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Contents:

• INDIAN CELEBS WHO ARE OPENLY GAY AND PROUD TO BE LGBTQIA+
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
• FAMO DIRECTOR HAS BEEN LLED AS GAY.. ?
• 8 BOLLYWOOD STARS AND INDIAN CELEBRI WHO ARE GAY
• WHY A BOLLYWOOD MEMOIR HAS KICKED UP A STORM ABOUT BEG GAY INDIA
• 8 BOLLYWOOD STARS AND INDIAN CELEBRI WHO ARE GAY
• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

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

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. 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.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY

Vikram, who openly intifi himself as a bi-sexual, was also ld for his opns on homosexualy Ls.

Famo director has been lled as Gay..!?

FAMO DIRECTOR HAS BEEN LLED AS GAY.. ?

A izen asked if you are gay or not. Gay World India back 2014—and is now natnal director of the anisatn. The mol and TV host praised the legalisatn of homosexualy India on social media.

Fashn signer and LGBT+ rights activist Wenll Rodricks has been mpaigng for the legalisatn of homosexualy for years India. The openly gay celebry add: “It is not jt the crimalisatn of an entire muny of Indians that has left one elated and a celebratory mood. The New York-based Indian filmmaker and journalist Parvez Sharma has been outspoken about gay rights his work over the years.

Sharma is known for his 2008 film A Jihad for Love—believed to be the world’s first film documentg the liv of gay and lbian mlims—and his 2017 book, tled A Sner Mec: A Gay Mlim’s Hajj of Defiance.

8 BOLLYWOOD STARS AND INDIAN CELEBRI WHO ARE GAY

Postg on Instagram on Thueasday, Sharma wrote: “Thee still qutnable #credible dia has crimalized #homosexualy.

I me out = at 19; first openly gay journo on tv; given urage by warrrs precedg me. Gay World India 2016, and went on to reprent his untry at Mr.

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

Gay World Malta, Europe, that year—makg to the top 12. In May, he posted about how he had ed this platform to discs growg up as a femme gay India. 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].

8 BOLLYWOOD STARS AND INDIAN CELEBRI WHO ARE GAY

'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.

'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.

'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

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. Cor was a gay man who never nied that he was LGBTQ+. Durg this time, he beme volved wh and engaged to stage and stume signer Doris Zkeisen for a year while livg as a gay man public.

Whale lived his life Hollywood as a gay man siarly to Cor, as an open secret that he ma no effort to hi.

While he never fully acknowledged , Cocte wrote "Le Livre Blanc" or "The Whe Paper", which many nsir a nfsn of his orientatn as a gay man, but that one thor, Rictor Norton, se as a treatise on homophobia. The Damned is possibly his bt known film and is ank s examatn of subject matter of homosexualy, ct, rape and pedophilia. The film that he ma after he disvered his orientatn and studyg film at USC was the homoerotic "Fireworks" 1947.