“Gay men do not exist in Pakistan”, claim certain psychologists.

I only wish psychologists/psychiatrists alike would stand up for the LGBT community like they are for unjust punishments against necrophiliacs. A friend of mine recently came across an article which was pretty scary, where Psychologists in Karachi University actually BELIEVED that there were NO GAY MEN IN PAKISTAN! I mean, what is the POINT of years and years of education when in the end, homophobic people are going to be hired into positions of authority to teach a homophobic society how to view and understand human behavior “objectively”?

5 Comments

December 10, 2011 · 9:42 am

5 Responses to “Gay men do not exist in Pakistan”, claim certain psychologists.

  1. Nash

    I find your posts very brave and inspiring.
    I would like to interview you, an LGBT activist, for a gay desi site called gaysifamily.com

    Let me know if that is ok wih you

  2. Thank you for reading Nash, that is most definitely okay with me. :)

  3. Nash

    Thank you Sadaf :) I hope I have the chance to meet you sometime in this lifetime :)

  4. Bravo.
    A news item titled “Policy on ‘gay rights’ not changed: FO spokesman ” published in ‘The News’ on December 11′ 2011 says that;
    “”Pakistan says that its policy on ensuring that ‘gay rights’ are ‘human rights’ have not changed and it is of the view that these ‘sensitive’ issues sometimes directly clash with people’s and countries cultural and religious ethos.

    The spokesman at the Foreign Office was asked by The News ………”"
    Read full news at http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=81726&Cat=6&dt=12%2F11%2F2011#.TusB8MNB9Js.facebook

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