Write An Essay On Being Different

When an individual is given the freedom to celebrate his or her uniqueness and individuality it is a boon for him or her. Every individual aspires to be different from others, to have some uniqueness, to be able to stand out from the crowd. A person’s uniqueness comes from the choice that he makes, his taste and preferences, his political and spiritual beliefs, or his sexuality. If a person becomes unique because of his political views or his taste or preferences, he is respected. But if a person becomes unique because of his sexuality, because of his different sexual preferences, the person is not respected rather discriminated, criticised for the life choices that he makes. Most of all he or she is regarded as criminal, what he does is criminalised and the reason behind this is his sexual preferences, his different sexuality which is not according to the norms of the society.
Being different is not a crime, a person should not be punished for being different, for not …show more content…
This happened due to the advent of Brahmanism and the British colonialism. They considered same sex relationship to be a sin. There has been mention of severe punishments given to people who were in same sex relationship in manusmriti. The homosexual people were left unnoticed or were excluded from the society. This immoral behaviour towards these people had made the present day society so full of hatred towards them. The people just go with the flow without finding out the reason behind this hatred. People suffer from homophobia, biphobia which makes them fear lesbians and gays.

The transgender people who are named “hijra” in the Indian society form their own culture within the society and live in an organised manner. They have a guru whom they consider as their leader. The condition of these people in today’s world is that they work as sex workers. They can be seen begging near railway stations and in commercial