Gays & Wildebeests

The attitude of society towards Gays is definitely a huge problem which Gays have to face but equal fault is that of Gays who don’t want to fight. Of course those who  dare to live like a Gay-Couple in present times, will face insult, opposition, slurs and will be ostracized but don’t you think it will be worth suffering this?

I often feel that socially trying to do a new thing is like great migration of wildebeests in African Grasslands. When a heard of thousands of wildebeests reaches at a river which comes in the way of their migration, they hesitate to cross it first, due to the fear of lurking danger in the form of hungry crocodiles. But their own hunger forces them to flock at the river bank to reach the other side of the river.  At a tipping point a single wildebeest jumps into the water and then a second one follows him and it starts a chain reaction and suddenly all the heard jumps into the river to reach the other side of the river. Despite of some causalities, majority of the animals reach the other side.

Similarly gays often hesitate in doing a new thing which has never been tried in the society. But when the hunger of a single person for getting love, satisfaction and of course a family, reaches a tipping point, he revolts. Seeing him doing this unthinkable some others follow him. And it starts an effect which is no less than an upheaval.

I often give the example of straights people opting for love marriages as an empirical study. 15-20 years ago it was unthinkable even in a metropolitan city like Delhi. But still certain couples took the lead, suffered ‘humiliation’ by society at large, but didn’t compromise on their love. And what we are seeing 15-20 years later is no less than a social revolution where people are marrying whom they love/like and most of the families are accepting such marriages. This ‘pandemic’ if I may call it so is also spreading in rural areas as well.

I think it is very much clear that for a change you will have to put in some efforts. Instead of taking it as a challenge I would rather suggest people to take it as an opportunity where you have been given a chance to show to the world your revolting nature, your courage to do what you think is right. Yes, others will certainly going to benefit by your sufferings, but then you yourself are a beneficiary of somebody else’s sufferings! Isn’t it a correct way to repay?

~Prove That Gays Can Love Too.