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"Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil, the 39th direct descendant of India's Gohil
Rajput dynasty, knew he was gay at age 12. But he could only live his truth
three decades later.
Gohil publicly came out in an interview to a local newspaper in 2006, becoming
the first openly gay royal in the country. He was 41 at the time.
Until 2018, homosexuality was illegal in India, punishable under Section 377, a
colonial-era draconian law that demanded up to life imprisonment for anyone
committing sexual acts "against the order of nature." Naturally, Gohil's public
unmasking triggered a nation-wide scandal. The entire town of Rajpipla — a
formerly princely state located in the western state of Gujarat where his
ancestors were kings — turned on him."
Via Susan ****
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