Every once a while, sign (and humanarian) miracl do happen. In India this week, for example, the untry's only openly gay prce, Prce Manvendra Sgh Gohil, announced that he would be openg an LGBTQ center on the grounds of his anctral palace. SEE ALSO: LGBTI activists are reclaimg Rwanda, one neighborhood at a time “People still face a lot of prsure om their fai when they e out, beg forced to marry, or thrown out of their hom. They often have nowhere to go, no means to support themselv," Mohil told the Thomson Rters Foundatn. "I am not gog to have children, so I thought, why not e this space for a good purpose?” The Prce at Los Angel Pri June chelsea gulielmo/WireImageMohil's cisn is pecially important given his cultural ntext. In India, same-sex relatns rema illegal. Homosexualy is largely stigmatized. When Mohil first me out, people burned effigi of him his home provce. The LGBTQ populatn is further vulnerable to homelsns, and some upl have even fled the untry after beg threatened wh honor killgs. At his center, Mohil plans to offer rooms, HIV tn, and medil re, as well as votnal trag. To support all of the servic, Mohil will renovate and expand his palace Gujarat wtern India, and potentially cultivate some of his land for anic farmg. Change may be slow Mohil's provce, but at least 's g. WATCH: The history of Pri
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- INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE ENDURED YEARS OF TORTURO NVERSN THERAPY. NOW, HE'S FIGHTG TO MAKE THE PRACTICE ILLEGAL.
- GAY INDIAN PRCE THROWS OPEN PALACE DOORS TO VULNERABLE LGBT PEOPLE
- INDIA'S GAY PRCE TO OPEN HIS PALACE TO LGBTQ PEOPLE IN NEED
- INDIA'S ONLY OPENLY GAY PRCE DISCS G OUT AND TURNG HIS PK PALACE TO A CENTRE FOR AT-RISK LGBT+ PEOPLE
- INDIA'S ONLY OPENLY GAY PRCE IS BUILDG AN LGBTQ CENTER AT HIS PALACE
- INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE HAS AN IMPORTANT MSAGE ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY
- FIRST OPENLY GAY INDIAN PRCE TALKS ABOUT COMG OUT
- INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE: "I SEEK LOVE, NOT PRIVILEGE""WE ARE ALL HUMAN BEGS... WE ARE ALL EQUAL."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHMARCH 11, 2016/1:31 PMBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHMARCH 11, 2016 / 1:31 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE: \"I SEEK LOVE, NOT PRIVILEGE\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-03-11T18:31:25.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-03-11T18:31:25.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MANVENDRA SGH GOHLI MA HEADL BACK 2006 WHEN HE ME OUT AS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY INDIAN PRCE, AND NOW HE'S BACK WH A NFSNAL VIO WHERE HE OPENS UP ABOUT HIS SEXUALY AND THE FIGHT FOR GAY RIGHTS HIS HOME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHEN I WAS 12 OR 13, I REALIZED I WASN'T ATTRACTED TOWARD THE OPPOSE SEX BUT TO THE SAME SEX. THERE WAS NO TER... THERE WAS NO ONE TO TELL ME WHAT WAS," SAID GOHLI THE NEW VIO OM THE LGBT PLATFORM COME OUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GOHLI WAS DISOWNED BY HIS FAY AFTER HE PUBLICLY ME OUT, BUT SCE HAS BEE AN SPIRATN TO GAY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. HE ALSO DISCS HIS CISN TO START THE LAKSHYA TST 2000, A GROUP THAT BRGS HIV AWARENS TO GAY MEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2015 THE INDIAN SUPREME COURT VOTED TO KEEP HOMOSEXUALY ILLEGAL, BUT GOHLI REVEALS THAT HIS FAY HAS BEE MORE ACCEPTG OF HIS SEXUALY OVER THE PAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE ARE ALL HUMAN BEGS... WE ARE ALL EQUAL," SAID THE PRCE HIS POWERFUL CLOSG STATEMENT. "ALL WE WANT OR EXPECT OM SOCIETY IS LOVE. GAY RIGHTS NNOT JT BE WON THE URTROOM BUT THE HEARTS AND THE MDS OF THE PEOPLE WE LIVE WH."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H/T: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- WORLD'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE OPENS HIS PALACE DOORS TO INDIAN LGBT COMMUNY
INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE ENDURED YEARS OF TORTURO NVERSN THERAPY. NOW, HE'S FIGHTG TO MAKE THE PRACTICE ILLEGAL.
The only openly gay prce India - where same sex relatns are illegal - is throwg open his palace doors to lbians, gays, transgenr and other Indians shunned for their sexualy. * openly gay indian prince *
In 2006, Prce Manvendra Sgh Gohil me out to a lol newspaper, beg India's first openly gay prce.
