Let's get one thing straight - they are not. So?

The recent verdict of the Delhi High Court to legalise homosexuality has opened up a veritable can of worms.

While it comes as a breather and a personal sense of triumph to gay activists, who hope it will trigger a fundamental sea of change in societal attitude towards gays, lesbians, and transgenders, and afford them a much-needed life of dignity and equal rights, all is not ‘consensual’ though.

That's hardly surprising - considering you cannot discount, disregard, and do-away with the pouring-over-with-resentment moral brigade - coughing and spitting with (un)mute indignation, their rage spilling over, making them froth at their mouths in a decidedly unseemly manner, and causing them to make statements to the tune of how these 'sick perverts' with ‘unnatural’ urges should be exiled in some faraway island which has a completely unpronounceable name.

The pride marches that were held country-wide last month –at about the same dates – must have sent the above group in a tizzy – who were probably aghast to see the week-long parades go by, without a single, untoward incident. Sniff Sniff.

Not one effigy was burnt, no saffron-robed politico’s henchmen disrupted the activists, no hate mails did the customary rounds in people's inboxes, no simmering-with-resentment flyers were seen strewn on the pavements, no venomous speeches were delivered by spluttering-with-fury ‘holy’ men. Even their erstwhile best friends – the police force – which had till now been avid opponents of such 'immoral activities,' turned a blind eye to the processions, and gave their regularly-wielded lathis some much needed rest.

And so the processions continued - some for well over a week - a few participants even doing away with the masks and colourful headgear altogether. And coming out, literally.

And now, to add insult to injury, the High Court has gone a step further, by vindicating their sworn enemies - the same, ‘unnatural’ sect, by upholding their rights and putting India as the 127th name in the list of countries that recognise homosexuality as legal.

So while some have it all 'straightened' out for them, let's just say that not all people are happy and 'gay' about the Delhi High Court's landmark verdict...

Now, isn't that a 'queer' piece of news?