LGBTQ+ Indians pledged on Tuesday to keep fighting for marriage equality after the Supreme Court declined to legalise same-sex weddings, but said they feared a long wait due to the government's opposition to gay unions.
LGBTQ Indians find it tough to find acceptance in the traditional set-up: Sushant Divgikar
The model-actor who is also a renowned drag queen noted that currently, the right to begin a family is only available to heterosexual cisgender men and women, and LGBT don t adhere to the Indian family unit .
Model-actor Sushant Divgikar reacts strongly while commenting on the government s recent directive to Delhi High Court that same-sex marriage is not comparable to the Indian family unit. The year is 2021. Watches record our steps, cloud is the new photo album, cars park themselves, rovers fly on Mars and, yet, despite all of these advancements, when it comes to human decency, the nation still reeks of the dark ages and we are putting one another s dignity up for vote, Divgikar told IANS.