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Contents:

• YOU WILL BE SHOCKED TO KNOW THE INDIAN CRICKETERS ARE GAYS!
• FORMER NEW ZEALAND PACER HEATH DAVIS PUBLICLY COM OUT AS GAY
• HEATH DAVIS BE FIRST MALE NEW ZEALAND CRICKETER TO E OUT AS GAY
• INTERNATNAL GAY CRICKETERS को देख आप हो जायेगे हैरान
• ATRALIAN CRICKETER JAM FLKNER REVEALS HE IS GAY ON HIS 29TH BIRTHDAY

YOU WILL BE SHOCKED TO KNOW THE INDIAN CRICKETERS ARE GAYS!

But what if we assumed our fashnista Indian cricketers to be Gay! Our film world has yet to see an ‘official’ gay uple and even if there is none, here is OUR pairg that n su you bt. Virat might be a ‘relatnship’ wh Anhka Sharma but he were to be gay, we uld easily p him agast latter’s former flame, Ranveer Sgh.

Ishant Sharma – Kunal KapoorIf we are lookg for a perfect life-partner for Ishant Sharma (here gay), then our heads turn to none other than Kunal Kapoor.

And this XI all have one thg mon – they are gay.

FORMER NEW ZEALAND PACER HEATH DAVIS PUBLICLY COM OUT AS GAY

Set up 1996 wh the aim of providg an “opportuny for people to watch and play cricket irrpective of genr or sexual orientatn, ” a world where beg gay wasn’t always accepted, Grac have bee a haven for people to e to terms wh their sexualy while also allowg them to play cricket. They’ve often e om societi where is illegal to be gay and the opportuny to meet like-md dividuals is somethg that Sam Nimaiyar, who was born India, has valued immensely.

But for Chris Sherwood – the club’s prs and publicy officer – beg able to play cricket and not stand out for beg gay is one of Grac’ unique appeal. “It’s nice not to be ‘the gay one, ’” Sherwood said.

HEATH DAVIS BE FIRST MALE NEW ZEALAND CRICKETER TO E OUT AS GAY

“I always feel like if I was a straight team, ’s like ‘oh Chris, he’s the gay one’ and then I have to e out. “This is the reason ’s difficult for people to e out bee there’s all this banter about gay beg lser somehow and to sudnly go ‘that’s me, I’m gay, ’ ’s que a difficult thg to do. Modi moved om India to the UK 2004 and although he had known he was gay for the prev 18 months, he’d never had any gay relatnships.

Upon movg to London, a batn of his membership at Grac, his new gay iends and his ex-boyiend – whom he still creds for much of the posive aspects of his life – Modi cid to e out to the most important person his life – his dad. In tradnal Indian culture, where arranged marriag are often the norm, to have an openly gay relative would harm a fay’s abily to attract potentially prospero spo.

Although is timated that the law change affected 104 ln gay Indians, is still not monplace to be openly gay Indian society.

INTERNATNAL GAY CRICKETERS को देख आप हो जायेगे हैरान

Whether is bee of tradnal attus or homophobic beliefs that still permeate through the untry as a rult of relig iologi, the numbers of openly gay people India is disproportnate to the populatn of India. It’s impossible to ppot a sgular actn that will fively change the perspective of the Indian populatn of the LGBT muny, but speakg to Modi and Nimaiyar, is clear that they believe that havg famo Indian ins – whether they are sports stars or celebri other walks of life – voice their support for the LGBT muny, is somethg that uld signifintly help gay people.

However, she advised him not to e out to his brother and father bee “they would rather you be a rapist or murrer than gay. And isn’t jt the ethnic ntgent of the club who have had to al wh homophobic abe durg their liv.

There is nothg wrong wh beg gay. ” Not only was Root standg up on behalf of all gay cricket players, but subsequently srg a century after makg the ment, he did what the members at Grac’ have learnt to do – let the cricket do the talkg. Sky Sports is givg athlet, ach and others sport who are lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr the opportuny to share their experienc, discs the challeng they face, and give their views on the progrs that's beg ma on cln.

ATRALIAN CRICKETER JAM FLKNER REVEALS HE IS GAY ON HIS 29TH BIRTHDAY

The Grac muny has enuraged me to be myself, as a gay man of Indian orig. Chris Gayle was smashg six around - he's my idol. But I knew that I had to accept I was gay.

I had a boyiend by that time, and although he wasn't to sports himself, he had heard about this gay cricket club lled Grac. It's the bt club I've ever played Grac muny has enuraged me to be myself, as a gay man of Indian orig.

Young gay men and women many parts of Asia are still the closet bee lots of untri, homosexualy is still illegal. More visible support for the LGBT muny sport would make a huge difference, particularly as far as cricket is ncerned on the are begng to change India now, sce the anti-gay law Sectn 377 was repealed last year - that was a signifint moment for lns of people. But the society and culture means a lot of gay people still live fear, and their fay suatns are very difficult.