Bollywood films are shining light on LGBTQ community NOW, but didn't they stereotype it in the first place?

Over the years, Bollywood has put many societal issues under the spotlight. Be it caste discrimination or gender discrimination, scores of films have hit the right spot. Unfortunately, Bollywood cannot boast of a brilliant track record when it comes to showing the LGBT community under a positive light. The historic Section 377 ruling by the Supreme Court of India came in 2018 but long before that Bollywood portrayed characters based on the LGBT community.