Azad On Homosexuality

• 'Get well soon' say gays and lesbians to Ghulam Nabi on Facebook

  Livid with Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad for his discriminatory remarks on gays, the Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community has waged a virtual war against him, with some wishing the Congress leader 'Get well soon Mamu!!!' Munnabhai MBBS-style on Facebook.Three girls Elakshi Kumar, Shalini Krishan and Rituparna Borah ...

• Ghulam Nabi Azad offers clarification on homophobic remarks

  Perhaps one of the biggest talking points today were Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's extraordinary words where at a HIV seminar he implied that homosexuality was a disease, and that gay sex was unnatural. Today, he clarified his words saying he had been misquoted."I am sorry if I have hurt feelings of any section of the society. During my speech...

• Homosexuality no disease, India must include MSM: UNAIDS

  Homosexuality is not a disease and there is no place for discrimination on the basis of a person's sexual orientation, UNAIDS emphasised on Tuesday, a day after Indian Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said men having sex with men (MSM) is a "disease" and "unnatural". (Read: Ghulam Nabi Azad's comments on MSM)"India's rich tradition of inclusivity a...