“Society is really homophobic, queer phobic, transphobic, and bi-phobic. Maybe what we need is some sort of awareness… We have to move forward not backward “

In this episode we speak with Kanav a cisgender homosexual man who lives with his family in Kolkata. Kanav is talking about how different it was for him when he was studying in Canada then coming back to live in India where there is a significant amount of homophobia present among the population. His sharing with us how he came out to his family, how things are changing in India for sexual and gender minorities specially with the help of social medias and what issues you are facing living in India. Read below to hear more about him:

“Even today I have to hide my identity from certain people. I have to be very careful about who knows what about me, who I can be open to, who is safe and who is not. This is something I have been doing for as far as I can remember and I might be doing it for a long time… I have seen more people, allies talking about LGBTQ people in a positive way specially on social media. Bollywood, which is a really important media for changing social perception, has released 2 or 3 movies that talk about same sex in India which is very bold I would say. These movies are watched by millions of Indians’.