Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2023 22:50:59 GMT -8
The tragic mental disturbances known as homophobia and transphobia exist outside of India, as far too many know too well.
But the hatred of those who are LGBTQ+ in this nation is thought by some to have roots not in anything natural, but rather the brutal yoke of British colonial oppression:
www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/22/im-transgender-india-grapples-with-prejudices-left-over-british-rule-anti-discrimination-bill
“Transgender people were certainly made an ‘other’ by the British,” Tharoor said. “The same with homosexuals. Homosexuality was accepted and understood in Indian civilisation for 1,000 years, as were transgender [people].”
He points to the depictions of sex – some of it between the same gender – that adorn Hindu temples across India, and the existence in Hindu literature of figures such as Shikhandi, who was born a woman but raised a man.
“All of these things were accepted in our culture until the British came along,” Tharoor said.
Can India win its battle with hate and return to the days of its pre-colonial enlightenment?
What about other colonial nations, including the United States?
NO COVID DISCUSSION.
But the hatred of those who are LGBTQ+ in this nation is thought by some to have roots not in anything natural, but rather the brutal yoke of British colonial oppression:
www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/22/im-transgender-india-grapples-with-prejudices-left-over-british-rule-anti-discrimination-bill
“Transgender people were certainly made an ‘other’ by the British,” Tharoor said. “The same with homosexuals. Homosexuality was accepted and understood in Indian civilisation for 1,000 years, as were transgender [people].”
He points to the depictions of sex – some of it between the same gender – that adorn Hindu temples across India, and the existence in Hindu literature of figures such as Shikhandi, who was born a woman but raised a man.
“All of these things were accepted in our culture until the British came along,” Tharoor said.
Can India win its battle with hate and return to the days of its pre-colonial enlightenment?
What about other colonial nations, including the United States?
NO COVID DISCUSSION.
