Deleted Facebook photo of gay Sikh man kissing another man goes viral, sparks debate INDIA TODAY ONLINE NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 18, 2013 | UPDATED 11:48 IST Tweet <https://twitter.com/share> Close on the heels of the Supreme Court giving the thumbs down to gay rights, protests erupted worldwide amid the Indian communities abroad. On Sunday, which was being called the Global Day of Rage, in more than 30 cities across the world people gathered to protest the ruling that upheld Section 377 and criminalised homosexuality and to fight for India's LGBT community.
Amid all the din that erupted worldwide, a photograph, that of Kanwar Anit singh Saini kissing another man, which he had posted on his Facebook Page, "Sikh Knowledge", went viral within hours of it being posted online. This photograph of Kanwar Anit Singh Saini was removed by Facebook. Source Tumblr Within hours, it had amassed more than a 1,000 likes and had sparked off a debate on the social networking site. However, while most of the comments on his photograph were reportedly abusive and accused him of having betrayed his religion, others supported him. However, the photograph was removed by Facebook a few hours later saying that the photo had been removed as it "violates our terms and policies". Not just that, his account was also suspended for 12 hours. Refusing to taking it lying down, Saini shifted his focus to Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr where he posted the same photograph and questioned Facebook's screening policy. See his tweets here: Photo: Heres me stickin it to section 377â¦happily #rage<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23rage&src=hash> http://t.co/WcC3b4GbEQ Sikh Knowledge (@sikhknowledge) December 15, 2013<https://twitter.com/sikhknowledge/statuses/412309440160088065> So #facebook <https://twitter.com/search?q=%23facebook&src=hash> blocked me for the next 12 hours and removed this post of me kissing another man protesting #section377 <https://twitter.com/search?q=%23section377&src=hash> pic.twitter.com/thdXQAE9CM <http://t.co/thdXQAE9CM> Sikh Knowledge (@sikhknowledge) December 16, 2013<https://twitter.com/sikhknowledge/statuses/412585623061417985> @facebook <https://twitter.com/facebook> u guys suck. Do you see how important my post was? Homophobic morons are being hateful and violent, why not delete their posts? Sikh Knowledge (@sikhknowledge) December 16, 2013<https://twitter.com/sikhknowledge/statuses/412591409506418688> @MadTatterFilms <https://twitter.com/MadTatterFilms> i had a heated thread, but it was really interesting. So, for unknown violations, they removed it and banned me for 12 hours Sikh Knowledge (@sikhknowledge) December 16, 2013<https://twitter.com/sikhknowledge/statuses/412721889207783424> @SeanEPanjab <https://twitter.com/SeanEPanjab> well, im not clear on why it violates their terms... I think more than one of my haters flagged it, and FB deleted it auto. Sikh Knowledge (@sikhknowledge) December 16, 2013<https://twitter.com/sikhknowledge/statuses/412725712672399360> @facebook <https://twitter.com/facebook> You guys are awful. What's this tap on the hand 12-hour suspension thing? I have 2 hours left like im on political parole. Sikh Knowledge (@sikhknowledge) December 17, 2013<https://twitter.com/sikhknowledge/statuses/412742811910295552> I cant even communicate with my fans @facebook<https://twitter.com/facebook>...You guys need to stop this automated post deletion and use some of ur $ to hire a screener Sikh Knowledge (@sikhknowledge) December 17, 2013<https://twitter.com/sikhknowledge/statuses/412743475478528000> Someone at Facebook is judging people for the way they look imo. http://t.co/aepHQnLvFkI'd like to know why my post was del'd. @facebook<https://twitter.com/facebook> ? Sikh Knowledge (@sikhknowledge) December 18, 2013<https://twitter.com/sikhknowledge/statuses/413151467608875008> Here are some more photos of the Global Day of Rage in which people from more than 30 cities around the world participated. GLOBAL DAY OF RAGE TORONTO. #377DayOfRage<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23377DayOfRage&src=hash> #nogoingback <https://twitter.com/search?q=%23nogoingback&src=hash> #Canqueer <https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Canqueer&src=hash> pic.twitter.com/300SM6dB4l <http://t.co/300SM6dB4l> VIVEK SHRAYA (@vivekshraya) December 15, 2013<https://twitter.com/vivekshraya/statuses/412304456764891136> #dayofrage <https://twitter.com/search?q=%23dayofrage&src=hash> #Toronto<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Toronto&src=hash> @377gdr <https://twitter.com/377gdr> multi-lingual power pic.twitter.com/s0xhorApB1 <http://t.co/s0xhorApB1> Indu (@indu_geita) December 15, 2013<https://twitter.com/indu_geita/statuses/412299240309030912> The rain hasn't dampened our spirits #sec377<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23sec377&src=hash> #dayofrage <https://twitter.com/search?q=%23dayofrage&src=hash> #nogoingback <https://twitter.com/search?q=%23nogoingback&src=hash> #London<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23London&src=hash> pic.twitter.com/TjxTGUE0q9 <http://t.co/TjxTGUE0q9> Gay & Lesbian Sikhs (@SarbatSikhs) December 15, 2013<https://twitter.com/SarbatSikhs/statuses/412210500748197888> Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/deleted-facebook-photo-of-gay-sikh-man-kissing-another-man-goes-viral-sparks-debate/1/331729.html -- *Email: modera...@gaybombay.in <modera...@gaybombay.in> E Groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gay_bombay <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gay_bombay> http://groups.google.com/group/Gaybombay <http://groups.google.com/group/Gaybombay> http://groups.google.com/group/GayIndia <http://groups.google.com/group/GayIndia> Public archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/gay_bombay%40yahoogroups.com/maillist.html <http://www.mail-archive.com/gay_bombay%40yahoogroups.com/maillist.html> Rss feed: http://www.mail-archive.com/gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com/maillist.xml <http://www.mail-archive.com/gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com/maillist.xml> GB Internet Radio at http://www.gaybombay.in/gbradio <http://www.gaybombay.in/gbradio> Web Sites: www.gaybombay.in <http://www.gaybombay.in> www.gayindia.org <http://www.gayindia.org> Orkut: http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Profile?uid=15084918632470824129 <http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Profile?uid=15084918632470824129> Blogs: http://gaybombay.blogspot.com <http://gaybombay.blogspot.com> http://gaybombay.wordpress.com <http://gaybombay.wordpress.com> Twitter: http://twitter.com/gaybombay <http://twitter.com/gaybombay> http://twitter.com/gayindia <http://twitter.com/gayindia> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gaybomba <http://www.facebook.com/gaybombay> *
