I Was An Officer In The Indian Army, I'm Gay And Very Proud

Contents:

• I WAS AN OFFICER IN THE INDIAN ARMY, I'M GAY AND VERY PROUD
• WHEN IAS HBAND’S SEXUALY MA INDIA’S ‘HUMAN COMPUTER’ FIGHT FOR GAY RIGHTS
• LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
• INDIA INC’S ‘CLOSET CEILG’: MOST GAY PEOPLE LEADG DUAL LIV

I WAS AN OFFICER IN THE INDIAN ARMY, I'M GAY AND VERY PROUD

The urt had never regnised same-sex marriage as a ponent of the fundamental right to life and digny unr Article 21 of the Constutn, spe crimalisg homosexualy.

While Shakuntala Devi’s extraordary abily to solve plited arhmetil problems wh apparent ease and astonishg speed astound the world, we are equally awe of how and why she led a fight agast the crimalisatn of homosexualy. One would prume that the realisatn that she had married a gay man would have turned her world upsi down.

WHEN IAS HBAND’S SEXUALY MA INDIA’S ‘HUMAN COMPUTER’ FIGHT FOR GAY RIGHTS

It probably was a ep shock, but Shakuntala rose above and ma a genue effort to study the plight of the gay muny India. While still married to Bannerji, she started speakg to members of the gay muny still ‘ the closet’, same-sex upl livg abroad and India. Compilg her rearch and terviews her book, ‘The World of Homosexuals, ’ she tried to brg their stggl to the notice of the mastream.

Today, the book is also nsired to be one of the first prehensive studi of beg gay India, makg Shakuntala Devi revered as an early pneer morn India’s fight for gay rights. “My only qualifitn for wrg this book is that I am a human beg, ” she had documented, llg for “full and plete acceptance, not jt tolerance and sympathy” for those who intify as gay.

LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE

“This nceptn of homosexualy as a ‘ndn’ and the behavur supports merely operat as a form of social ntrol a society which homosexualy is nmned… The time is overdue now, when rather than pretendg that homosexuals don’t exist, or hopg to eradite them by the sheer weight of disapproval or prison sentenc, we face the facts squarely the eye and fd room for them so that they n live unfettered and unmolted, and make their ntributn to the mon good of muny. While Shakuntala Devi is renowned across the world for her numeril prows, we firmly believe that her story of g to terms wh her hband’s closeted sexualy and beg a csar for gay rights serv to be highlighted and appreciated so much more. (Eded by Gayatri Mishra).

INDIA INC’S ‘CLOSET CEILG’: MOST GAY PEOPLE LEADG DUAL LIV

In a siar ve, I don't see my future workplace (or even India self) beg a place where openly gay folks n live a life ee of harassment and csant quiry.