How the world's first openly gay prince is fighting for LGBT rights in India

May 13, 2015 02:01

In 2006, the Crown Prince of one of India's oldest royal families made a public announcement that made headlines around the world: the 40-year-old formerly married Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil was actually gay.

This announcement made Prince Manvendra the world's only openly gay prince -- and it also outraged his community and ripped his family apart.

His father refused to accept the Prince's homosexuality, and his mother, the Queen, took out an ad in the newspaper to publicly disown her only son.

What's more, Prince Manvendra was also risking his own freedom, as homosexual acts in his country were punishable by 10 years to life in prison.

Still, Prince Manvendra remained determined to live in his truth.

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