Thahir Mohammed Sayyed, India's official entry for Mr Gay World 2015, has pulled out om the pageant followg alleged threats of ostracism om his muny.
Contents:
- INDIA'S ENTRANT TO MR. GAY WORLD HAS QU CG THREATS TO HIS FAY
- SHOCK AS MR GAY INDIA THREATENED, FAY HIDG
- MR. GAY WORLD 2015: INDIA'S CONTTANT THAHIR MOHAMMED SAYYED FAC THREATS OF OSTRACISM; WHDRAWS OM PAGEANT
- MR GAY INDIA’S SURH RAMDAS WANTS TO BE A “VOICE FOR THE VOICELS”
- WATCH: MR GAY INDIA 2018 TALK ABOUT WNG THE TLE, HIS JOURNEY, STGGL AND MORE…
INDIA'S ENTRANT TO MR. GAY WORLD HAS QU CG THREATS TO HIS FAY
Jt six days before the arrival of the Mr Gay World 2015 legat South Ai, Mr Gay India is forced to whdraw over threats to him and his fay. * mr gay india 2015 *
Gay World pageant South Ai were left shocked and disappoted after India’s entrant to the petn pulled out due to a flurry of homophobic abe. India restated a lonial-era law agast homosexualy 2013, and recently voted favor of an unsuccsful proposal to ny benefs to gay U. “We created this event to bat homophobia, but for a legate and his fay to go through such harassment is unacceptable and we have to be sympathetic wh him, ” Eric Butter, print of Mr.
Gay World, told Indian newspaper DNA. Jt six days before the arrival of the Mr Gay World 2015 legat South Ai, history has repeated self as Mr Gay India is forced to whdraw om the petn over threats to him and his fay. The harassment and threats are remiscent of disturbg homophobic cints that took place durg the 2012 Mr Gay World petn.
India, one of the world’s largt mocraci, restated a lonial-era law banng gay sex December 2013. Gay sex is punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment unr this law. “It is unfortunate that lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) rights are not accepted everywhere the world, ” mented Coenie Kk, Managg Director Mr Gay World 2015.
SHOCK AS MR GAY INDIA THREATENED, FAY HIDG
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Eric Butter, Print of Mr Gay World, was shocked at the turn of events. “We created this event to bat homophobia, but for a legate and his fay to go through this is not acceptable and we have to be sympathetic wh him.
Mr Gay World 2015 tak place om 27 April to 3 May Knynsa and Cape Town. Gay World 2015: India's Conttant Thahir Mohammed Sayyed Whdraws Cg Threats to His FayFacebook/ WorldThahir Mohammed Sayyed, India's official entry for Mr Gay World 2015, has pulled out om the pageant followg alleged threats of ostracism om his muny. Gay World is an ternatnal pageant for gay men.
The pageant was started 2008 by Eric Butter and Dean Nelson wh a missn to empower gay men to e together and show the world that beg gay enpass a broad spectm, acrdg to the official webse.
MR. GAY WORLD 2015: INDIA'S CONTTANT THAHIR MOHAMMED SAYYED FAC THREATS OF OSTRACISM; WHDRAWS OM PAGEANT
Gay World 2015 were disappoted after Sayyed pulled out om the pageant.
MR GAY INDIA’S SURH RAMDAS WANTS TO BE A “VOICE FOR THE VOICELS”
"We created this event to bat homophobia, but for a legate and his fay to go through such harassment is unacceptable and we have to be sympathetic wh him, " Eric told DNA. Gay World is a weeklong event that will kick start on 26 April.
Mr Gay India 2019 - Surh Ramdas (Instagram).
2 m readAs someone who works wh LGBTQ+ cln the rporate space, Mr Gay India Surh Ramdas knows a thg or two about the issu facg the muny, but ’s Mr Gay World where he now wants to do more and be the “Voice for the Voicels”. Born Mumbai and raised different parts of Karnataka om the southwt area of India, the 37-year-old ially liked the ia of enterg the Mr Gay India petn bee would be a brilliant platform to reach out to more people across India. “Sendly, this is the only petn India where the creria for takg part are the followg three, intify as Gay, out to fay and sire to do somethg for the muny, ” Ramdas explaed to Gay Natn.
WATCH: MR GAY INDIA 2018 TALK ABOUT WNG THE TLE, HIS JOURNEY, STGGL AND MORE…
“So here I was at 37, dark-skned, bald, wh an average physique om South India, and my applitn was accepted for the next round, ” Ramdas mentned to Gaylaxy. Ramdas ntued through the rounds petg wrten tts, swimwear, social media, talent and fally the natnal stume before beg crowned Mr Gay India 2019.