Shelly Bhalla is proud to play Krishna on “Jane the Virg,” who is one of the first few gay Indian characters on the small screen.
Contents:
- “CHASTE HARLOTS” ON GAY MONOGAMY ISKCON
- KRISHNA IMAGE GAY MAGAZE SPARKS DEATH THREATS
- WHO IS PETRA’S GAY SECRETARY FROM ‘JANE THE VIRG’?
- ISKCON PERFORMS THE FIRST HARE KRISHNA GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONY BRAZIL
- ISKCON PERFORMS THE FIRST HARE KRISHNA GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONY BRAZIL
“CHASTE HARLOTS” ON GAY MONOGAMY ISKCON
Bee I was pecially terted the genred divisns rual practic, I chanced a meetg wh members of GALVA; the Gay and Lbian Vaishnava Associatn, who were, at the time, anisg an onle platform to prott India’s crimalisatn of homosexualy unr Penal Co 377. This is particularly important bee the view of many Hdu fundamentalists (Hdutva) India and nservative news anisatns the Wt is to pat homosexualy South Asia as a lonial imposn ditive of a kd of Wternisatn that is anthetil to “tradnal” Indian culture.
While Halberstam is wrg specifilly about “female masculi”, I wish to offer a possible unter analysis of Krishna’s particular mol of genr and sexualy among gay and lbian-intified GALVA participants.
KRISHNA IMAGE GAY MAGAZE SPARKS DEATH THREATS
It is this multiplicy of masculy that the gay and lbian terlocutors I met Wt Bengal, as well as menters on GALVA’s foms, are engagg wh their drive towards inti that are queer, Vaishnava, and Indian.
This allows them to circumvent the narrative that homosexual and transgenred persons are distctly rpted by Wtern fluenc.
“Lovg Well: Homosexualy and Utopian Thought Post/Colonial India. Homosexualy. > i jt want your opn about Homosexualy?
WHO IS PETRA’S GAY SECRETARY FROM ‘JANE THE VIRG’?
But otherwise sex, be homosexual or hetrosexual is simply meant for the pleasure of the sens of the people volved. Tags: gay, Hare Krishna, homosexualy, Society.
ISKCON PERFORMS THE FIRST HARE KRISHNA GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONY BRAZIL
And while the reproductive nnectn between man and woman has always been revered the fah, Hduism, unlike most Wtern fahs, historilly treats homosexualy as a natural behavr, one documented folk tale and relig text alike. Includ the rvgs are a number of pictns of gay sex, sometim y suatns where several women are volved terurse wh a sgle man, but there also are imag of men havg sex and engagg fellat wh one another.
ISKCON PERFORMS THE FIRST HARE KRISHNA GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONY BRAZIL
Mra and VanaThe sons of Adi om Vedic lerature are picted equently as ins for brotherly affectn and timate iendship between men, acrdg to the Gay and Lbian Vaishnava Associatn. The Kama SutraWant proof to show your homophobic uncle that same-sex unns have been regnized by fah lears for thoands of years?
Tell him to grab that py of the Kama Sutra he keeps a drser drawer and read Chapter 9, which addn to offerg stctn on fellat mak clear that this skill n also be ed acceptably homosexual teractns. When we see the ntext of the current laws agast homosexualy, based on lonial laws, shows that risted sexual norms and the monly perceived genr bary. Spoken more subtly than directly, chang of sex, homoerotic enunters, and tersex or third genr characters are very often found the epics, the Puranas and regnal folklore.