To mark Pri Month, Vogue spoke to Grav Gupta about his experience of growg up gay India the early ’90s, the challeng he faced choosg a reer he loved, and how his stggl shape his work today
Contents:
- FAMO GAY MEN INDIA
- OUT AND PROUD: FAMO INDIAN PERSONALI WHO ARE OPENLY GAY
- FAMO GAY DIGNERS WHO CHANGED HOW WE DRS
- A WORLD OF PRI: GAY DIGNERS TALK ABOUT ACCEPTANCE AND CHALLENG
- FASHN SIGNERS WHO ARE GAY?
FAMO GAY MEN INDIA
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OUT AND PROUD: FAMO INDIAN PERSONALI WHO ARE OPENLY GAY
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FAMO GAY DIGNERS WHO CHANGED HOW WE DRS
The Supreme Court’s judgement on Sectn 377 may have opened many doors for love and acceptance for homosexuals, but homosexualy is not new to Indian shor. Here we have a few openly gay personali who fought agast all odds to stand up for their inti * gay designers india *
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A WORLD OF PRI: GAY DIGNERS TALK ABOUT ACCEPTANCE AND CHALLENG
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Which famo Bollywood fashn signers are gay?
FASHN SIGNERS WHO ARE GAY?
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The Supreme Court’s judgement on Sectn 377 may have opened many doors for love and acceptance for homosexuals, but homosexualy is not new to Indian shor.