Carpet Shark 231 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 [The title is from ABC News' sidebar, and links directly to the first article below] How Australia's Justice Michael Kirby helped India's first openly gay prince combat sex banhttp://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-18/gay-sex-ban-india-prince-manvendra-michael-kirby/10221328 India's top court strikes down law against homosexual sexhttp://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-06/indias-gay-sex-ban-struck-down-by-court/10210064 Openly gay Indian prince Manvendra Singh Gohil fights to reform anti-LGBT lawhttp://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-23/openly-gay-indian-prince-calls-for-reforms-to-anti-lgbt-law/9353596 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerdfacekillah 4,618 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 i remember reading his name when i was searching once about LGBTQ+ queens and kings in history and there have been a lot since antiquity. i was shook. If you don’t have any shadows, you’re not standing in the light. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigmaunicorn 626 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 India’s LGBT community now literally has the prince on their side. way to go India!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumi 3,512 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 He was forced to marry to a woman while he was 25 and later disowned for being gay... Standing up to your family like that takes a lot of courage. I would like to know how indians feel about him. underneath the pine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigmaunicorn 626 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Just now, nerdfacekillah said: i remember reading his name when i was searching once about LGBTQ+ queens and kings in history and there have been a lot since anciety. i was shook. So many people tend to ignore or not know this. Plenty of people were open about homosexuality back then. I remember even reading something about how Chinese emperors had gay lovers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Jock 993 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 It's like 4-5months old news Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipper 13,114 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 1 minute ago, Rock Jock said: It's like 4-5months old news But this is news for many of us! I support this prince! 🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carpet Shark 231 Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 5 minutes ago, Rock Jock said: It's like 4-5months old news The first article was published today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuuri 21,636 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 I was hoping for him to be in his 20s, but slay anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerdfacekillah 4,618 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 18 minutes ago, enigmaunicorn said: Chinese emperors had gay lovers. yes emperor ai of han and his lover dong xian. this is taken from a tumblr acount: “Around 4 BC, Liu Xin, called Emperor Ai ever since taking the throne, began a relationship with Dong Xian, a minor official. Both men were married, but homosexual relationships were open secrets and generally tolerated. Liu Xin bestowed many titles upon Dong Xian, and anyone who opposed this was swiftly punished. Eventually, Dong Xian was made the commander of the imperial armed forces. He was 22 and effectively the most senior official in imperial China. Historians refer to Liu Xin and Dong Xian as “the passion of the cut sleeve”, which refers to a story wherein the couple were napping and the emperor cut off his own sleeve rather than move Dong Xian’s head and possibly disturb his slumber. Liu Xin was often ill and died in 1 BC. He ordered that Dong Xian be given the throne, but his counselors ignored that advice. Dong Xian and his wife killed themselves soon after the emperor’s death.” If you don’t have any shadows, you’re not standing in the light. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma 7,182 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 (About his mom being against what he does) "I joke that even though she's the queen, I'm the bigger queen!" slay Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionic 50,111 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 I thought India was a republic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigmaunicorn 626 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 16 minutes ago, nerdfacekillah said: yes emperor ai of han and his lover dong xian. this is taken from a tumblr acount: “Around 4 BC, Liu Xin, called Emperor Ai ever since taking the throne, began a relationship with Dong Xian, a minor official. Both men were married, but homosexual relationships were open secrets and generally tolerated. Liu Xin bestowed many titles upon Dong Xian, and anyone who opposed this was swiftly punished. Eventually, Dong Xian was made the commander of the imperial armed forces. He was 22 and effectively the most senior official in imperial China. Historians refer to Liu Xin and Dong Xian as “the passion of the cut sleeve”, which refers to a story wherein the couple were napping and the emperor cut off his own sleeve rather than move Dong Xian’s head and possibly disturb his slumber. Liu Xin was often ill and died in 1 BC. He ordered that Dong Xian be given the throne, but his counselors ignored that advice. Dong Xian and his wife killed themselves soon after the emperor’s death.” Yesssss I exactly meant this story! Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 52,844 Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 16 hours ago, Jorget said: He was forced to marry to a woman while he was 25 and later disowned for being gay... Standing up to your family like that takes a lot of courage. I would like to know how indians feel about him. He told that story on Oprah Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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