Two lesbians chose to end their lives by fire after facing years of pressure from their families to end their relationship, reports The Times of India.
The women, Christy Jayanthi Malar (38) and Rukmani (40), doused themselves in kerosene and then set themselves alight, in Sathangadu, India.
The charred bodies were found in an embrace at the residence of one of the women on Saturday morning.
“They appear to have hugged each other during the final moments of their life,” an investigating officer told the newspaper.
It’s been claimed that they had faced ongoing family opposition and harassment over their relationship, which began when they were still in school.
The women were married to men but had apparently continued to be close over the years.
Ironically, the two families finally agreed to let the women be together during a join cremation ceremony.
Homosexuality is illegal in India under British colonial laws enacted in the 1860s intended to criminalise “all unnatural acts” including consensual same-sex sexual activity between adults.
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choosing death…. this must be one of the sadest things ever… almost cant believe that this really happened.
may the rest is peace forever in their loving embrace…
Tragic. This truly is so tragic. My heart aches for the pain they must have endured and the love they had to hide.
The strenght of love. Again shows that there is nothing as strong as love; in India, pre British rule, gay people were regarded as bringers of luck, mothers on the verge of giving birth waited till a gay person was present before giving birth. So, the colonialism is indirectly responsibile for deaths like this one ….. Without politics and religion this world would have been a paradise…
This death is also a reminder to us gay people that there is just too much emphasis on the external, bodily being and too little on love. Lets stop fucking and start loving…
love that phrase “…lets stop fucking and start loving…”
peeps should take it to heart…
PROTEVS. Will it ever end, live & let live!!!!!!!!! Please watch our own horrible past in the movie called The Protevs, set in early settlers Cpt. Story two men who also died (drowning) for their love!!!!!!!!
Protevs?. Did you spell the name correctly cause I cannot find any trace of it in imdb or google.. … Where can one get hold of it?