Making a Liberal Stand
Scholars believe the demonisation of LGBT people is 'un-Hindu'
http://www.guardian.co.tt/lifestyle/2015-08-26/making-liberat-stand
Bavina Sookdeo, Trinidad Guardian
Published: Wednesday, August 26, 2015
While many politicians and the main political parties have decided to shy away from LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) issues, the Centre for Indic Studies (CIS) is dealing with the issues head-on.
At a conference held at the Divali Nagar recently the position on LGBT issues based on Hindu teachings were discussed.
Dr Arvind Singh's presentation was titled LGBTH (where the 'H' stood for Hindu). Singh is the founding director of the CIS. He is also a lecturer at UWI in Electrical and Computer Engineering who has studied Sanskrit for over ten years. Singh, in his presentation highlighted the Hindu shruti-smriti paradigm of knowledge in which spirituality in the quest for the transcendent truth is not concerned in the least with gender and sexuality.
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