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8 BOLLYWOOD STARS AND INDIAN CELEBRI WHO ARE GAY

Karan Johar has been cricised for not settg an example for gays India. * gay rumours in bollywood *

In a landmark lg, India’s Supreme Court crimalised homosexualy on Thursday.

But who are India’s gay celebri? Wh gay sex only jt beg legal, will take time for the big stars India’s celebry world to e out.

INDIAN CELEBS WHO ARE OPENLY GAY AND PROUD TO BE LGBTQIA+

Akshay Kumar had appeared on Karan Johar's famo talk show, 'Koffee wh Karan' 2014 and had talked about the mours of him beg a gay relatnship * gay rumours in bollywood *

Here’s a list of India’s top lbian, gay, and bisexual stars. Director and producer Karan Johar has never officially e out as gay.

Decrimalisg homosexualy and abolishg #Sectn377 is a huge thumbs up for humany and equal rights!

WHY A BOLLYWOOD MEMOIR HAS KICKED UP A STORM ABOUT BEG GAY INDIA

Bollywood films have played a signifint role wing the disurse around gay rights India * gay rumours in bollywood *

Award-wng filmmaker, edor and wrer Apurva Asrani, who is known workg on succsful films like Satya (1998), Shahid (2013) and CyLights (2014), is one of few openly gay men Indian cema.

WHEN AKSHAY KUMAR ADDRSED RUMOURS OF HIM BEG IN A GAY RELATNSHIP WH SAIF ALI KHAN

Shah Rh Khan has fally addrsed some of the mors that have plagued his 20-year Hdi film reer his new terview for Cosmopolan India. In the terview, SRK spoke ndidly about the mors that say he uld be gay and the others that say he sleeps wh his female Bollywood -stars. “Kg Khan” ma […] * gay rumours in bollywood *

He ntued: “There is much healg that needs to happen wh the gay muny.

REVIEW: REEL AND THE REAL; PORTRAYAL OF GAY MEN BOLLYWOOD FILMS BY HIMADRI ROY

Well after the Indian Supreme Court judgment on Gay rights. The gay sex be legal India and many Bollywood stars and actors rejoice over that cisn. * gay rumours in bollywood *

“The largt qutn, I thk, before India is not jt terms of legalisg homosexualy bisexualy or the transgenr muny, is social acceptance…there’s a great difference between the two thgs.

The ter immediately began to pos that he was gay or otherwise queer.

"And for those of you who are cur -- I am not gay nor bisexual.

KARAN JOHAR: WHY HE WON'T SAY HE'S GAY AND WHY MOURS LKG HIM TO SHAH RH KHAN HURT

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"Unsoliced ments assumed I was gay or bisexual & urged me to e out of the closet. It's a toxic mentaly that helps to fuel homophobia among other thgs. "I even thought of the alternate scenar: What if the person qutn really was gay?

SHAH RH KHAN TALKS GAY RUMORS, SLEEPG WH BOLLYWOOD CO-STARS IN NEW INTERVIEW WH ‘COSMOPOLAN’ MAGAZE

" His pot echoed one that Shawn Mens prevly ma when he was bet by gay mors. Dpe beg the 21st century, discsns around the topic of homosexualy tend to be regrsive as many ntue to look at people wh "different" sexual orientatn as a subject of mockery.

The recent cint, where a man Delhi had to stand up for the LGBTQIA+ muny after hearg the dience crackg homophobic jok while watchg Badhaai Do, which featur a lbian uple played by Chum Darang and Bhumi READ: 'Fally My Communy Has A Film', Rajkummar Rao's Sister--Law Parnalekha Lds 'Badhaai Do'. Intertgly, Apurva Asrani, who is among the few openly gay men the dtry, opened up about his sexual orientatn back 1998.

BOLLYWOOD STARS AND INDIAN CELEBRI! WHO ARE GAY

As per reports, Vasu Primlani is among the first openly gay stand up edian. Makg her directnal but 2005 wh Amu, Shonali is known for litely tacklg subjects around sexualy and spreadg awarens about the LsInstagramShant DivgikarFrom appearg on realy shows to beg crowned Mr Gay India 2014, mol Shant Divgikar has ...

Read MoreFrom appearg on realy shows to beg crowned Mr Gay India 2014, mol Shant Divgikar has e a long way.

In an terview, the Indian novelist and poet had shared how he wish that homosexuals across the untry would be able to be open about their sexualy and e out.

BOLLYWOOD GAYS AND GAY INS

Vikram, who openly intifi himself as a bi-sexual, was also ld for his opns on homosexualy Ls. Image source, AFPImage ptn, Karan Johar is one of Bollywood's most fluential directorsBollywood director and talk show host Karan Johar's tobgraphy has kicked off a loud bate on beg gay India, wr Sudha G Tilak. Which is why I Karan Johar will not say the three words that possibly everybody knows about me, " Johar says the tle of his memoir, An Unsuable Boy, is a play on A Suable Boy, the novel by award-wng Indian thor Vikram has publicly spoken up agast a dranian Indian law that crimalis homosexualy.

However, Johar's memoir, -thored wh journalist Poonam Saxena, do not do Bollywood's buddg filmmakers, activists and Twterati have e down on him sayg he has only trivialised beg gay his films.

Image source, APImage ptn, It has never been easy to be openly gay IndiaIn rponse to the cricism Johar wr, "The reason I don't say out aloud is simply that I don't want to be alg wh the FIRs [police plats].

WHEN AKSHAY KUMAR TOLD KARAN JOHAR ABOUT ‘STUPID’ MOURS OF HIM BEG GAY: ‘HAVE YOU SEEN MY FACE?’

'Cowardly'In eply nservative India, homosexualy is a taboo and many people still regard same-sex relatnships as illegimate. However that has not migated the outpourg of anger agast of his strongt crics is Apurva Asrani, a script wrer and edor of Aligarh, a gay rights Bollywood film based on te went on social media to cricise Johar's tobgraphy and his ristance to g out, sayg that he was "appalled". Image source, AFPImage ptn, The memoir talks about Johar's iendship wh Bollywood superstar Shah Rh KhanThe book also talks about Johar's well known iendship wh Bollywood superstar Shah Rh Khan and his spats wh Bollywood's leadg 's films have been set lotns Ameri or Bra alg wh the romantic issu of the rich and the films have been cricised for stereotypg women as Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and for peddlg have often poked fun of gay characters and have ed nuendos and jok while referencg gays his films.

FABULO LIV OF BOLLYWOOD WIV: NEELAM SAYS SHE HEARD A MOUR ABOUT HER BEG GAY, REVEALS HER REACTN

'Courageo'His productn hoe may have backed many meangful films that have spoken about gay issu wh sensivy, but his own storytellg his movi and memoir is wantg, say crics. In addn to his films, Johar also hosts a hugely popular televisn chat show filled wh Bollywood's betiful people discsg their csh, urtg ntroversi, fuellg gossip and adult the show, Johar also allows gay jok, self-mockg throwaway l about his sexualy and nuendo which has irked crics for trivialisg his he also has his supporters.

GAY-MORS

He has shared his vulnerabili and fears, " wrer and publisher Shobhaa De said of, one of the clevert and most fluential Bollywood directors, isn't givg the pleasure of sayg what everyone knows, gay rights on this story.

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