Advot for India's gay muni are growg numbers, but they say social stigma remas strong.
Contents:
- GROWG UP GAY: FROM ONSCREEN QUEER INS TO REAL-LIFE HERO
- FAMO GAY MEN INDIA
- 8 BOLLYWOOD STARS AND INDIAN CELEBRI WHO ARE GAY
- 7 GREATT GAY CHARACTERS IN BOLLYWOOD FILMS THAT HELPED US OPEN OUR MDS ABOUT THE COMMUNY
- INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE ENDURED YEARS OF TORTURO NVERSN THERAPY. NOW, HE'S FIGHTG TO MAKE THE PRACTICE ILLEGAL.
GROWG UP GAY: FROM ONSCREEN QUEER INS TO REAL-LIFE HERO
From Riyad Wadia to Vikram Seth, Khav Suri to Grace Banu, Akkai Padmshali to Disha Pky Shaikh: Parmh Shahani, head of the Godrej India Culture Lab and thor of Gay Bombay, reflects on the many people that have and ntue to spire him * gay heroes in india *
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.
FAMO GAY MEN INDIA
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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.
8 BOLLYWOOD STARS AND INDIAN CELEBRI WHO ARE GAY
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.
7 GREATT GAY CHARACTERS IN BOLLYWOOD FILMS THAT HELPED US OPEN OUR MDS ABOUT THE COMMUNY
Onir is one of the few openly gay film directors Bollywood, who have shown that nothg is impossible.
INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE ENDURED YEARS OF TORTURO NVERSN THERAPY. NOW, HE'S FIGHTG TO MAKE THE PRACTICE ILLEGAL.
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.