 "Section 377 verdict: Priyanka Chopra, Karan Johar, Aamir Khan celebrate Supreme Court ruling")
The Supreme Court on Thursday passed a historic judgement of decriminalising consensual sex between individuals belonging to the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer) community, which was widely welcomed and celebrated by Bollywood celebrities including Karan Johar, Sonam Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor and Swara Bhasker. Karan Johar ushered in the welcome change with an image of a rainbow flag, with the words “finally” on the foreground:
Soha Ali Khan posted an image of her daughter Inaaya inside a cloth-tunnel in shades of the rainbow, captioning it: “There is light at the end of the tunnel!!! #freedom”
Sonam Kapoor too joined in the celebrations.
Crying tears of joy for the lgbtqi community. One day there won’t be any labels and we will all live in utopia. pic.twitter.com/veQe1S92FD
— Sonam K Ahuja (@sonamakapoor) September 6, 2018
Priyanka Chopra highlighted the importance of such a judgement in the current socio-political environment:
A supremely important judgement! “I am what I am so take me as I am,” says the Chief Justice of India as the Supreme Court decriminalises #Section377 in a unanimous vote from the bench. What a big win as a democracy and our fight for equal rights #ProudIndian #GoIndia pic.twitter.com/S6PZY5hVZF
— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) September 6, 2018
Aamir Khan linked an episode of his talk show, Satyamev Jayate on the plight of the LGBTQIA community, underlining that the judiciary wing of the country had fulfilled its duty, and now it was the part of the citizens to do their part.
Arjun Kapoor said that his faith in lawmakers of the generation was restored, hashtagging Section 377 as gone with the wind.
Sanity prevails for once we can believe we have some sensible decision makers and lawmaker s available to this generation. #Section377 gone with the wind.
— arjunk26 (@arjunk26) September 6, 2018
Manoj Bajpayee alluded to Professor Siras, a character he protrayed in Aligarh, based on a true life story, while thanking the judiciary system for their judgement
Congratulations to the LGBTQ COMMUNITY and fellow citizens.its a victory for all of us. Thank you honorary Supreme Court for instilling our faith in our judiciary and democracy.professor Siras must be a happy man up there.@Apurvasrani @satyarainagpaul @mehtahansal @RajkummarRao
— manoj bajpayee (@BajpayeeManoj) September 6, 2018
With a map of India covered in rainbow stripes, Swara Bhaskar shared her jubilation with the skriking down of Section 377, congratulating the activists and petitioners whose perseverance made “India a freer place”
Congratulations to all the activists and petitioners on #SupremeCourt judgement scrapping #Section377 Your perseverance just made #India a freer place for everyone ! #LoveIsLove #Pride #377Verdict #377Scrapped Three cheers for the #SupremeCourt pic.twitter.com/grA64TTB3w
— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) September 6, 2018
Abhishek Banchchan, Vicky Kaushal, Ranveer Singh displayed their solidarity with the cause with the emoticon of a rainbow in their tweets.
🌈
— Abhishek 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧 (@juniorbachchan) September 6, 2018
🌈🤟🏽👌🏽 https://t.co/jLMJcWkEgh
— Vicky Kaushal (@vickykaushal09) September 6, 2018
💪🏻🌈🌈🌈🌈LOVE FOR ALL 🌈🌈🌈🌈 💪🏻#Section377 #377Verdict
— Ranveer Singh (@RanveerOfficial) September 6, 2018
Taapsee Pannu encouraged all to embrace everyone and the choices that they make.
My India of 2018!!!! Truly heartening ! Let’s embrace one n all and their choices 🤗💖 https://t.co/HHewyx4SAE
— taapsee pannu (@taapsee) September 6, 2018
Ayushmann Khurrana said that the demolition of the draconian Section 377 was a mark of a ‘progressive India’.
RIP #Section377
— Ayushmann Khurrana (@ayushmannk) September 6, 2018
The new sunshine of this day is that of a progressive India. Love all!
Farhan Akhtar waved goodbye to the said law.
Bye bye 377. Thank you #SupremeCourt #abouttime #nomorediscrimination #loveislove @MardOfficial
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) September 6, 2018
Kalki Koechlin expressed her happiness, and wrote “thank goodness for the rainbow'.
So happy today, thank goodness for the rainbow (and all the lawyers that helped put it there!) 🌈
— Kalki केकला (@kalkikanmani) September 6, 2018
Vidya Balan said that she was glad that people would not live in fear anymore of “being found out anymore”.
“I am what I https://t.co/mUvlnwh4zX take me as I am”... Hail the #SupremeCourtOfIndia 🙏🙏!!
— vidya balan (@vidya_balan) September 6, 2018
Grateful that so many people i love won’t need to live in fear of ‘being found out’ anymore☀️.
Kriti Sanon acknowledged a much-needed step towards freedom in her tweet:
Proud to be an Indian today! What a news to wake up to! Love has no rules or conditions.. and thats how it should be! ❤️🌈 so happy that we’ve taken a much needed step towards freedom.. freedom to be who you wanna be and With who you wanna be!🌈🌈 #RIPSection377
— Kriti Sanon (@kritisanon) September 6, 2018
Celebrities such as Katrina Kaif, Alia Bhatt, Deepika Padukone shared pictures of a rainbow-coloured heart.
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