Former Miss India and actress, Celina Jaitly expresses her sympathy towards the gay community by writing with sensitivity on her iTimes blog. She writes that the gays always receive a raw deal and often become a subject of joke in India. So she invites everybody to join her for the change of Article 377. On the blog she requested to the Union Health Ministry to make changes in Article 377 for the rights of gays.
As written on the blog, Celina says, “This law has been used to systematically persecute, blackmail, arrest and terrorise sexual minorities. The legislation was introduced by British colonial authorities and does not reflect Hindu cultural values… India needs to shrug off its colonial mentality and come out of its all-prevalent homophobia. It appalls and dismays me to see the attitude of Indian people towards homosexuals/bisexuals - they’re subject to really insensitive jokes/comments and open derision.”