Manvendra Sgh Gohil: India’s first openly gay prce was asked to unrgo ‘bra nversn surgery’; All about the heir of Maharana of Raipla

Contents:

• INDIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE REVEALS HOW HIS PARENTS SOUGHT NVERSN THERAPY TO CHANGE HIS SEXUALY
• INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE REVEALS HIS PARENTS WANTED HIM TO UNRGO BRA SURGERY
• INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE ENDURED YEARS OF TORTURO NVERSN THERAPY. NOW, HE'S FIGHTG TO MAKE THE PRACTICE ILLEGAL.
• INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE SAYS PARENTS WANTED HIM TO HAVE 'NVERSN BRA SURGERY'
• ‘PARENTS WANTED ME TO UNRGO BRA SURGERY’: INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE MANVENDRA GOHIL REVEALS
• INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE SAYS HIS PARENTS TRIED TO SUBJECT HIM TO THE 'TORTURE' OF NVERSN THERAPY TO MAKE HIM STRAIGHT
• MANVENDRA SGH GOHIL: INDIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE WAS ASKED TO UNRGO ‘BRA NVERSN SURGERY’; ALL ABOUT THE HEIR OF MAHARANA OF RAIPLA
• INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE IS WORKG TO MAKE CONVERSN THERAPY ILLEGAL
• HOW INDIA'S FIRST GAY PRCE IS SAVG LGBTQ+ YOUTH

INDIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE REVEALS HOW HIS PARENTS SOUGHT NVERSN THERAPY TO CHANGE HIS SEXUALY

Stay ahead of the trend fashn and beyond wh our ee weekly Liftyle Ed newsletterStay ahead of the trend fashn and beyond wh our ee weekly Liftyle Ed newsletter An openly gay Indian prce has revealed the oral he’s had to face ncerng his Manvendra Sgh Gohil, who is the 39th direct scendant of India’s Gohil Raut dynasty, opened up about the extreme steps his parents took orr to “nvert” him when he told them he was an terview wh Sky News, the 57-year-old prce revealed that his parents sought var methods wh the hope of fdg ways to “perform a surgery” on his bra and even subjected him to electroshock therapy.

Whether I’m a prce or not a prce, parents have no right to put their children through [this] kd of torture, ” Prce Manvendra prce claimed that his parents’ attempts were thwarted as doctors the US, where they schled the “treatment”, refed to perform the procr by statg that homosexualy is not a mental disorr.

INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE REVEALS HIS PARENTS WANTED HIM TO UNRGO BRA SURGERY

“Fortunately for me and fortunately for them, the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn had said that homosexualy is not a mental disorr, so they were not succsful, ” Prce Manvendra said. “It is a lack of tn, lack of awarens which people to be homophobic and bigoted...

”Followg his experience, Prce Manvendra iated a legal battle the Supreme Court to try to get nversn therapy banned outright by prce clared his homosexualy 2006. ”Currently, the prce is the founr of Lakshya Tst, a charable anisatn wh the aim to improve the rights of the LGBT+ muny the Supreme Court crimalised homosexualy India 2018, Prce Manvendra reportedly opened up his palace grounds to build a shelter for members of the LGBT+ his reer, he has also appeared Ted talks, an terview wh Oprah Wey, and featured on Keepg Up Wh The Kardashians.

By India Today Liftyle Dk: Prce Manvendra Sgh Gohil, India’s first openly gay prce, revealed an terview that his parents sought medil help to "nvert" him after he told them that he was probable heir of the Maharaja of Raipla Gujarat told Sky News that he felt huiated when his parents vised doctors the hope they uld perform bra surgery and electroshock therapy to make him straight.

INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE ENDURED YEARS OF TORTURO NVERSN THERAPY. NOW, HE'S FIGHTG TO MAKE THE PRACTICE ILLEGAL.

Whether I'm a prce or not a prce, parents have no right to put their children through [this] kd of torture, ” he add that their bid ultimately failed bee doctors the US, where they sought the ‘treatment’, refed to operate while mentng that homosexualy is not a mental disorr. In 2006, Prce Manvendra Sgh Gohil me out to a lol newspaper, beg India's first openly gay prce. Prce Manvendra Sgh Gohil, the 39th direct scendant of India's Gohil Raut dynasty, knew he was gay at age 12.

But he uld only live his tth three s publicly me out an terview to a lol newspaper 2006, beg the first openly gay royal the untry. He was 41 at the 2018, homosexualy was illegal India, punishable unr Sectn 377, a lonial-era dranian law that mand up to life imprisonment for anyone mtg sexual acts "agast the orr of nature.

INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE SAYS PARENTS WANTED HIM TO HAVE 'NVERSN BRA SURGERY'

He turned the palace grounds he was once thrown out of to a shelter for the LGBTQ+ had expected the homophobic uproar. The society he grew up around was strongly nserative, and the untry he grew up didn't legally regnize gay rights.

