Love is in the air

Homosexuality is not a disease, but can’t we all agree that love is contagious, says this reader.

January 08, 2014 06:57 pm | Updated May 13, 2016 08:07 am IST - chennai

Why is it that in our country, consensual sex between two adults of the same gender is a crime, but marital rape is not?

A number of paedophiles walk free on the streets and thousands of people are trafficked every day and yet two men having sex is what deserves life imprisonment.

How many of us have received proper sex education? So many people watch porn and believe that sex is about a woman with an impossibly perfect body trying to do everything to please a man. When will we start talking openly about gay rights?

The Supreme Court judgement calling homosexuality an unnatural offence and a crime is something to be ashamed of. The fact is that we live in a democracy where a fair section of people have been denied their rights.

If I fall in love with a girl and you judge me, it tells more about you than it does about me.

The writer is a student of III B.Com, M.O.P Vaishnav College For Women

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