The lear of a Hdu group that is the parent anisatn of India's lg party has e out support of the gay and transgenr muny, days before the ernment is due to rpond to the Supreme Court about petns to legalise same-sex marriage.
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HDUISM AND GAYS: ACCEPTANCE, Y. APPROVAL, NO
About the stat of marriage equaly, same-sex marriage, or gay marriage Hduism and whether Hduism regniz marriage between persons of same blogil sex, same genr sex, or transgenr sex" name="scriptn * hindu view on gay *
While Hdu sacred texts do not specifilly e those terms (heterosexual and homosexual), they do distguish between procreative sexual acts (wh marriage) and non-procreative sexual acts such as oral, etc. The Hdu Amerin Foundatn, s policy brief on Hd and Homosexualy, not that Hduism do not provi a fundamental spirual reason to reject or ostracize LGBTQ dividuals, and that, “Given their herent spirual equaly, Hd should not socially ostracize LGBT dividuals, but should accept them as fellow sojourners on the path to moksha. The Gay & Lbian Vaishnava Associatn (GALVA) highlights, s report Homosexualy, Hduism and the Third Genr, the genr fluidy of Hdu i, and not that “everythg this world is a reflectn of the origal subtle and spirual realy.
Gay & Lbian Vaishnava Associatn, a nonprof relig anizatn offerg posive rmatn and support to LGBTQI Vaishnavas and Hd, their iends, and other terted Amerin Foundatn, an advocy anizatn promotg human digny, mutual rpect, and pluralism. Unfortunately, due to improper terpretatn and the polil tenncy to e relign as a shield to fend ignorance, Hduism fac cricism om the global muny wh regards to s stanc on homosexualy and the rt of the LGBTQ+ muny, when actualy, is far more acceptg than even s crics.
As of September 2018, the lonial era ban on homosexual activi was lifted and the Supreme Court led that LGBTQ+ dividuals should be award the full protectns and rights guaranteed by the Constutn. This cisn was unique, as not only did the Indian Supreme Court crimalize homosexual activi, also ma stated that was the ernment’s rponsibily to rce stigma agast dividuals this muny (Mugisha).