Founr of Indian e-magaze Gaylaxy explas why urage n be very fect...
Contents:
- SHEP SGH: “I WANT TO ASSURE OTHER YOUNG QUEER SIKHS THAT ONE COULD BE GAY AND SIKH”
- GAY SIKH
- GAY "SIS": HOW LANGUAGE FRE US TO BE OURSELV
- BEG SIKH, GAY AND GROWG UP NEW YORK
SHEP SGH: “I WANT TO ASSURE OTHER YOUNG QUEER SIKHS THAT ONE COULD BE GAY AND SIKH”
* gay siks *
It is also a fah where, for a long time, no large-sle discsns around the topic of homosexualy have taken place wh the muny (for good or bad). I was Sikh, and later I realized I was gay, and both of the were part of me, and I did not thk beg one meant givg up on the other. But as I started unrstandg my sexualy more, beme part of var onle queer groups and muni, and joed some of the gay datg webs, I started yearng to see gay men who looked like me – wh a turban and beard.
GAY SIKH
Unfortunately for you and our other LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr) brothers and sisters, you are born to one of the most hetero-male domated culture ever. And we thought our liv as straight men or women were tough? * gay siks *
Many profil on gay datg s also mentned “No Sikhs, ” or “No Sardars” [Ed: another term for Sikhs]. Instead of the clean-shaved look that most gay men seemed to have and prefer, my turban and facial hair (along wh the texts the datg s) sowed a doubt my md that no one would ever want to date me, g to a lot of body-image issu that took a while to go. But spe not beg relig myself, my experienc as a gay man were startg to get shaped bee of my relig inty.
As a 22 year old, I lnched a LGBT e-magaze lled Gaylaxy 2010 to provi a platform for the muny to nnect wh each other. I wanted to assure other young queer Sikhs that one uld be gay and Sikh, and live their life openly.
” Generatg a lot of discsn some Sikh foms onle, I felt empowered to eventually follow up wh an article challengg the homophobia shown by SGPC (the body regulatg Gudwaras India). “At the Delhi Queer Pri 2017, I amplified the msage around my tersectnal inty when along wh the rabow turban, I rried a poster by the group Sarbat that read 'Some Sikhs are gay. For a fah which has always advoted equaly and stood up for the opprsed, but where s texts are silent on the issue of homosexualy, we need to open up nversatns wh the Sikh fah to safeguard s re and ensure that we do not let homophobia w.
GAY "SIS": HOW LANGUAGE FRE US TO BE OURSELV
Blog wrten by a Gay turban wearg Sikh outlg how homosexualy and Sikhism perfectly pliment each other. * gay siks *
Shep Sgh is the founr and edor--chief of Gaylaxy Magaze, an e-magaze wily read India and South Asia. He ntributed the chapter on Sikhism and homosexualy the book I Am Dive So Are You about Karmic fahs and sexualy and has pleted a documentary on LGBT Sikhs, Sab Rab De Ban (We Are All God’s Children).
Navigatg this homophobic world as a gay or lbian is a ballpark we haven’t even begun to regnize. Please shed some light on how to ask a gay guy out, there are many gay Sikhs around, our life is a hell! Unfortunately for you and our other LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr) brothers and sisters, you are born to one of the most hetero-male domated culture ever.
BEG SIKH, GAY AND GROWG UP NEW YORK
Jasvir Sgh is a proment Sikh voice the UK. He is also gay, and se no nflict between his sexualy and relign. * gay siks *
Amidst the Humve and ttosterone filled bhangra petns, ’s impossible to fd gay love (or any kd for that matter). If this is the se for hetrosexuals, then one n jt image how difficult mt be to date as a homosexual an already extremely small muny.
Once you have a strong base of people who know, ask them to keep an eye out for other gay Sikhs. But if your iends know you’re gay and ’s not a secret, people will eventually trickle your way. 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.