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Manvendra Singh Gohil

the 54-year-old Indian Prince gay Manvendra Singh Gohil joined the global calls to end conversion therapy after it became known that he became its victim. Conversion therapy, the essence of which is to change sexual orientation from homosexual (or bisexual) to heterosexual, legally in India and is widely practiced there. This experience severely traumatized Prince, and now he wants to make sure she was prohibited by law.

Gohil first Prince gay in India. He runs a charity LGBT Fund, which he finances. When he first talked about the fact that he was gay, my parents, they did not support it.

the First thing they tried to do is to remake me. They would not accept me as a gay child,

— he admitted in an interview with Forbes.

Then with their submission of the Prince was subjected to conversion therapy. Her methods are different methods, starting with prayer and ending torture. In the case of Prince was used electroshock treatment.

They tried to ask the doctors to operate on me. They took me to religious leaders to ask them to cure me,

— shared Gohil.

In his opinion, the problem lies in the fact that many Indian parents consider the LGBTQ children as socially stigmatizing in a stratified Indian society.

Indian parents are afraid of relatives and neighbors. I always say that the LGBTQ community is always easier to confess to their parents than parents to tell the world about these children,

he says.

Manvendra Singh Gohil (left)

because of the efforts of parents Gohil to change his sexual orientation, he was forced to enter into marriage in 1991, but a year later he got divorced. Now he focuses on solving problems affecting the Indian LGBTQ community. His Foundation also helps to educate and prevent HIV and AIDS among men who have sex with men, and women, who are married to them. Despite all that he went through, Gohil notes that in India, lesbians have to be much worse than gays.

women are very badly treated. I know cases when a family member rapes a girl to prove that she can have sex with men. This proves that you are a heterosexual,

he continued.