RSS survey on same-sex marriage: Dangerous and misleading, say LGBTQ activists

Several LGBTQ rights activists have called the survey on samesex marriage by an RSS body dangerous and misleading and accused the organisation of spreading disinformationAccording to the survey by Samwardhini Nyas an affiliate of the Rashtra Sevika Samiti a womens organisation which parallels the RSS many doctors and allied medical professionals believe that homosexuality is a disorder and it will increase further in society if samesex marriage is legalisedSuch a study is dangerous and misleading for a society that is unaware It goes against basic dignity and amounts to defamation Who are these doctors who have respondents in the survey Their licences should be cancelledBe it The Yoga Institute which was founded in 1918 or the Indian Psychiatric Society both have maintained that homosexuality is legitimate and normal it is natural inborn and choiceless said author and advocate for equal rights Sharif Rangnekar who also point out how Hinduism is replete with references to homosexualityActivist Harish Iyer said that psychiatric bodies from across the world and India have maintained that homosexuality is not an aberration but a variation It is beyond any reasonable doubt he saidNo religion that claims to be a protector of humanity can also support this labelling of LGBTQIA individuals as deviants It is against the ethos of our nation and also against the very grain of the belief of every religion that is based on the principle of love and acceptanceAlso readHomosexuality a disorder it will further increase in society if samesex marriage is legalised RSS body surveyIf you believe that your God created all of humankind Then God made me too And standing up against LGBTQIA individuals is akin to working against the intent of your God God made me this way he saidIyer also appealed to the government to raise awareness on the issueIn keeping with the ruling on the Section 377 the governments responsibility is to create awareness to ensure more acceptance and no misinformation I would appeal to the government of the day to step in and stand against such blatant disinformation he saidQ Manivannan a queer scholar and PhD candidate University of St Andrews too refers to ancient mythology in debunking the results of the surveyThe RSS forgets when convenient that homosexuality is rife in mythology too Same sex unions of many kinds companionships and homoeroticism much like transgender themes feature in the Ramayana in the Mahabharata and the Upanishads he saidActivist and CPIM leader Subhashini Ali also attacked the survey It was idiotic unscientific inhuman she tweetedThe survey has been conducted by the Samwardhini Nyas against the backdrop of a fivejudge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud hearing arguments on a batch of pleas seeking legal sanction for samesex marriageA senior functionary of the Rashtra Sevika Samiti had said the findings of the survey are based on 318 responses collected across the country covering medical practitioners from eight different pathies of treatment from modern science to AyurvedaIn their response to the survey according to Samwardhini Nyas nearly 70 per cent of the doctors and allied medical professionals stated that homosexuality is a disorder while 83 per cent of them confirmed transmission of sexual disease in homosexual relationsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever