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Contents:
- 8 BOLLYWOOD STARS AND INDIAN CELEBRI WHO ARE GAY
- INDIAN CELEBS WHO ARE OPENLY GAY AND PROUD TO BE LGBTQIA+
- FAMO GAY MEN INDIA
- ONE GAY ARTIST VS. INDIA'S 'MORAL POLICE'
- BHUPEN KHAKHAR'S GAY PATG SOLD FOR RERD RS 22.5 CRORE
- THE SLOW EVOLUTN OF GAY CULTURE INDIA
8 BOLLYWOOD STARS AND INDIAN CELEBRI WHO ARE GAY
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He often clus himself his scen ntemplatg homosexualy. 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. 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!
INDIAN CELEBS WHO ARE OPENLY GAY AND PROUD TO BE LGBTQIA+
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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. He ntued: “There is much healg that needs to happen wh the gay muny. “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.
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Gay World India 2016, Anwh Sahoo has sce rved a name for himself as an artist, blogger, wrer, mol, actor and a TEDx speaker. Gay India 2016 and youngt wner of the pageant the untry, is an illtrator, wrer, mol and TEDx speaker.
FAMO GAY MEN INDIA
Primarily a “ncept band” who have wrten about gay relatnships (“Miss You”) and queer pri (“Head Held High”), Friends of Lger don’t shy away om soc-polil issu like the murr of Gri Lankh (“Silence”).
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ONE GAY ARTIST VS. INDIA'S 'MORAL POLICE'
Photo: Rapheal BegayEric-Pl Riege, 27, based Gallup, N. 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 ...
BHUPEN KHAKHAR'S GAY PATG SOLD FOR RERD RS 22.5 CRORE
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. Vikram, who openly intifi himself as a bi-sexual, was also ld for his opns on homosexualy Ls.
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THE SLOW EVOLUTN OF GAY CULTURE INDIA
Serichai TraipoomAfter fleeg the dangeroly homophobic ndns of her native Uganda and gag asylum the U. ” Coover has watched ics evolve om Marvel's first openly gay character, Northstar (who me out an “X-Men” ic 2012), to a vast crease LGBTQ visibily and alternativ wh the medium, which she believ is “fluenced by young queer people across the spectm. “As a gay, Asian male, I feel unrreprented, and sometim unseen, today’s art and media landspe, ” he said.
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