The Law Ministry objected to appointing Saurabh Kirpal a judge of the Delhi High Court, mostly because he is “openly gay” which could cause bias. Of course, if one were to characterise this as a bias against LGBT persons, the government would swiftly point to their other objection, that Kirpal’s partner is a foreign citizen. That is kind of funny given that the said partner is Swiss, and Switzerland is a metaphor for non-partisanship as in, “you don’t get to be Switzerland when it comes to a fight between me and my spouse”.  I know. I make too many faltu jokes. So, getting serious then.

Considering, we haven’t lived in a society where people could publicly admit to being queer, until recently, there may be a presence of gay people in a field, without there being representation. The term “openly gay” is so intriguing, as if openness is the problem.