1.4 billion people has such a limited grasp of emotions. Our country isn't meant to hold such a narrow mindset. It isn't! I refuse to accept that. The country inhabits Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, and Zoroastrianism; speaks 22 languages that diversify into 780 dialects; reads around lakh newspapers and periodicals; is home to deserts, evergreen woods, steep mountains, perennial and non-perennial river systems, long coastlines, and fertile plains cannot just say marriage between two consensual adults is unacceptable by law. We as a country are way too modern to state that in the name of customs and traditions.
We are the biggest democracy in the world and a hell of a proud one that has accepted so much, and I believe it is high time to accept two people in love regardless of their gender identities. Love is too pure to be tainted in politics and suppressed by wrong notions of religious sentiments. No religion says loving another human being is fallacious; being with a loved one and imagining growing old together, having kids, and living as a family unit is felonious. Social and legal benefits of marriage, such as inheritance, adoption, insurance, and pension should be accorded without even a second thought by the government as it is as normal as breathing air, eating food, and surviving day in and day out.
This battle to attain parity shouldn't even exist, but like all movements, the LGBTQA+ community has to protest for parity. My question to the world is, is it even necessary to battle this fundamental right to love another and legally have rights that sustain that partnership.
Let's make this food for thought and revolutionize this issue. My dear India, you are too adaptable to negate the rights of the LGBTQA+ community. You didn't become the first country to accept the marriage of the community. But, holding onto the foundation of diversity and strengthening your world imprint you can undoubtedly be the example the world follows.
Hoping to see the change soon.
Sincerely Yours,
Youth citizen
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