Vijay Nagaswami's Deposition, Chennai Panchayat, Resisting Stigma and Homophobia
Director: Jeevanandhan Rajendran
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Summary: People’s Panchayats on Resisting Stigma and Homophobia; Action Plus - a Coalition for Rights, Education and Care in HIV and AIDS. Vijay Nagaswami, an expert testifier at the Chennai Panchayat, shares some of his thoughts on the Panch's proceedings. He insists that homophobia can only be conquered through an increased awareness of LGBT people and the issues that they face. To this end, speaking in English and Tamil, he shares some of his ideas for creating a more aware, more tolerant society.
Chennai
People's Panchayats on Resisting Stigma and Homophobia; Action Plus - a Coalition for Rights, Education and Care in HIV and AIDS. Vijay Nagaswami, an expert testifier at the Chennai Panchayat, shares some of his thoughts on the Panch's proceedings. He insists that homophobia can only be conquered through an increased awareness of LGBT people and the issues that they face. To this end, speaking in English and Tamil, he shares some of his ideas for creating a more aware, more tolerant society.
What I wanted to say he only said. You asked the question. That questions answer what I had to say is already said. Now mainly what I am going to say, from the start the topic today is homophobia, why are we keeping aside the homosexuals, gays and LPGT committee. Why are you hesitating when you see them? Because of what reason there is a fear? Because of what there is anger? Like I said in the start this is those who don't know anything, they have this feelings and fears. For the fear not to come there is one way that we must create awareness. In this type of meeting means if you see this meeting, it is like preaching to the converted. That is calling the homophobic people, for them if this type of meeting is running then they have the expectation to change their mind. We all over here, whatever you ask, they people who are here, no one is homophobic. If they are, they would not have come over here. What is our next challenge is how to attract homophobic people for such meetings, how we can give these messages to them, if we tackle this our attitudes are going to change. We can talk of section 377, the gay problems, gay rights, gay pride parade, we can speak about all that but we are speaking within ourselves. We are speaking within ourselves, in the start they kept a mime .I thought it was a beautiful mime. In the same way what mime has happened, with the street theatres and mimes we can change their mind.
In the TV advertisements have to come. In the elections how many public sector advertisements are coming? In the same way for our sexual attitudes some small advertisements should come. If we try to change our minds then we will be able to tackle homophobia. Social responsibility which he said is truly a valuable point that is if we want to change someone else's mind if we act with responsibility somebody's mind is going to change. If we approach in anger, if we approach with irritation, the same kind of reaction will come from them.
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In our state if you see there is a lot of hypocrisy. I think Kalki said in the morning they will do mischief and in the evening they will come to do sex. So when that kind of hypocrisy is there, to change their minds is very difficult but in the same time we should look for icons. If you ask about those three, they are all icons today. with these type of icons we have to promote the idea. Other people through then like Narayan said when they are successful, why can't you be successful? Through them we have to actively promote them to other people. If we do this kind of promotion, homophobia will definitely become less. From America one doctor spoke, what did he say, in their area also lot of homophobia is there. This is not only our area problem. In all areas it is there. so how should we tackle this problem.
1) The first problem is a religious problem that is in religion what they are saying this is morally wrong. This is against the order of nature, that is only the section 377 keywords. What is this nature, many people are thinking that what id gayness coming? Because in their life one incidence happened, that is why their minds changed. Like this people are there, no one is willing to take it. so we must, for instance I wrote one article in the Hindu about gayness. That is how the gay people are suffering. I got 1000 emails. From whom did it come? Not from the general public, it came from all the gay people. So one article or one tv advertisement, with this we cannot change anyone's mind. From this gay people what kind of response came is I am also a gay but I cannot live as a gay, please help me to change. They want to live as a gay is there in their inner minds. But in this society they cannot live one fear, they cannot live one conclusion they have made. Because of that, please change me somehow, they are begging. These kind of people how can we reach out. You are outed like you many people have not come out in the open. In the same way many people must come and one day about homosexuality whether it is abnormal or normal that question should not come? Homophobia is only abnormal, we should say in circumstances. That will come in my life I did not expect. Very thank you.
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homosexuality
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people's panchayats on resisting stigma and homophobia
street theater
tolerance
Chennai
People's Panchayats on Resisting Stigma and Homophobia; Action Plus - a Coalition for Rights, Education and Care in HIV and AIDS. Vijay Nagaswami, an expert testifier at the Chennai Panchayat, shares some of his thoughts on the Panch's proceedings. He insists that homophobia can only be conquered through an increased awareness of LGBT people and the issues that they face. To this end, speaking in English and Tamil, he shares some of his ideas for creating a more aware, more tolerant society.
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