GAY INDIAN PRCE THROWS OPEN PALACE DOORS TO VULNERABLE LGBT PEOPLE
‘People the muny tell me their mothers have threatened to kill themselv if they are gay. They do not want their mother to jump to a well so they are prsured to get married,’ says Prce Manvendra * openly gay indian prince *
Prce Manvendra Sgh Gohil, the 39th direct scendant of India's Gohil Raut dynasty, knew he was gay at age 12. But he uld only live his tth three s publicly me out an terview to a lol newspaper 2006, beg the first openly gay royal the untry. He was 41 at the 2018, homosexualy was illegal India, punishable unr Sectn 377, a lonial-era dranian law that mand up to life imprisonment for anyone mtg sexual acts "agast the orr of nature.
He turned the palace grounds he was once thrown out of to a shelter for the LGBTQ+ had expected the homophobic uproar. The society he grew up around was strongly nserative, and the untry he grew up didn't legally regnize gay rights. Many around him believed that homosexualy was a mental disorr.
Much of his advocy for LGBTQ+ rights ntu to primarily revolve around cimatg the stigma around homosexualy. In 2018, the year that the Supreme Court crimalized homosexualy a landmark lg, Gohil opened up a 15-acre palace grounds to build a shelter for vulnerable members of the muny.
INDIA'S GAY PRCE TO OPEN HIS PALACE TO LGBTQ PEOPLE IN NEED
* openly gay indian prince *
"They thought was impossible that I uld be gay bee my cultural upbrgg had been so rich.
INDIA'S ONLY OPENLY GAY PRCE DISCS G OUT AND TURNG HIS PK PALACE TO A CENTRE FOR AT-RISK LGBT+ PEOPLE
Manvendra Sgh Gohli ma headl back 2006 when he me out as the first openly gay Indian prce, and now he's back wh a nfsnal vio where he opens up about his sexualy and the fight for gay rights his home untry. * openly gay indian prince *
5 thgs to know about Prce Manvendra, India’s first openly gay royal. His mother publicly disowned him by placg an advert the lol paper, and took almost a for them to rencile, a natn where LGBTQ+ activists only recently prevailed havg gay sex crimalised Published: 4:00pm, 10 Mar, 2020 Updated: 4:00pm, 10 Mar, 2020 Manvendra Sgh Gohil (left) and De DeAndre Richardson, photographed durg the Hong Kong Pri Para 2018, at Victoria Park, Cseway Bay. MUMBAI (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - The only openly gay prce India - where same sex relatns are illegal - is throwg open his palace doors to lbians, gays, transgenr and other Indians shunned for their Manvendra Sgh Gohil, India's only openly gay prce, is throwg open his palace to vulnerable people of the LGBT muny his home state of Gujarat, India.
They often have nowhere to go, no means to support themselv, ” he told the Thomson Rters the prce, 52, is buildg a center for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people (LGBT) on the grounds of his anctral palace. Erstwhile royalty India are still the spotlight, many holdg posns the g out, Gohil set up the Lakshya Tst, a chary for LGBT people his nservative home state, and beme a champn for gay rights. But may also mean more people need of support, ” Gohil said he is renovatg and extendg his palace, built 1927, on the 15-acre se, stallg solar panels for power, and rervg some land for anic onle crowdfundg mpaign and donatns are fancg the center, which will be managed by his chary, he ’s high profile has helped the LGBT muny India enormoly, said Harish Iyer, a gay rights activist who hosts a rad show dited to LGBT issu.
INDIA'S ONLY OPENLY GAY PRCE IS BUILDG AN LGBTQ CENTER AT HIS PALACE
Prce Manvendra Sgh Gohil, India's first openly gay prce, his fame and stat to raise awarens for HIV advocy and LGBTQ rights. India's only openly gay prce has announced plans to open up his anctral palace to Indians who have been ostracized for their sexualy or genr inty. " Sce g out, Gohil has ma a name for himself as a gay rights advote, both India and ternatnally.
INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE HAS AN IMPORTANT MSAGE ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY
Prr to g out, Gohil created the Lakshya Tst, an anizatn focg on gay issu and sexual health Gujarat. Barely a year after the weddg she filed for divorce spe separatn beg virtually unheard of India at the time and still massively taboo many India – where sex between people of the same genr is punishable by law – the 52-year-old kept his homosexualy a secret om everyone for many years after the divorce. It was there that his psychiatrist told his parents he was gay.
If this was not bad enough the prce’s life was thrown to yet further disarray and chaos after he publicly me out as gay. Society don’t allow parents to accept , ” the prce, who is the first and only openly gay royal India, tells The Inpennt. People the muny tell me their mothers have threatened to kill themselv if they are gay.
