It's time #lovewins in India too: Twitter joins in on gay pride celebrations with pinch of cynicism

The hashtag #lovewins has never been used with so much pride as it was on 26 June, as the US Supreme Court ruled that all states must allow same-sex marriages to be legal. Perhaps it’s no coincidence that this momentous judgement comes at the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots , which perpetrated the beginning of the LGBT movement in the United States.

[caption id=“attachment_2315348” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Ian McKellen at a Gay pride in New York city. Image from Twitter.[/caption] This is a landmark judgment, but we forget that in just one country. While Americans are tweeting and updating their status with countless gay pride images and rainbow pictures, back at home in India, many Twitterati pointed out that we’re a long way off from something like this in India.

Back home, if you’re gay, you’re still a criminal under law. However, there’s no denying that this judgment deserves all the celebrations it deserves. The internet is overshadowed by way more celebratory tweets and memes than cynical ones. Here are some examples: Ian McKellen got proposed to and he could finally accept it!

Please applaud for the union of the penguins from Parks and Recreation:

A rainbow Niagara Falls!

Presenting the first same-sex married couple from Texas: