ONE TIGHT SLAP!

ONE TIGHT SLAP!

I'm still giggling at that photo!.

Should same sex relations be considered illegal?

73% feel homosexuality should be considered illegal

17% want homosexuality to be legalised

10% have no opinion on the issue

Is the attraction towards a member
of the same sex unnatural?

77% or 3/4ths of the respondents consider attraction towards the same sex unnatural

23% are of the view that it is natural to be attracted to the same sex

Is being gay or lesbian a disease?

60% or 6 out of 10 feel homosexuality is a disease

38% feel homosexuality is not a disease

If homosexuality is a disease, can it be cured?

62% of those who feel homosexuality is disease feel it can be cured

18% of those who feel homosexuality is a disease feel it cannot be cured

20% can't say or don't know

Is homosexuality against Indian culture?

83% or 4 out of 5 feel that being gay or lesbian is against Indian culture

11% feel that homosexuality does not threaten Indian culture

6% don't know or can't say

Do you have a gay or lesbian friend?

94% or 9 out 10 do not have a homosexual friend

Only 6% said they have a homosexual friend

HJS, could you provide a source and more information on your statistics and the nature of this poll, instead of posting a bunch of seemingly random numbers with no foundation? After all, they say 63% of statistics are made up on the spot. ;)

HJS, seconding the request for citation. Some of my own facts:

10% of the population is thought to be gay (Kinsey, 1948)

Being gay is not a disease, nor a mental illness as major scientific and psychological associations agree

Same sex attraction is completely natural, just ask my girlfriend ;) (By the way, people used to say that interracial attraction was unnatural)

Lesbian, gay and bisexual youth are at a four times higher risk for suicide than their straight peers. (US Dept of Health and Human Services)

100% of LGBT desis want and deserve the respect of their own community

Please ignore comments without citation. I can make up numbers too :)

awwwww mario :)

After all, they say 63% of statistics are made up on the spot. ;)

And a further 83.6% of those are contested, while 16.3% are not (numbers to not add up to 100% due to rounding).

Ha - totally reminds me of Sex Panther cologne from Anchorman:

"They've done studies, you know. 60% of the time, it works every time."

Members of SALGA (the South Asian Lesbian and Gay Association) and allies met at Starbucks before today’s India Day Parade to create signs

vot a protest.

Ma - "ai salga kee honda hai?"
Pa - "o yaad ai tennu. bantu te satish saath rainde see pind ich."
Ma - "oh o"
Pa - "bas ohee"
Ma - "becharey dee butthee tey dekho. ennoo kudi kiddan milnee san"
Pa - "Aho. Limca phadayeen"

Translation: Ma and Pa discuss the impact of salga on the desi community and what it means to them. they are now illuminated.

Amitab(#5) is not ME, the guy who has been commenting here for a long time now. Just saying.

These same Indians who have problems with "The Gay" need to look at the last century of our cinema, with those rich
and colorful costumes, opulent sets and insane choreography on display in every fillum.

Forgot to append the ironic / sarcastic :)

This in no way speaks of my opinion on this issue. I just read it on Indian news channel. It just shows that Indian society is deeply conservative.

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/state-of-the-nation-indians-think-being-gay-is-sick/98975-19.html

right. in a foreign land, where you guys are still quite considered outsiders, go about publicizing the ills of your motherland. Will earn you plenty of respect. Plenty indeed.

criticizing edison from manhattan is indeed problematic.

Hey, we all have some fight/issue/etc. w/ the desi community! I have several, such as parents no allowing teens (from same background) date each other. Another is the double standard w/ divorce (I know several wonderful divorced women who are having VERY hard time meeting men for remarriage). I could go on...

We shouldn't put let gay desis get treated differently, b/c they're also part of us. If desis (Muslims, Hindus, Christians) could ALL get together, we could make some difference in the US. We could make our mark in politics, perhaps.

Only 6% said they have a homosexual friend

I like this one. It means that even the most homphobic comment will acknowledge that at least 60-70 million people in India alone are affected by this issue. This is probably larger than the population of Britain! And that's not even counting people who don't know they have LGBT friends.

btw, which definition of 'friend' are we using here :)

It means that even the most homphobic comment will acknowledge that at least 60-70 million people in India alone are affected by this issue. This is probably larger than the population of Britain! And that's not even counting people who don't know they have LGBT friends.

He's very social.

I know several wonderful divorced women who are having VERY hard time meeting men for remarriage

We shouldn't put let gay desis get treated differently

The contempt for DBDs does not win friends - uncles and aunties just get more entrenched in their disgust and disdain for LGBT. Many DBDs work on a dont ask dont tell policy -

In any case does sec 377 have to do with Desis in the USA ?

80% of me is convinced there is a current , post-Proposition 8 (CA) rise in the kind of incidents we saw at India Day (NYC): boldly, exclusionary acts of anti-lesbian/gay discrimination. 70% of me was still so happy to be there, and witness the turnout, the Desi pride, the spectrum of our NYC based diaspora. 100% of this Desi blogger appreciates the link Sepia Mutiny.

Roopa,
The good news is that bias against LGBT's is doomed--look at how far the US has come since the 80's, plus the recent legal developments in India, etc., etc. It may take a little time, yes, but in terms of how long it took to eradicate (most of, sure not all) racial discrimination (centuries. . . ), we're movin' fast now!

the pics indicate that SALGA is mostly second gens

Not sure you can tell where a person is from just by looking at pics. Trikone, here in the bay area has a good representation of DBDs, and thats not just from looking at them :). Speaking of Trikone, they had a presence at the Fremont India day celebrations and were warmly accommodated, including the DBDs in attendance.

I was there, saw the protestors. From the minute or so I stopped to watch the spectacle, it seemed like most Desi bystanders were chuckling/smiling at the group's chanting of "Gay Indians are Indians too," and "Hai hai FIA" with hijra style claps (I didn't see that personally but that's what my friend claimed she saw), along with other "flamboyant" hand gestures and the gay fashion many were sporting.

I think most desi's, if they aren't offended by LBGT people, enjoy them more for tamasha purposes a la Dostana.