Dear members,

From all over the world… Thank you for your support, this is “not” a cause it is a simple Human rights issue, standing up for what is right does not need a reason just motivation.

I have received a lot of emails on whether you have to be “Gay” to join this group well…
You don’t have to be gay to join this group ….. just “Human”…

“Support is the biggest gift one can give to another..” I shall connect againl

Many regards,
Celina Jaitly (INDIA)
WHAT LIES BENEATH…….(Celina on Gay Rights)

A lot of people ask me what is my motivation behind ardently and persuasively supporting gay rights in India….. and among the many thousand politically correct and calculated answers that I can give … All I can come up with is …. ” This is what i believe in and this is the cause i will support .”

Second question most frequently asked by media and people alike .. Am I (Celina) gay?….. well you don’t have to be gay or black or white to support a cause like this all you have to be is a Human Being. Certain causes don’t need reason all they need is motivation and i intend being just that.

If two people love each other, shouldn’t they be allowed the same rights, privileges and responsibilities, no matter their genders? … Well i researched homosexuality and came up with the following….

Well …theories suggest that a mother’s age or stress level during pregnancy may have an impact on men’s sexuality …

However, majority of respected scientists now believe is that homosexuality is attributable to a combination of psychological, social, and biological factors.

Is there a gay gene?
Scientists have not been able to conclude that there is any gene or combination of genes that will make someone gay. Genetics is very complex and scientists continue to study both humans and animals chromosomes for linkage to sexual orientation.

What about the gay brain study?
A widely publicized study in 1999 found that a certain part of the hypothalamus was smaller in gay men then in heterosexual men. This study was widely touted at the time as “proof” that one’s sexual orientation is biological and not chosen. But it is not known whether these differences in brain are present at birth or if they occur over a lifetime.

What Twin Studies Tell us about Homosexuality
Scientists have studied twins to try and learn if being gay is biologically determined. Studies of identical and fraternal twins suggest that there is a genetic influence on sexual orientation. If being gay were strictly genetic, then in identical twins, there would be a 100% concordance rate for sexual orientation. But one study in 1995 found a 52% correlation for male identical twins and 22% for male fraternal twins. A study on females came up with similar results. If one identical twin was a lesbian, in 48% of cases, the other twin was also a lesbian. For fraternal twins, the concordance was 16%. (source Simon LeVay)

These studies show that people with the same genetic make up (identical twins) are more likely to share sexual orientation than those with different genetic make up (fraternal twins.) Genetics alone cannot cause sexual orientation, but they do play a part.

Sadly,there is no evidence that homosexuality is simply “genetic”–and none of the research itself claims there is.Most scientific organizations also believe that homosexuality is not a choice, that biology plays some role. The National Mental Health Association (USA) says, “Most researchers believe sexual orientation is complex, and that biology plays an important role. This means that many people are born with their sexual orientation, or that it’s established at an early age.”

For those who think Gay sex is unnatural. This argument, often encoded in the very name of sodomy statutes (”crime against nature”), betrays a considerable ignorance of behavior in the animal kingdom. The fact is that among the approximately 1500 animal species whose behavior has been extensively studied, homosexual behavior in animals has been described in at least 450 of those species. It runs the gamut, too, ranging from occasional displays of affection to life-long pair bonding including sex and even adopting and raising orphans, going so far as the rejection by force of potential heterosexual partners, even when in heat. The reality is that it is so common that it begs an explanation, and sociobiologists have proposed a wide variety of explanations to account for it. The fact that it is so common also means that it clearly has evolutionary significance, which applies as much to humans as it does to other animal species.

All I can say is there will be many an arguments about the entire aspect of homosexuality but we cannot deny that homosexuality has existed since man has. Section 377 of Indian Penal Code which bans gay sex to be amended/overturned as this law has been used to systematically persecute, blackmail arrest and terrorize sexual minorities…. “And i shall continue my bid to support this fact.

About 150 of India’s most influential figures - from the novelist Vikram Seth to the Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen have joined their voices in a protest letter demanding the repeal of “cruel and discriminatory” legislation banning gay sex.

Dr Martin Luther King Junior said.. “…..Take the first step in faith you dont have to see the whole staircase…just take the first step”

Celina jaitly