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• MEET BENJAM DAIMARY, INDIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTOR TO BE HONOURED WH THE NATNAL AWARD
• 8 BOLLYWOOD STARS AND INDIAN CELEBRI WHO ARE GAY
• HANSAL MEHTA OPENS UP ON WHY DIDN'T ST A GAY ACTOR MORN LOVE MUMBAI'S BAAI
• GAY : MUMBAI – A LGBTQ+ TRAVEL GUI
• HANSAL MEHTA TALKS ABOUT NOT STG A GAY ACTOR FOR MORN LOVE MUMBAI
• HANSAL MEHTA ON NOT STG A GAY ACTOR MORN LOVE MUMBAI EPISO: ‘I DON’T SEE A REASON FOR BACKLASH’
• GAY DATG MUMBAI
• HANSAL MEHTA REACTS TO BACKLASH FOR NOT STG GAY ACTORS MORN LOVE MUMBAI'S BAAI
• GAY ACTOR
• HANSAL MEHTA ON NOT CASTG GAY ACTORS MORN LOVE MUMBAI: 'IF SOMEBODY IS RIGHT FOR THE CAST...'

MEET BENJAM DAIMARY, INDIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTOR TO BE HONOURED WH THE NATNAL AWARD

Daimary is India’s first gay actor to w a Natnal Award, as he bagged the jury special mentn at the 67th Natnal Film Awards on March 22, 2021. “I’m blsed to have parents and two sisters who always knew I was gay, and there wasn’t any sort of dramatic reveal.

While Dutta himself was born female but transned to male when he realised that he didn't intify wh his birth-assigned genr, Deka has seen multiple queer people his village of Bartala Nalbari unable to e out due to the heightened discrimatn agast homosexualy. Though he was immediately fired om the project, left Daimary surprised at how a person who was playg a role a film about upliftment uld be so way forwardApart om playg gay and transgenr rol, the promisg artist hop to act films that go beyond his sexualy. In a landmark lg, India’s Supreme Court crimalised homosexualy on Thursday.

8 BOLLYWOOD STARS AND INDIAN CELEBRI WHO ARE GAY

But who are India’s gay celebri? Wh gay sex only jt beg legal, will take time for the big stars India’s celebry world to e out. Here’s a list of India’s top lbian, gay, and bisexual stars.

HANSAL MEHTA OPENS UP ON WHY DIDN'T ST A GAY ACTOR MORN LOVE MUMBAI'S BAAI

Director and producer Karan Johar has never officially e out as gay.

Decrimalisg homosexualy and abolishg #Sectn377 is a huge thumbs up for humany and equal rights!

GAY : MUMBAI – A LGBTQ+ TRAVEL GUI

Award-wng filmmaker, edor and wrer Apurva Asrani, who is known workg on succsful films like Satya (1998), Shahid (2013) and CyLights (2014), is one of few openly gay men Indian cema.

He ntued: “There is much healg that needs to happen wh the gay muny. “The largt qutn, I thk, before India is not jt terms of legalisg homosexualy bisexualy or the transgenr muny, is social acceptance…there’s a great difference between the two thgs. The lear of Indian GAY MAFIA.

Homosexual, Bisexual, Gay, Bi-cur, latent Homosexual, Soap Actor, Karan Johar's special iend, you name . Sridhar Rangayan is an Indian filmmaker whose pellg films prent hard-htg social issu wh warmth, passn and humor.

HANSAL MEHTA TALKS ABOUT NOT STG A GAY ACTOR FOR MORN LOVE MUMBAI

The award wng films are at the foreont of India's emergent queer cema movement - ground-breakg a untry where homosexualy is still socially...

Unlike most homosexual kill themselfs due to prsn, this one got killed an accint.

HANSAL MEHTA ON NOT STG A GAY ACTOR MORN LOVE MUMBAI EPISO: ‘I DON’T SEE A REASON FOR BACKLASH’

The episo Baai revolv around the love story of a gay uple portrayed by Pratik Gandhi and Ranveer Brar. Though the episo was well received by the dience for s heartwarmg tale, received backlash for s stg as didn't feature anyone om the queer muny, though the plot primarily revolved around gay characters. He went on to add that Manoj Baayee who starred Aligarh (directed by Hansal Mehta) had nvcgly portrayed a gay character though he was straight, th emphasisg on the pot that hont reprentatn was what mattered to him.

But what is like to be Gay Mumbai? We learnt that followg the historic 2018 cisn to crimalise homosexualy India, the gay scene Mumbai is fact on the rise. We certaly hadn’t heard of any ht of a gay scene the lik of Jaipur, Varanasi, or even Goa!

GAY DATG MUMBAI

Asis om the gay scene, she is a paradoxil cy. You’ll fd a list of gay-iendly hotels and bars and our top tips as an LGBT uple Mumbai.

Gay : Mumbai – A LGBTQ+ Travel Gui. Thankfully, September 2018, a historic cisn, saw acts of homosexualy crimalised India.

Gay marriage and same-sex adoptn are currently unr review by the India law missn. And India even has an openly gay prce! Is Mumbai safe for Gay Travellers?

HANSAL MEHTA REACTS TO BACKLASH FOR NOT STG GAY ACTORS MORN LOVE MUMBAI'S BAAI

The gay ‘scene’, once ncealed to the unrworld, is slowly beg accepted both socially and polilly, wh regular events poppg up around the cy. Gay Bars & Events Mumbai. The legal uncertati of the past two s meant that until recently, gay bars & events Mumbai were kept hidn unrground.

While you won’t fd a thrivg gay scene like London or Bangkok, there are several LGBT centred events Mumbai. Here are some rourc that will help you plan a fun-filled gay night out the cy.

Gay Bombay: A platform created by gay men for gay men. Gay Bombay is a safe space for like-md people to nnect and share experienc. They also anise regular gay-meets and events, cludg club nights at Invcible Boudoir & Jard – Aptly anagrammed as Invcible BJ!

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It was the first event sce homosexualy got crimalised (aga! Gay-Friendly Hotels Mumbai.

HANSAL MEHTA ON NOT CASTG GAY ACTORS MORN LOVE MUMBAI: 'IF SOMEBODY IS RIGHT FOR THE CAST...'

While there are no specific gay hotels Mumbai, most will happily wele LGBT+ travellers.

The hotels, by reliable rourc, are acclaimed to be gay-iendly.