How I learned to have pri both my Sikh and gay inty

Contents:

• HOW I LEARNED TO HAVE PRI BOTH MY SIKH AND GAY INTY
• BEG SIKH, GAY AND GROWG UP NEW YORK
• GAY SIKH
• SHEP SGH: “I WANT TO ASSURE OTHER YOUNG QUEER SIKHS THAT ONE COULD BE GAY AND SIKH”
• VIDEO: BEG SIKH AND GAY WASN’T EASY, BUT THEN HIS MOTHER TOOK UP THE E FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS!

HOW I LEARNED TO HAVE PRI BOTH MY SIKH AND GAY INTY

The relig bodi of Sikhism do not teach that homosexualy is "unnatural and ungodly".

BEG SIKH, GAY AND GROWG UP NEW YORK

Giani Jogr Sgh Vedanti, the hight temporal thory to some Sikhs, recently nmned homosexualy while remdg visg Sikh-Canadian Members of Parliament (MPs) of their relig duty to oppose same-sex marriage. [1] In a report published March 2005, Vedanti said, "The basic duty of Sikh MPs Canada should be to support laws that stop this kd of practice [homosexualy], bee there are thoands of Sikhs livg Canada, to ensure that Sikhs do not fall prey to this practice.

The supreme Sikh relig body, the Akal Takht, has issued an edict nmng gay marriage, and Vedanti's words were echoed by Manj Sgh Kalkatta, another highly rpected Sikh preacher who ss on the erng body of the Goln Temple, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Commtee. It is seemgly silent on the subject of homosexualy; however, married life is enuraged time and time aga Gu Granth Sahib Ji. One of the vic is lt, and some Sikhs believe that homosexual thoughts and behavur are jt maniftatns of lt.

GAY SIKH

However, Sikhs that are more acceptg of homosexualy claim that this is equally applible to heterosexuals.

The same Sikhs believe that Gu Nanak's emphasis on universal equaly and brotherhood is fundamentally support of the human rights of homosexuals.

Views on homosexualy tend not to be a primary ncern Sikh teachgs, as the universal goal of a Sikh is to have no hate or animosy to any person, regardls of race, ste, lor, creed, genr, or sex. Many Sikhs have terpreted this to mean that homosexualy, which nnot rult procreatn, is unnatural and agast God's will. Many Sikhs who have homosexual sir will try to overe what they believe to be lt by marryg a member of the oppose sex and havg children.

SHEP SGH: “I WANT TO ASSURE OTHER YOUNG QUEER SIKHS THAT ONE COULD BE GAY AND SIKH”

This has led to a belief among many Sikhs that there are no homosexual Sikhs. Like liberals om other fahs and backgrounds, Sikhs who support homosexualy believe that 's not unnatural, but is normal for a mory of adults. The Sikhs strs that homosexualy is not discsed nor specifilly banned any of the wrgs of the Gu, and that the fay liftyle the Gu enurag n be cultivated by two members of the same sex.

In fact, the Gu's silence on homosexualy has led to a history of ambivalence on the topic. The people of Punjabi orig are often nsired to be que nservative when to discs 'homosexualy' or 'same sex marriag'. The Sikh holy book, the Gu Granth Sahib, do not explicly mentn on homosexualy tend not to be a primary ncern Sikh teachgs, as the universal goal of a Sikh is to have no hate or animosy to any person, regardls of race, ste, lor, creed, genr, or the last two s, dozens of scientific papers have been published on the blogil origs of homosexualy.

VIDEO: BEG SIKH AND GAY WASN’T EASY, BUT THEN HIS MOTHER TOOK UP THE E FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS!

However, the subject wh the tag le 'Homosexualy – natural/geic or selective social hort' still remas a recent vio, a ncerned UK Punjabi mother me forward to discs that 'Homosexualy is a natural phenomenon', and urged muny to be nsirate while tacklg issu related to homosexual people. A Punjabi mother explas ‘what homosexualy is to parents’ There are few studi published to suggt that homosexualy is the gen. A study prented at the Amerin Associatn for the Advancement of Science's annual nference Chigo 2014, tablished the existence of gen that crease the chance of a man beg gay.

The study, which volved more than 400 gay brothers, intified two small areas on the male genome that appear to be lked to sexualy. Our fdgs suggt there may be gen at play and we found evince for two sets that affect whether a man is gay or straight. He said Sikh of nduct did not allow such qutn "Can Amrdharis be practicisng homosexuals?

Refal both s would be a perfectly valid a known homosexual person requts for nversn to bee a Sikh - accept and persua to live per we socialize wh them? Participatn terfah work, nferenc on Sikh issu, jog Jathas - y, as ordary Sikhs, not as gay Sikh or any other group not reprentative of mastream, unls the meet is about lookg at ternal diversy etc and disclosure of such inty is we try to reform them? Addnally, one mt unrstand that homosexual people are entled to be ee om discrimatn.