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| Bob Marley |
Posted
on 17-Dec-03 06:30 AM
Lesbian couple's plea to live together
Two lesbians from Hetauda have filed an appeal to the police in Kathmandu seeking security and freedom to remain single, published reports said Wednesday.
Meera's family has been forcing her to get married to a man and was about to forcibly get her formally engaged to the man living outside Kathmandu, according to Blue Diamond Society (BDS).
The couple Radha and Meera contacted the Blue Diamond Society for help, the reports said. The BDS, as it says, is a private organisation working for the rights of homosexuals.
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| DeepBlue |
Posted
on 17-Dec-03 11:56 AM
That is interesting news.I had read about Blue Diamond Society before.The last incident I remember about lesbian marriage is from Pokhara several years ago.It had been a big thing to talk about back then.
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| dautari |
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on 17-Dec-03 04:18 PM
The day before I left for the USA in August, there was a Blue Diamond rally with a lots of gays. lesbians and transvestites. That was the first time I saw anything like that in Nepal (or anywhere else).
Personally, I have nothing against gays and lesbians. I believe everyone has the right to live his / her life as he / she pleases as long as no other person is harmed in any way. And I do respect any gay or lesbian who comes out to declare he / she is gay or lesbian.
However, my sociology professor recently told us that homosexuality no longer was a social problem and it has already been declared a medical problem with a cure. I am not so sure about that, though.
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| Qallu |
Posted
on 17-Dec-03 11:12 PM
Dautari:
If you sociology professor really did say that, I am surprised that there has not been an uproar. Are you in school in the US? What school do you go to that a professor gets aways with saying such a thing?! BYU? :)
There are those who dismiss homosexuality as a "medical" or "psychological" condition that can be "cured." It is well documented how many unwitting families who have bought into this idea have put their young homosexual children through horrible "boot" camps to cure them of the "disease." While some kids and adults are said to have "recovered" many more have come forth with storied of tremendous physical and psychological trauma and humiliation.
Whatever it is, if your professor did say something like that in class and said it without any qualifiers, he or she is irresponsible and could be hurting those students who are still in the closet.
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| baadal |
Posted
on 18-Dec-03 05:04 PM
if you have nothing against gays and lesbians and think that homosexuality is normal, then there really isn't a need to think of it as a "social problem" or worry about whether it is "cured" or not. right???
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| Vinnie |
Posted
on 18-Dec-03 10:07 PM
Dauturi, your sociology prof. must be some right wing bible thumper! What school do you go to?
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| explorer |
Posted
on 19-Dec-03 12:45 AM
Actually,it is foolish to think that homosexuality can be cured with medication. There is NO Way the homos are going to be seen as 'normal' people and get 'normal' treatment while they are still being seen as an embarrassment to the family and society, including the western society.
I think the parents in Nepal would probably hang themselves or wish that their kid was never been born if they find that their kid is a homo. I hope the nepali 'homos' who felt just bloated with so-called 'open' society that advice them to 'come out' should think twice about the consequences (their families going to face) after their 'proud' announcements. THINK TWICE.
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| baadal |
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on 19-Dec-03 08:18 AM
definitely "think" ( i don't like the connotations of think twice though) about coming out. it does have social consequences in nepal and in many other places. we have been taught to think about our families -- that is important. but, at the same time, it is also important to think of the emotional/social/physical well-being of the individual as well. i do wish we lived in a society that was much less judgemental and quick to point fingers...until then, i say, be brave, be yourself but at the same time be good/safe to yourself.
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| dautari |
Posted
on 19-Dec-03 07:18 PM
I am at SMSU in Minnesota. I am not sure about my professor's political inclinations. And there was absolutely no uproar at all. Maybe it was just because he said it a passing remark.
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