Decriminalisation of Homosexuality - Corrupting Indian Culture through Westernisation?

Homosexuals have been cast out as sinners and anomalies worldwide, while even being criminalised in some countries, like India, which uphold religious sentiments to advocate its criminalisation. Heterosexuality has accepted Nature’s default, the “normal”, banishing any other sexual orientation. It is little known how a variety of orientations were celebrated various cultures, prior colonisation those countries. The physiognomy dress “natives” often confounded Europeans’ notions gender propriety sexuality, whether it was due long grown hair Ceylon men, or dangerously oversexed Black African men perceived voracity Arabs - casual perceptions that reflected insecurities turned into obsessions about “native” misconduct, provoking new sorts regulation repression. A closer look at history homosexuality India brings colonial legacy limelight. read Indian scriptures ancient texts provides evidence unlike popular belief, cross dressing widely represented Pre-colonial India. criminalisation same sex relations both culturally legally, British construct. My crucial question then, what allows politicians courts carelessly wield “culture tradition” prove decriminalisation sin? How not westernisation simply result fascination with western concepts? aim my research take LGBTQIA++ community especially referring sacred bring an argument entirely instruments allow Section 377 by citing tradition culture unnatural, abhorrent sin. objective this paper argue against commonly believed idea “Gay rights” ‘western’ concept brutal ‘westernisation’ India’s ‘culture’ ‘tradition’ thus coorrupting it. This aimed existence, celebration acceptance pre-colonial through numerous readings texts, well taking Temple sculptures art.