‘PARENTS WANTED ME TO UNRGO BRA SURGERY’: INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE MANVENDRA GOHIL REVEALS

Many around him believed that homosexualy was a mental disorr. Much of his advocy for LGBTQ+ rights ntu to primarily revolve around cimatg the stigma around homosexualy. In 2018, the year that the Supreme Court crimalized homosexualy a landmark lg, Gohil opened up a 15-acre palace grounds to build a shelter for vulnerable members of the muny.

INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE SAYS HIS PARENTS TRIED TO SUBJECT HIM TO THE 'TORTURE' OF NVERSN THERAPY TO MAKE HIM STRAIGHT

"They thought was impossible that I uld be gay bee my cultural upbrgg had been so rich. India's first openly gay prce has told Sky News his parents tried to make him have bra surgery to change his Manvendra Sgh Gohil said he felt huiated when his mother and father sought medil help to "nvert" him after he told them he was gay. It after a Sky News vtigatn revealed doctors India are still offerg gay nversn therapy, spe the wily discreded practice beg seen as "medil misnduct" by the natn's Gohil, the heir of the Maharaja of Raipla Gujarat, has lnched a legal battle at India's Supreme Court to try to get nversn therapy banned outright by urt is also currently nsirg a bid to legalise gay marriage the untry.

However, their bid ultimately failed bee doctors the US, where they sought the "treatment", refed to operate while potg out that homosexually is not a mental disorr.

MANVENDRA SGH GOHIL: INDIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE WAS ASKED TO UNRGO ‘BRA NVERSN SURGERY’; ALL ABOUT THE HEIR OF MAHARANA OF RAIPLA

The prce ma headl 2006 when he publicly announced he was gay, leadg to protts and effigi of him beg burnt his home state by angry Prce Gohil said he was now renciled wh his parents and was "100%" optimistic that his legal battle would succeed bee "the Indian judicial system now is que open-md" more:Protts rock Indian parliament for third day followg ethnic vlenceGlobal rice shortag feared after India bans exportsGang rape vtigated as vio shows abducted Indian women beg parad nakedHe told Sky News: "When I me out I said 'I don't blame my parents, I don't blame the people that are agast me, that hate me', I blame their ignorance on this subject. "It is a lack of tn, lack of awarens which people to be homophobic and bigoted... Manvendra Sgh Gohil, India's first openly gay prce of an erstwhile royal dynasty, revealed that his parents attempted to subject him to bra surgery an effort to alter his sexualy.

After Gohil me out as gay, he experienced huiatn as his parent sought medil terventn to “nvert” him, reported Sky News. However, their attempt failed as doctors the US, where they sought the "treatment, " refed to perform the procr, firmly statg that homosexualy is not a mental disorr. Sky News further quoted the Prce, “It is a lack of tn, lack of awarens which people to be homophobic and bigoted...

INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE IS WORKG TO MAKE CONVERSN THERAPY ILLEGAL

In 2006, the prce gaed signifint media attentn when he openly clared his homosexualy, which sparked protts and angry monstratns his home state. India’s first openly gay prce slams forced LGBTQ nversn therapy: ‘parents are lerally torturg their children’ India’s first openly gay prce has said his parents tried to make him unrgo nversn therapy. 02:03Billboard mpaign protts gay ‘nversn therapy’ ChaBillboard mpaign protts gay ‘nversn therapy’ Cha“Fortunately for me and fortunately for them the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn had said that homosexualy is not a mental disorr, so they were not succsful, ” he add.

Acrdg to his b on the webse, his sexualy was revealed to his fay 2002 after he was hospalised wh a nervo Prce Manvendra, India’s first openly gay royalWhen he beme fortable enough to speak publicly about his sexualy 2006, said his fay acced him of brgg dishonour to their clan and led to people his home state of Raipla burng his Gohil ntued to speak out about his experience, the bgraphy says. ”There have been a few signs of progrs recent years such as Ta Nadu beg the first Indian state to issue reforms agast the practice 2021, the Inpennt isn’t the first Asian public figure to she a light on issu facg the LGBTQ muny over the past The New York Tim reported, Japane pop star Shjiro Atae me out publicly at a performance Tokyo on Wednday followg a two-year Indian prce throws open his palace doors to vulnerable LGBTQ peopleSpeakg to the crowd of over 2, 000, Atae, 34, said he had stggled for years to accept himself but fally had the urage to publicly say he is “a gay man”.

HOW INDIA'S FIRST GAY PRCE IS SAVG LGBTQ+ YOUTH

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Speakg to the crowd of over 2, 000, Atae, 34, said he had stggled for years to accept himself but fally had the urage to publicly say he is "a gay man. Manvendra Sgh Gohil is India’s first openly gay prce. India's first openly gay prce - Manvendra Sgh Gohil.

Though, the US-based medil practners refed to do anythg statg that homosexualy is not a mental disorr. Prce Gohil further said that “It is a lack of tn, lack of awarens which people to be homophobic and bigoted...