India’s first openly gay prce reveals how his parents sought nversn therapy to change his sexualy | The Inpennt

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• INDIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE REVEALS HOW HIS PARENTS SOUGHT NVERSN THERAPY TO CHANGE HIS SEXUALY
• TURNS OUT PRCE WAS A GAY-BASHG HOMOPHOBE
• ROYAL FAY MEMBER IS SECRETLY GAY
• PRCE: GAY IN, WHETHER HE WANTED TO BE OR NOT

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

Prce passed away on April 21, 2016, leavg behd a actured relatnship wh the gay and wir LGBTQ+ muny which had once held him so arly. Prce left fans wonrg whether he was gay or straight.

For a while Prce dodged qutns about his own inty, askg: “Am I Black or whe / Am I straight or gay? Prce’s gay bandmate claimed he told her to reject her lbian inty.

Melvo told the Tribune 2004: “He cled bee of my homosexualy and the fact I’m half-Jewish. Prce acced of homophobia after appearg to dismiss same-sex marriage 2008. Prce was acced of homophobia aga followg ments he ma to The New Yorker 2008.

TURNS OUT PRCE WAS A GAY-BASHG HOMOPHOBE

“She probably was askg him about California repealg gay marriage, and he’s had his own bad luck wh marriage. 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.

ROYAL FAY MEMBER IS SECRETLY GAY

“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. When 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.

But was Prce gay? Maybe he wasn’t so fortable wh his sexualy, after Prce gay?

PRCE: GAY IN, WHETHER HE WANTED TO BE OR NOT

Here’s what Prce told the New Yorker’s Claire Hoffman 2008 on the issue of homosexualy and God.

“When asked about his perspective on social issu—gay marriage, abortn—Prce tapped his Bible and said, ‘God me to earth and saw people stickg wherever and dog wh whatever, and he jt cleared all out. Check out for artist was fairly quiet on homosexual issu after that pot, even clg to discs matters like same-sex marriage. Then, 2013, the track ‘Da Bourgeoise’ surfaced, a track cricized for beg anti-LGBT and homophobic (specifilly reference to a lbian affair):Yterday I saw you kick’ wh another girl You was all wrapped up around her waist Last time I checked, you said you left the dirty world Well appears that wasn’t the se Hey, I see you unrver like the CIA Snatchg ltle wigs om another bouquet – that’s French I gus a man’s only good for a ray day Maybe your jt another beard lady at the baret I wish I never kissed your [sps disgt] ugh Don’t replace the memory Prce beme a Jehovah’s Wns 2001, a relign that regards homosexualy as a s.