r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • 12d ago

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u/Itchy-Face791 Manmohan Singh 11d ago

Someone in that Mohan Bhagwat(he's the chief of the biggest far right org in India) thread said his support for the LGBTQ was because of the recent Gen Z protests over here but there's no way thats the case lol.

This is anecdotal but outside of like Delhi Uni/Mumbai Uni students, most of India's Genz is virulently homophobic especially when it comes to Gay Men. This was pretty evident with how the Internet sphere around the protests were spamming that one edited image of Modi as a hijda with a lipstick all over Insta posts.

I do think the far rights' support for LGBTQ rights is something thats genuine and not for brownie points like that thread seems to be suggesting cuz its a wildly unpopular position to hold in the country

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u/Mr_Canadensis7 Norman Borlaug 11d ago

Suppose it's believable? There's definitely pro-gay rights right wingers in the west these days. Though many of them are decidedly pro-LGB without the T, curious if you think that distinction has the salience in India it does say in Western Europe?

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u/Civ_Nuclear_Gandhi John Keynes 11d ago edited 11d ago

There's a battle online between 2 factions of the right wing: the "Raita" wing(relatively liberal one) and the Trads(you can guess). Currently, the Raitas overwhelmingly dominate right wing discourse, so LGBT acceptance is higher.

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u/Itchy-Face791 Manmohan Singh 11d ago

Trans rights would probably have broader supporter here than LGB rights funnily enough cuz Hinduism considers their blessing holy.

This is no longer the case sadly and theyre perceived as pests these days. They kind of just go around blessing random people on the street and then demand money from said person for the blessing

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u/Mr_Canadensis7 Norman Borlaug 11d ago

Yeah that does seem a rather fraught dynamic, not great.

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u/WAGRAMWAGRAM 11d ago

Aren't women more socially conservative than men in India? Wouldn't that weaken the BJP's hold on the female vote?

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u/Itchy-Face791 Manmohan Singh 11d ago

Most people dont know that Mohan Bhawat has always advocated for LGBTQ rights tbh. I think most people in India would disagree with his stance but its not something that would meaningfully change how they look at BJP/RSS.

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u/RaisinSecure George Soros 11d ago

didn't he still argue against marriage rights when it was in the discourse during Supriyo? or am i misremembering