8 Bollywood stars and Indian celebri who are gay | PkNews

Contents:

• INDIAN CELEBS WHO ARE OPENLY GAY AND PROUD TO BE LGBTQIA+
• 8 BOLLYWOOD STARS AND INDIAN CELEBRI WHO ARE GAY
• FAMO GAY MEN INDIA
• OUT AND PROUD: FAMO INDIAN PERSONALI WHO ARE OPENLY GAY
• 30 FAMO GAY PEOPLE WHO CHANGED THE WORLD
• ‘THERE ARE FEW GAY PEOPLE INDIA’: STIGMA LGERS SPE LEGAL VICTORY

INDIAN CELEBS WHO ARE OPENLY GAY AND PROUD TO BE LGBTQIA+

Dpe beg the 21st century, discsns around the topic of homosexualy tend to be regrsive as many ntue to look at people wh "different" sexual orientatn as a subject of mockery. The recent cint, where a man Delhi had to stand up for the LGBTQIA+ muny after hearg the dience crackg homophobic jok while watchg Badhaai Do, which featur a lbian uple played by Chum Darang and Bhumi READ: 'Fally My Communy Has A Film', Rajkummar Rao's Sister--Law Parnalekha Lds 'Badhaai Do'.

8 BOLLYWOOD STARS AND INDIAN CELEBRI WHO ARE GAY

Intertgly, Apurva Asrani, who is among the few openly gay men the dtry, opened up about his sexual orientatn back 1998. As per reports, Vasu Primlani is among the first openly gay stand up edian. Makg her directnal but 2005 wh Amu, Shonali is known for litely tacklg subjects around sexualy and spreadg awarens about the LsInstagramShant DivgikarFrom appearg on realy shows to beg crowned Mr Gay India 2014, mol Shant Divgikar has ...

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FAMO GAY MEN INDIA

In an terview, the Indian novelist and poet had shared how he wish that homosexuals across the untry would be able to be open about their sexualy and e out. Vikram, who openly intifi himself as a bi-sexual, was also ld for his opns on homosexualy Ls. Menaka played a very important part the crimalisatn of sectn 377 that prohibed homosexual relatnships.

He was one of the petners who got homosualy crimalised 2018.

OUT AND PROUD: FAMO INDIAN PERSONALI WHO ARE OPENLY GAY

Parmh Shahani Parmh is the head of Godrej India Culture Lab and an thor who has wrten two books Queeristan: LGBTQ Incln the Indian Workplace and Gay Bombay.

Harish is one of the strongt voic pchg for equal rights India has featured many shows, cludg Ellt Page’s Gaytn.

30 FAMO GAY PEOPLE WHO CHANGED THE WORLD

One of the openly gay personali India, the 61-year-old Padma Shri recipient has penned down a heartfelt poem exprsg his anguish over the recent verdict of crimalizg gay sex tled ‘Through love’s great power’. His mother, Jtice Leila has been openly supportive of him and has been a strong supporter of the gay rights movement. Like a te royal who dit himself to the muny, Manvendra Sgh Gohil has been actively volved raisg awarens towards homosexualy and the implitns of AIDS sce the day he me out public, ten years ago.

That didn’t stop the Prce and he set up his own chary lled Lakshya Foundatn that works wh homosexual men and the transgenr muny to promote safer sexual practic, spe often facg hdranc om the police. A Journalist and one of the most proment LGBT rights activists India, Kavi is the founr and chairperson of the Humsafar Tst and has been one of the first people to openly talk about homosexualy and gay rights the untry. Born 1947, Kavi had dropped out of an engeerg llege, unable to al wh the reactns to his homosexualy.

‘THERE ARE FEW GAY PEOPLE INDIA’: STIGMA LGERS SPE LEGAL VICTORY

Fortunately he was enuraged by a senr monk to eely explore and exprs his homosexualy and he left the monastery and went on to study at the Internatnal School of Journalism, ‘g-out’ terview ma headl after appearg Savvy magaze 1986.

In 1990, he found Bombay Dost, India’s first gay magaze. His anisatn ntu to mobilise legal emancipatn of homosexualy India, bis nng several terventn programm for HIV/AIDS and sexually transmted fectns Mumbai and Goa.

Onir is one of the few openly gay film directors Bollywood, who have shown that nothg is impossible.