LGBT Activist Harish Iyer on His Love for Cocks
In honour of LGBT Pride Month (June), well-known LGBT and social-justice activist Harish Iyer gushes over his love for cocks (and hens!) in a cheeky new pro-vegetarian public service announcement for PETA. Talented filmmaker Parasher Baruah shot the video, and Pradeep Pandey did Harish’s hair and makeup.
As the only Indian on the World Pride Power List 2013, Harish strives to end the mistreatment of those whom society unfairly deems “different” or “less worthy”. Whether he’s standing up for animal rights, human rights, the environment or children (he appeared on Aamir Khan’s talk show Satyamev Jayate to shed light on child sexual abuse Harish believes that it’s wrong to harm other living beings, no matter who the victim is, which is why the cheeky vegetarian is determined to cock-block the abuses inflicted on chickens and other animals killed for food.
“Cocks and chickens are amongst the most abused animals on this planet. Those used for meat are often crowded by the thousands into filthy sheds. … Those used for eggs are given a space no larger than the size of your iPad screen”, says Harish. “In the slaughterhouse, their throats are slit and their bodies are dumped into scorching hot water, often while they are still conscious.”
Billions of animals are violently killed for food each year. Abuses include cutting off part of newborn chickens’ beaks in order to prevent pecking and injecting animals with drugs to make them grow unnaturally large.
Harish advises, “If you’re like me and you love cocks and other animals, the best thing you can do for them is to leave them off your plate”.
Ditching meat is good for your health because eating vegan greatly reduces your risk of heart disease, diabetes and cancer. It’s also good for the environment since the meat industry generates a staggering 51 per cent or more of global greenhouse-gas emissions and is responsible for more water pollution than all other industrial sources combined.
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