Overview
- Mohan Bhagwat said on Sunday that LGBTQ+ people "exist" in India and deserve dignity, social space and protection from ostracism.
- He told the Hyderabad event that some sexual and gender tendencies are innate and others develop later because of mindset or circumstance.
- Bhagwat invoked Hindu texts and cultural practices, citing figures such as Shikhandi and the presence of community shrines to argue for historical accommodation.
- He described marriage as a discipline that instils dharma and criticised live‑in relationships as a Western imitation that weakens responsibility.
- The remarks reinforce the RSS's long‑standing stance of social acceptance without pressing legal change, so they shape public debate but do not alter laws or government policy.