Queer Sexuality- Myths Busted 3

(This post is a part of the series Queer Sexuality-Myths Busted. A small, not all inclusive research project i did in college. I am hereby presenting a few portions of that research work so that more and more people become aware of Queer Sexuality and start seeing it in positive light.)

The innate tendency of defining 'normal' amongst all cultures and societies throughout the world is almost the same. What the popular worldwide culture takes as a taboo may be  a common accepted practice in certain other cultures and vice versa. So, if one has to define something as 'normal' throughout a wide array of perceptions, psychologies, norms and ideologies, he has to be very specific as to what exactly is acceptable and what is 'against nature'.

It has become a debatable issue amongst the masses as to what do we regard the queers as? Now that the queer community has come out o the closet and is openly demonstrating against the hate crimes and the situations that they have to pass through being 'queer', it has become essential for us to understand that up to what extent are all these processions and allegations justified.

It is to be noted that there are various other sexualities present in the world. Moreover, the western concept of sexual orientation comes in sharp contrast to the eastern concept of gender orientation. In such confusing times, it is not only a problem for the rest of the world but also for the queer community members to identify themselves and be able to define them as some particular gender or sexual orientation.

There has been a very vague idea about what should be defined as queer and what not.  For example, a man may define himself as straight but he may still nurture some sexual attraction for men, thereby calling him bi-curious. A great battle for identification has begun inside the queer groups.

‘Coming Out of the Closet’ has made the struggle for a separate identity fiercer and more diversified.  This research aims solely to find out what all has been lying under the rock as far as queer identities are concerned. Moreover, it also finds out how the queer identities have  been portrayed in our mythology, books and cinema.