Sikh Parliamentarians Take Stance Agast Gay Marriage | Pluralism Project Archive

Contents:

• SHEP SGH: “I WANT TO ASSURE OTHER YOUNG QUEER SIKHS THAT ONE COULD BE GAY AND SIKH”
• GAY MARRIAGE
• SIKH PARLIAMENTARIANS TAKE STANCE AGAST GAY MARRIAGE
• WORLD SIKH GROUP AGAST GAY MARRIAGE BILL

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

He is also gay - a fact that he has kept mostly private until now.

GAY MARRIAGE

From them I have received ath threats for beg gay, I have been acced on a TV statn of beg an fil and I have even had dividuals ll me up and threaten to expose me. He wanted to tell his story on his own terms, and also to send a msage to gay Sikhs facg difficulti. "Jasvir says that the Sikh relign which he grew up wh his fay, was very foced on a central te of equaly, and says he has never felt his fah to be nflict wh his homosexualy.

SIKH PARLIAMENTARIANS TAKE STANCE AGAST GAY MARRIAGE

Though many Sikhs see thgs differently, Jasvir says he never saw any nflict the relign's teachgs and scripture between his fah and his sexual Gu Granth Sahib, the re Sikh relig text, do not refer to homosexualy at all, but do make mentn of hbands and wiv. This has allowed Sikhs on different sis of the bate to pot to scripture as backg up their own posn on homosexualy and on same-sex unns. "Sadly I know gay Sikhs who have given up their fah, or who feel their only optn was to cut their hair, and to bee ls fahful, or jt foc on their ner fah rather than spend time at the gurdwara.

WORLD SIKH GROUP AGAST GAY MARRIAGE BILL

I'm not gog to waver om my fah but I'm also not gog to be ashamed of my sexualy, " Jasvir of Jasvir's reason for speakg out is also bee he says he had never had gay Sikh role mols, particularly upl and those who nsired themselv to be relig. "When that weddg vio was leaked and malicly spread around social media, was the way one of my elrly relativ found out I was gay, " he says.