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Manvendra Singh Gohil: My journey has been very tough and challenging
Updated On: 10 February, 2020 07:05 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
"If sex education is not there in our country, then how are people supposed to know about homosexuality and LGTBQ," said Manvendra Singh Gohil
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Manvendra Singh Gohil
Tell us about the movie Boy Erased and how do you connect with the movie?
Boy Erased for me is a story of any individual who is gay. It talks about struggles of coming out as a gay first of all to himself/herself, then coming out to the parents and how parents react to that. In this case, especially there is a religious angle to the story and how that family is trying to pressurise their gay child for conversation therapies. How the movie relates to me is that my story is a bit similar to this where even my parents pressurised me for conversion therapies when they came to know about me being gay. I don't blame the parents also because they are only doing what they know about since they've not studied about this in their education system. Even today not many people are aware of our issues because there is no education about it. It's unfortunate coming from a country where Kamasutra was discovered, basic sex education is not taught to people.
If sex education is not there in our country, then how are people supposed to know about homosexuality and LGTBQ. Parents are naturally going to think that their children are up to something wrong. My mother is supposed to be a graduate in Psychology but in spite of that if she feels that homosexuality is a mental disorder then it is the education system which is at the fault. I came out to them through a psychiatrist, but they still didn't listen, they felt that this is a scientific advancement and there is a cure for all diseases. They went to the extent where they believed that if it can't be cured in India, then it can definitely be cured in the USA. They were ready to give me shock therapy. This is not just the story of the boy from Boy Erased or me but of any gay individual whose parents are not able to reconcile or accept the fact that their son is gay. Even if they are ready, it is the society around them, or the people around them who pressurise them saying how can you accept your child, it is a sin, he is a criminal, people will talk about it, what kind of a parent you are, why are you staying quiet, how can you allow him to be like this?
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