Being gay needs a cure as it is against Hindutva says Subramanian Swamy

NEW DELHI: On Tuesday, Subramanian Swamy, BJP MP, said that being gay is “not normal” and it is “against Hindutva” and a “medical research to see if it can be cured,” reported ANI.

“Homosexuality is not a normal thing. We cannot celebrate it. It’s against Hindutva. We should invest in medical research to see if it can be cured,” said the BJP leader.

Today, the Supreme Court is scheduled to restart hearing petitions against Section 377 of IPC(Indian Penal code) that criminalises same gender sex.

Petitions against it seek protection of the rights of LGBTQ people.

Swamy told that it would be better if the government considered having a seven or nine judge bench instead of a Constitution Bench. Swamy in 2015 called homosexuality a “genetic flaw”. This year in January the BJP leader told that the section 377 should remain so the homosexuals can be punished.

Swamy desires the LGBTQ community to do whatever they want to do “in privacy” and not “celebrate” their sexuality.

“As long as they don’t celebrate it, don’t flaunt it, don’t create gay bars to select partners it’s not a problem,” told Swamy.

Swamy further added “ In their privacy what they do, nobody can invade but if you flaunt it, it has to be punished & therefore there has to be #Section 377 of the IPC.”

Earlier in 2009, the Delhi High Court had decriminalised Section 377 but the order was set aside by the SC’s Bench.

A plea was filed by the Indian Institute of Technology’s LGBT alumni association seeking scrapping of Section 377 of the IPC. Ashok Rao Kavi of Humsafar Trust and Arif Jaffar also filed the same petition on April 27.

The apex court on April 23 sought the Centre’s reply on the plea of scrapping of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).