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The symbolism of this cannot be stated enough. Such a sight would have been unthinkable in the 90s, 2000s and 2010s, when homophobia was the norm and LGBTQ+ rights the exception. Barring NLSIU, all NLUs were hostile towards the LGBTQ+ community and some of the brightest students had to stay in the closet. Certain VCs made deeply homophobic remarks.
Now you have an NLU alum receiving his degree wearing a pride scarf (that too a star student who went to Harvard). What's also important is that this has taken place in Gujarat, the most solidly right-wing state in the country and the bastion of the BJP's conservative agenda.
Rohin deserves a standing ovation! 👏
What LGBTQ people need is not to be treated differently or recognised. I want run of the mill ordinary life. I want to be judged by the content of my character and not the person I want to sleep with. This hyper-sexualised environment that the LGBTQ movement creates, sends a lot of us sensible queers (who are in formal professions and have been for a while) straight back to the closet. We don't want to be associated with a movement that demands we be sexualised before we can claim our identity.