An IIT Bombay report shows 2 out of 5 students on campus have cure for homosexuality, they think it's a disease
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A report published in Insight - student media body-led magazine of IIT Bombay shockingly reveals that considerable number of students do not have positive views on homosexuality . Students fret at the thought of having to share rooms with a lesbian, gay or transgender.
What's more - the report says 38 percent of the students — or almost two out of every five students — think that homosexuality is a disease which can be 'cured' by a remedy. "Even in institutions of science and technology, people — although not many — still believe in this medication theory," says the report.
While 23 percent students believe that few members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community have exploited their sexuality simply to get famous, 7 percent say believe homosexuality is against religion.
A majority of the students believe the LGBTQ members must fight for their rights, however, few students are themselves willing to help the students or fight homophobia. Around 46 percent of the respondents also said that they will be "strongly uncomfortable" having LGBTQ members as roommates.
"While most of us are clearly empathetic of the LGBTQ movement and individuals in general, we aren’t yet as comfortable with the concept that we can share a room with a person of a different sexual orientation," the report says.
The findings of the survey conducted online with about 600 students on the campus have been published in the latest edition of the campus magazine.
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What's more - the report says 38 percent of the students — or almost two out of every five students — think that homosexuality is a disease which can be 'cured' by a remedy. "Even in institutions of science and technology, people — although not many — still believe in this medication theory," says the report.
While 23 percent students believe that few members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community have exploited their sexuality simply to get famous, 7 percent say believe homosexuality is against religion.
A majority of the students believe the LGBTQ members must fight for their rights, however, few students are themselves willing to help the students or fight homophobia. Around 46 percent of the respondents also said that they will be "strongly uncomfortable" having LGBTQ members as roommates.
"While most of us are clearly empathetic of the LGBTQ movement and individuals in general, we aren’t yet as comfortable with the concept that we can share a room with a person of a different sexual orientation," the report says.
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