Have you ever had the feeling that your alone even when you are surrounded by people, that you are deprived of love even when there are people that adore and love you in every way possible? A feeling of emptiness that surrounds you, wherever you go, and no matter what you do, you cant fill your life with happiness and joy. That's the feeling you get, when you don't really know who you are. This is how I felt for a long time but didn't know what it was or why it was happening to me. But one day everything changes, just like magic and things start to make sense. That was the day when I realized I was a lesbian.
For some people its so easy to just say.... hey Im gay... but Im not sure if they even realize what they are saying. These days being gay has become a fashion, a trend and if not that, then just a way to feel the adrenaline rush in their body. People like these don't realize how much pain and suffering we had to go through to be where we are today ( By we I mean the Lesbian community). On second thought, they don't even have to know, because when the time gets tough they can get back to their "normal" being and pretend nothing happened. But for all the genuine lesbians its not that simple or easy.
Lesbians have been in existence since the age of dinosaurs ( meaning; since a very long time ), but didn't come out or didn't know what it meant when they had feelings for another women. These women had to keep it a secret all their lives, and whoever stood up or came out to the world had to suffer consequences. Until the late 60's homosexuality was illegal in almost all the countries across the globe. It was considered a sin, abnormal behavior, taboo, obscene and all the bad things people can think of. We didn't have any rights or anyone to support us. But eventually things started to change in the early 80's thanks to media. Through movies people started to know that we existed but weren't sure how to react to it. Even in these movies the gay community was portrayed as the villans. Even in books, if a writer had a character who was attracted to a female character in the story, she would either die in the end or would end up with a guy. This portrays the mentality of the people, who can fantasize two women together but cant imagine them staying together happily as a couple. Our community had to struggle a lot for the rights that we deserved in the first place. During these protest many lesbians were beaten up, raped and killed just for being who they are. After all this struggle, pain and suffering we got the right to be who we are, but today's generation seems to be busy sleeping around with people and pretending to be gay. Because of people like these the whole community is judged.
These words might seem harsh but the fact of the matter is that young girls don't realize what it means when they say they are gay. Living in the Indian society they might be quite aware of the narrow mindedness and conservative nature of their parents and relatives. When they know that they don't have the courage to fight the society and stand up for who they are, they shouldn't get involved with anyone. And even worse sleep around with numerous partners and then get married to a guy. The bottom line is, either fight or don't enter the battle field at all.
There are so many things that need to be done, and so many topics to be discussed, which I will in my future posts. But for today I guess this much information is enough. In every post I will recommend LGBT movies which are related to what the post has to say. I hope you enjoy these movies and let me know your thoughts on it.
Movies for today's post are
For some people its so easy to just say.... hey Im gay... but Im not sure if they even realize what they are saying. These days being gay has become a fashion, a trend and if not that, then just a way to feel the adrenaline rush in their body. People like these don't realize how much pain and suffering we had to go through to be where we are today ( By we I mean the Lesbian community). On second thought, they don't even have to know, because when the time gets tough they can get back to their "normal" being and pretend nothing happened. But for all the genuine lesbians its not that simple or easy.
Lesbians have been in existence since the age of dinosaurs ( meaning; since a very long time ), but didn't come out or didn't know what it meant when they had feelings for another women. These women had to keep it a secret all their lives, and whoever stood up or came out to the world had to suffer consequences. Until the late 60's homosexuality was illegal in almost all the countries across the globe. It was considered a sin, abnormal behavior, taboo, obscene and all the bad things people can think of. We didn't have any rights or anyone to support us. But eventually things started to change in the early 80's thanks to media. Through movies people started to know that we existed but weren't sure how to react to it. Even in these movies the gay community was portrayed as the villans. Even in books, if a writer had a character who was attracted to a female character in the story, she would either die in the end or would end up with a guy. This portrays the mentality of the people, who can fantasize two women together but cant imagine them staying together happily as a couple. Our community had to struggle a lot for the rights that we deserved in the first place. During these protest many lesbians were beaten up, raped and killed just for being who they are. After all this struggle, pain and suffering we got the right to be who we are, but today's generation seems to be busy sleeping around with people and pretending to be gay. Because of people like these the whole community is judged.
These words might seem harsh but the fact of the matter is that young girls don't realize what it means when they say they are gay. Living in the Indian society they might be quite aware of the narrow mindedness and conservative nature of their parents and relatives. When they know that they don't have the courage to fight the society and stand up for who they are, they shouldn't get involved with anyone. And even worse sleep around with numerous partners and then get married to a guy. The bottom line is, either fight or don't enter the battle field at all.
There are so many things that need to be done, and so many topics to be discussed, which I will in my future posts. But for today I guess this much information is enough. In every post I will recommend LGBT movies which are related to what the post has to say. I hope you enjoy these movies and let me know your thoughts on it.
Movies for today's post are
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