{"id":11858,"date":"2011-07-05T14:54:46","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T09:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=11858"},"modified":"2011-07-05T14:54:46","modified_gmt":"2011-07-05T09:24:46","slug":"msm-is-unnatural-ghulam-nabi-azad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/msm-is-unnatural-ghulam-nabi-azad","title":{"rendered":"MSM is unnatural: Ghulam Nabi Azad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Health-Minister-Ghulam-Nabi-Azad.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11859\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/msm-is-unnatural-ghulam-nabi-azad\/health-minister-ghulam-nabi-azad\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/Health-Minister-Ghulam-Nabi-Azad.png?fit=93%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"93,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/Health-Minister-Ghulam-Nabi-Azad.png?fit=93%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/Health-Minister-Ghulam-Nabi-Azad.png?fit=93%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11859\" title=\"Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Health-Minister-Ghulam-Nabi-Azad.png?resize=93%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"93\" height=\"144\" \/><\/a>Men having sex with men (MSM) is &#8220;unnatural&#8221;, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Monday, a comment that is likely to raise the hackles of activists who have struggled to decriminalise homosexuality.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The practice of MSM is unnatural and not good for India. We are not able to identify where it is happening as it is less reported also,&#8221; Azad said at the national convention of zila parishad chairpersons and mayors on HIV\/AIDS.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a challenge because in cases of female sex workers we can identify the community and reach out to them. 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