Your hormones are love, mine is sickness?

Today is a special day, not "May 17 Food Day", but "May 17 International No Homophobia Day".

On May 17, 1990, the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, which is the origin of this anniversary.

Thirty years after decommissioning, sexual minorities are still angrily and helplessly questioning "your hormones are love, mine is disease?".

This line comes from the Indian film "Rise of True Heroes". The story is very simple. Kadik and Oman, a pair of gays living in Delhi, returned to Oman's hometown to attend their cousin's wedding. The two were kissing on the wedding train and were caught by their father. . From then on, his father regarded Kadik as a virus, and tried his best to break up the two, and even threatened to commit suicide, forcing Oman to agree to his parents' arranged marriage, and his parents quickly arranged the wedding for Oman. At the same time, the Supreme Court of India is debating whether homosexuality is a crime, and the ruling time is the second day of the wedding...

Same-sex sexual intercourse is criminalized under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. This is a British colonial-era law that has been in effect since 1861. The civil order prohibits "unnatural sexual intercourse with any man, woman or animal" and carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

The collegial panel composed of five judges of the Supreme Court of India ruled on September 6, 2018 that whether it is homosexual or heterosexual, the unnatural sexual behavior of two adults who can decide their own sexual behavior is officially from the Indian Criminal Code Article 1 377 acquittal.

Supreme Court Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice AM Khanwilkar held that a person's sexual orientation is innate and discrimination based on sexual orientation is a violation of fundamental rights; R.F. Nariman (RF Nariman) said that gays and lesbians have the right to live with dignity and without humiliation; Indu Malhotra, the only female judge in the full panel, believes that history should apologize for the delay in guaranteeing the rights of members of the LGBT community.

It was against such a historical backdrop that "Rise of the Real" was born, and the film is rumored to have topped the weekend box office in India. It is no different from the Indian movies in our impression, singing, dancing, blocked love, the only difference is that the protagonists of the love are two men. For us who are accustomed to watching European and American film and television dramas, homosexuality is not new, and sexual minorities are gradually accepted by mainstream Hollywood culture.

The historical significance of "True Heroes" does not lie in how good the movie is or whether it sells well at the box office, but in the fact that it is a mainstream commercial blockbuster produced by Bollywood in India.

The mainstream commercial blockbuster means that it is produced by a big company, starred by a big cast, and screened on a large scale. The production company T-Series is the top 3 film company in Bollywood; the actor Ayusman Khurana is the hero of the hit movie "The Tuner". It will be released on a large scale in India on the 21st, some European and American countries will be released simultaneously, and Amazon will conduct streaming media distribution (thanks to the streaming media distributors for nourishing film and television fans in China). Of course, some countries still refuse to introduce it.

Mainstream commercial blockbusters mean the legitimacy of the film—that is, through censorship—and its mass exposure in the mainstream cultural market, which keeps gay issues out of the shadows, it makes gays and LGBT people visible, it forces Mainstream culture no longer turns a blind eye to LGBT issues.

Only by being seen can one be understood, and only by being understood can stigma be removed. Equal rights are never achieved overnight. It takes the investment and dedication of generations to come in exchange for hope in the future.

Love is LOVE.

Love whoever the fxxk you want.