He will n the centre wh his muny-based anisatn The Lakshya Tst which he started to support gay men and te people about the preventn of HIV/Aids. Mr Sgh, who ns a femist art gallery near Kgs Cross London lled Amar Gallery currently showg Guerrilla Girls artwork, was driven out of India at the age of jt 20 after he spoke out about supportg gay rights – though he himself is heterosexual. “It mak me so angry the police some townships are beatg gay men and people for handg out ndoms, and girls as young as four beg forced to prostutn".
FIRST OPENLY GAY INDIAN PRCE TALKS ABOUT COMG OUT
”Dpe the progrs Prce Manvendra has ma and ntu to make India, is worth rememberg that Indian law ntu to crimalise sexual acts between members of the same sex and homophobia remas eply culturally graed.
Ironilly the prce, who mpaigns for the reform of India’s anti-LGBT+ laws, says homosexual behavur is far more accepted than heterosexual behavur the untry.
INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE: "I SEEK LOVE, NOT PRIVILEGE""WE ARE ALL HUMAN BEGS... WE ARE ALL EQUAL."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHMARCH 11, 2016/1:31 PMBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHMARCH 11, 2016 / 1:31 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE: \"I SEEK LOVE, NOT PRIVILEGE\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-03-11T18:31:25.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-03-11T18:31:25.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MANVENDRA SGH GOHLI MA HEADL BACK 2006 WHEN HE ME OUT AS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY INDIAN PRCE, AND NOW HE'S BACK WH A NFSNAL VIO WHERE HE OPENS UP ABOUT HIS SEXUALY AND THE FIGHT FOR GAY RIGHTS HIS HOME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHEN I WAS 12 OR 13, I REALIZED I WASN'T ATTRACTED TOWARD THE OPPOSE SEX BUT TO THE SAME SEX. THERE WAS NO TER... THERE WAS NO ONE TO TELL ME WHAT WAS," SAID GOHLI THE NEW VIO OM THE LGBT PLATFORM COME OUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GOHLI WAS DISOWNED BY HIS FAY AFTER HE PUBLICLY ME OUT, BUT SCE HAS BEE AN SPIRATN TO GAY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. HE ALSO DISCS HIS CISN TO START THE LAKSHYA TST 2000, A GROUP THAT BRGS HIV AWARENS TO GAY MEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2015 THE INDIAN SUPREME COURT VOTED TO KEEP HOMOSEXUALY ILLEGAL, BUT GOHLI REVEALS THAT HIS FAY HAS BEE MORE ACCEPTG OF HIS SEXUALY OVER THE PAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE ARE ALL HUMAN BEGS... WE ARE ALL EQUAL," SAID THE PRCE HIS POWERFUL CLOSG STATEMENT. "ALL WE WANT OR EXPECT OM SOCIETY IS LOVE. GAY RIGHTS NNOT JT BE WON THE URTROOM BUT THE HEARTS AND THE MDS OF THE PEOPLE WE LIVE WH."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H/T: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
In India this week, for example, the untry's only openly gay prce, Prce Manvendra Sgh Gohil, announced that he would be openg an LGBTQ center on the grounds of his anctral ALSO: LGBTI activists are reclaimg Rwanda, one neighborhood at a time“People still face a lot of prsure om their fai when they e out, beg forced to marry, or thrown out of their hom. Homosexualy is largely stigmatized.
WORLD'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE OPENS HIS PALACE DOORS TO INDIAN LGBT COMMUNY
Gettyimag-488130519Manvendra Sgh Gohli is famo for beg the first gay Indian prce to e out publicly. In a new vio ma by onle LGBT rights platform Come Out Loud, Sgh ndidly speaks about gay rights and the challeng of g also: India's Supreme Court agre to start bate on crimalisg homosexualy unr Sectn 377Sgh, who was the crown prce of the royal fay of Raipla, was disowned and dishered by his parents after he me out 2006, a cisn he attribut to prsur om the nservative social environment they lived . Yet, the claratn also brought him ternatnal fame, wh Sgh appearg on BBC and The Oprah Wey Show to speak about his 2000, he started an anisatn lled The Lakshya Tst to work towards the preventn of HIV amongst gay men and now actively mpaigns for the crimalizatn of homosexualy India.
Gay rights nnot jt be won the urtroom, but also the hearts and mds of the people we live wh. Manvendra Sgh Gohil, the first openly gay Indian prce, spoke about his experience g out to himself, his fay, and the public a vio for Come Out Loud, an anizatn that aspir “to provi a platform for the LGBT muny to e together and une.
The prce works as an activist fightg to crimalize homosexualy India. At the end of the vio he says, “[Homosexualy] is nothg about beg mascule or feme … My simple msage to the society is that we are all human begs, we are all equal, and we should be treated equally wh others [and] given our rights. First Openly Gay Indian Prce on Comg Out.