GAY MAN FORCED TO HAVE S*X WITH HIS MOTHER TO CURE HIM OF BEING HOMOS*XUAL

A gay man was forced to have S*X with his mother while lesbians are being raped by their cousins to ‘cure’ their homoS*Xuality, according to a gay rights groups in India.

‘Corrective rapes’ 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 rape 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 But in one shocking case, there are 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 raped by her cousin, while there are reports that sometimes victims’ own brothers are used to carry out the ‘corrective rape.’

The horrific crimes are so traumatising for their victims, they often go unreported, said a spokesman for the LGBT Collective told Times of India. 

The group say they have had at least 15 ‘corrective rapes’ 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 rape, 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 rape.’

‘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.

Members of the gay community have filed petitions to the top court since the 2013 ruling asking for a review on criminalising gay S*X.

Campaigners say the law is rarely used to prosecute homoS*Xual acts, but add that police do use it to harass and blackmail members of their already marginalised community.

In January this year, Indian state minister Ramesh Tawadkar sparked fury when he announced plans to open treatment centres for the LGBT community to ‘make them normal’, comparing homoS*Xuals to alcoholics.

Surveys show broad disapproval of homoS*Xuality in India, forcing many gay men and women to live double lives.

Hindu hardliners have often called same-S*X relationships a disease and a Western cultural import.

Hyderabadi filmmaker Deepthi Tadanki’s upcoming film, Satyavati, is one of the first to tackle the use of ‘corrective rape’ to ‘cure’ homoS*Xuality.

The film is based on real-life stories including the case of the young gay man being forced to have S*X with his mother. The victim refused to talk about the experience.