In 2013 the Indian Supreme Court reinstated a colonial law which banned gay sex. Since then he has been the best known Indian fashion designer on the horizon. He started in fashion and came up with his first collection way back in 1990. Rohit Bal is one of the most prolific fashion designers in India. He said: "Many rapes go unreported in India, and it will take years before something like corrective rape even gets talked about. Famous gay men in India: Rohit Bal's tiff with alleged ex. He said no one wanted to talk about corrective rape and his attempts he had tried reaching out to NGOs for information, only to be rebuffed. /rebates/&252ffull-stories.
The case of the teenage boy raped by his own mother was one of the many "shocking real life instances" from Bangalore that Hyderabadi filmmaker Deepthi Tadanki is dramatising in his upcoming film, Satyavati. If this girl is discovered to be in a relationship with another girl, "elders in the family believe having sex with the 'would-be', even if it's forcibly, will cure her", he added.
Mr Mogli said in some communities in South India, marriages amongst cousins are common and parents decide which relation their daughter will be married to soon after her birth. Shockingly, the parents are normally aware of the rape and have handpicked a family member, normally a cousin but also brother, father or mother, for the task. Young gay guy finds out what it’s really like to have sex when you’re older. Find Indian Teen Latest News, Videos & Pictures on Indian Teen and see latest updates, news, information from NDTV.COM. He said many victims wanted to block out memories of being attacked by a loved one so preferred to try and forget and cut off contact with their families rather than report it. "We came across such cases not because they reported the rape, but because they sought help to flee their homes." He told the Times of India: "We are sure there are many more cases, but they go unreported,
Gay sex is punishable with up to ten years in prison in India, meaning anxious families feel they have no choice but to carry out the "corrective rapes".Ī homosexual girl who was in a relationship with another woman was also raped by her cousin in a bid to cure her.Ī string of victims have sought help from the LGBT Collective in Telangana, which reported fifteen cases within the past five years.īut Vyjayanti Mogli who works in the southern Indian organisation's crisis intervention team said there were many more victims who were scared to speak out. A gay boy was raped by his own mother in a misguided attempt to cure him of homosexuality.Īn Indian LBGT organisation has warned that parents are so desperate to have straight children they are encouraging cousins, brothers and even mothers to rape their children.