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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+
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JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
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.
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FAMO DIRECTOR HAS BEEN LLED AS GAY.. ?
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8 BOLLYWOOD STARS AND INDIAN CELEBRI WHO ARE GAY
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. Postg on Instagram on Thueasday, Sharma wrote: “Thee still qutnable #credible dia has crimalized #homosexualy.
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WHY A BOLLYWOOD MEMOIR HAS KICKED UP A STORM ABOUT BEG GAY INDIA
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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]. 'Cowardly'In eply nservative India, homosexualy is a taboo and many people still regard same-sex relatnships as illegimate.
8 BOLLYWOOD STARS AND INDIAN CELEBRI WHO ARE GAY
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.
'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
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.
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+.