Karan Johar was indeed the first celebrity to tweet after the historic judgement by Supreme Court was given on Thursday in favour of the LGBT community by decriminalising consensual gay sex and diluting section 377.
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Bollywood fraternity also shared their joy on Twitter and flooded the micro-blogging site with their happiness on the judgement of the Supreme Court.
Historical judgment!!!! So proud today! Decriminalising homosexuality and abolishing #Section377 is a huge thumbs up for humanity and equal rights! The country gets its oxygen back! 👍👍👍💪💪💪🙏🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/ZOXwKmKDp5
— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) September 6, 2018
💪🏻🌈🌈🌈🌈LOVE FOR ALL 🌈🌈🌈🌈 💪🏻#Section377 #377Verdict
— Ranveer Singh (@RanveerOfficial) September 6, 2018
Bye bye 377. Thank you #SupremeCourt #abouttime #nomorediscrimination #loveislove @MardOfficial
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) September 6, 2018
A huge step forward today for love and the right to love. ❤🧡💛💚💜💖🌈#Section377 #377Verdict
— Anushka Sharma (@AnushkaSharma) September 6, 2018
A law implemented in 1860 is now abolished. A day for our entire nation to live with pride. Bye bye #sec377 #lovealllovefree #historic
— Varun MAUJI Dhawan (@Varun_dvn) September 6, 2018
Congratulations India! Thank you, Supreme Court! This is amazing! The law has no place in the bedrooms of consenting adults! Finally #AllLoveIsEqual Good riddance #Sec377 ! @india.today @akashkolluru pic.twitter.com/i9KuTlME14
— VISHAL DADLANI (@VishalDadlani) September 6, 2018
Love is love 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈💫 Such a momentous day in the history of our country!!!! Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!! #Section377 #PrideIndia pic.twitter.com/3TbP1pnIxd
— Alia Bhatt (@aliaa08) September 6, 2018
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.
— Arjun Kapoor (@arjunk26) September 6, 2018
This is the india I want to live in. Not one filled with hate, bigotry,sexism homophobia and intolerance. THIS is the India I love. 🇮🇳 🌈
— Sonam K Ahuja (@sonamakapoor) September 6, 2018
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
Historic verdict by Supreme Court today. #377
— Rajkummar Rao (@RajkummarRao) September 6, 2018
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
Stand tall in honor with pride #LGBTQ pic.twitter.com/WnehZNjBMT
— John Abraham (@TheJohnAbraham) September 6, 2018
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— Abhishek Bachchan (@juniorbachchan) September 6, 2018
Equality for India!!! Equal love. Equal rights. ❤️🌈 #RIPSection377 #Pride #LoveIsLove
— Dia Mirza (@deespeak) September 6, 2018
Well done well done well done ! It’s about time! 🏳️🌈! #pride #loveislove
— TheRichaChadha (@RichaChadha) September 6, 2018
🌈🤟🏽👌🏽 https://t.co/jLMJcWkEgh
— Vicky Kaushal (@vickykaushal09) September 6, 2018
RIP #Section377
The new sunshine of this day is that of a progressive India. Love all!— Ayushmann Khurrana (@ayushmannk) September 6, 2018
We won! Thank you SC! 🌈 🌈🌈#377IsHistory #pride
“Section 377 is arbitrary. The LGBT community possesses rights like others. Majoritarian views and popular morality cannot dictate constitutional rights. We have to vanquish prejudice, embrace inclusion and ensure equal rights.”— Konkona Sensharma (@konkonas) September 6, 2018
Pride 🌈💕🌹💥💎
— Huma Qureshi (@humasqureshi) September 6, 2018
“If you have a heart you should be free to love who you want.” 😍❤️😍So Happy to hear that the Supreme Court of India 🇮🇳 has abolished #section377 decriminalising Homosexuality 👍 #equality #lgbtrights #nodiscrimination #ting pic.twitter.com/47yEBdkul7
— Preity G Zinta (@realpreityzinta) September 6, 2018