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.
