Blog wrten by a Gay turban wearg Sikh outlg how homosexualy and Sikhism perfectly pliment each other.
Contents:
- SHEP SGH: “I WANT TO ASSURE OTHER YOUNG QUEER SIKHS THAT ONE COULD BE GAY AND SIKH”
- HOW I LEARNED TO HAVE PRI BOTH MY SIKH & GAY INTY
- GAY SIKH
SHEP SGH: “I WANT TO ASSURE OTHER YOUNG QUEER SIKHS THAT ONE COULD BE GAY AND SIKH”
Founr of Indian e-magaze Gaylaxy explas why urage n be very fect... * sikh gay guru *
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.
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. Other gay Sikhs I met had siar experienc both wh the muny and om society at large.
HOW I LEARNED TO HAVE PRI BOTH MY SIKH & GAY INTY
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? * sikh gay guru *
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. As the edor of Gaylaxy, I me across a small number of gay Sikhs a few onle foms.
GAY SIKH
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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. Shep Sgh is the founr and edor--chief of Gaylaxy Magaze, an e-magaze wily read India and South Asia.