Why was homosexuality a crime in India? (micro blog)

On 6 September 2018, a 5-judge constitutional bench of Supreme Court of India invalidated part of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code making homosexuality legal in India. In striking down the colonial-era law that made gay sex punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

But the question that still remains unanswered is “Why was it considered a crime for so long?”.

This was because most of Indian constitution was modelled on constitutions of other countries. So during the time the Indian constitution was being drafted, the constitution of most other countries including Britain considered homosexuality to be a crime.

Now the other question that needs to be answered is “Why did it take so many decades to get abolished?”.

This is because it is only recently that the voices of the LGBTQ community started getting loud enough to bother the stakeholders.

Even after it is legal to be a homo in India. I still suspect how much acceptance will this kind of a relationship find in a country where people don’t even know what LGBTQ stands for.

Wait I’ll just put it out for you.

LGBTQ stands for:-

Lesbian.Gay.Bisexual.Transgender.Queer

I’m sure more than 95% of you don’t even know what each of these mean.

That’s the present level of our Indian society.

Our country is moving forward at a fierce pace. I hope it doesn’t leave you behind.

-ChoubeySahab