her she wasnt prepared for that i told them that they can tell those people that it is not something wrong says mohnish who is still fighting for lgbtq rights but says he has already lost his fight for identity at home my parents did know about section 377 and we occasionally spoke about it but theyre not too pleased to see me be so vocal while i cant change much with my parents i hope we tell enough stories so that our next generations do not face the same abuse pressure and torture that we faced says mohnishi came out on tv when the 2009 judgment was announced and my parents didnt speak to me for a yearfor rituparna borah a queer feminist and the cofounder of nazariya a queer feminist resource group its difficult to recall when she first became aware of her sexuality for me the exploration started quite early i remember falling in love with my best friends flat mates i also had boyfriends men who were not trans men but getting into the queer movement helped me tackle my own homophobia i had internal homophobia i used to think nahi main aisi nahi hoon yeh galat hai being part of the feminist and queer movement helped me realise that it was alright to be queer not accepting myself was really harmful for my mental health she tells usrituparna borah cofounder nazariya rituparna borah cofounder nazariyacoming out to her parents was dramatic it was 2009 and i was standing outside the delhi high court i wasnt too close to my parents so i didnt think it was necessary to come out to them the judgment was about to come and many of us were standing outside the court to distribute pamphlets we got a call that we had won there were hardly any queer women who were out so my colleagues said why dont you give interviews and i was shouting yay we are queer we are lesbians we are out i gave interviews to all national papers and news channels next day my parents called asking what is this people are talking so i was like its what it is they didnt speak to me for almost a year but it still feels dramatic and crazy coming out on television like that says rituparnaafter the sc verdict rituparna hopes her father might be able to speak to her about such matters my parents and i we dont talk about sexuality my father knows what we do he reads my articles but he doesnt talk about it its dont ask dont tell he teaches human rights and political science but doesnt talk about this if my father opens up now its good but i dont want to force him at 65 he knows that i am his supporti think my mother will finally accept me because the law now accepts usanwesh sahoo a graduate of indraprastha institute of information technology delhi and mr gay india