A gay man was forced to have s*x with his
mother while lesbians are being defiled by their cousins to ‘cure’ their
homosexuality, according to a gay rights groups in India. ‘Corrective
r*pes’ are said to be carried out by the victim’s own family members in a
desperate bid for ‘straight’ children. The parents will arrange the
r*pe and handpick a relative – usually a cousin – to carry out the
heinous act, claim the crisis intervention team of LGBT Collective in
Telangana, southern India. Scoop has more:
But in one shocking case, there were reports of family members in
Bangalore forcing a gay boy to have s*x with his mother to ‘cure’
him. In another, a young lesbian was defiled by her cousin, while there
are further reports that sometimes victims’ own brothers are used to
carry out the ‘corrective r*pe.’ The horrific crimes are
so traumatising for their victims, they often go unreported, a spokesman for the LGBT Collective told Times of India. The
group say they have had at least 15 ‘corrective r*pes’ reported to them
in the last five years. ‘We are sure there are many more cases, but
they go unreported, says Vyjayanti Mogli, a member of crisis
intervention.
‘We came across such cases not because
they reported the r*pe, but because they sought help to flee their
homes.’ ‘It’s usually a cousin who’s roped in for this ‘project’. Mr
Mogli added that in many cases in southern India, a girl may have been
promised to one of her cousins at birth so it is her betrothed that is
brought in to carry out the ‘corrective r*pe.’ ‘If it is found out that
she is in a relationship with another girl, elders in the family believe
having s*x with the ‘would-be’, even if it’s forcibly, will cure her,’
he told Times of India.
India’s Supreme Court reimposed a ban on
gay s*x in late 2013, ruling that responsibility for changing the 1861
law rested with lawmakers and not judges. Gay s*x had been effectively
legalised in 2009 when the Delhi High Court ruled that banning ‘carnal
intercourse against the order of nature’ was a violation of fundamental
rights. Anyone found breaking the laws can face up to ten years in jail. TO BE THE 1ST TO GET ALL THE LATEST UPDATES DIRECTLY ON YOUR BBM CLICK HERE TO JOIN TRENDYNAIJA BBM CHANNEL NOW
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