the lgbt community which was being held at a restobar in ra puram midwaypeople in power should become the voice of the communityvikranth prasanna founder and chairman of chennai dost a community for the lgbt members and also one of the organisers of the fundraising party in may says that the raid could be the repercussions of them protesting against iruttu araiyil murattu kuththu just a day before the event weve been organising such events to raise funds for the community for the last 10 years the cops didnt give us any legal warrant letter no fir was lodged and they threatened our members saying that theyd inform their parents and family about their identity ive worked with so many policemen and i strongly feel there is a need to sensitise them events like these are important because its one medium through which we can instill confidence in people but incidents like these totally shatter them and leave a lasting impression on their minds almost 99 per cent of lgbt people are yet to come out of the closet says vikranth who is also an activist and counsellorhe also says that chennai is a metro city only in name and that we still have a long way to go when it comes to becoming a cosmopolitan city like mumbai or bengaluru where the acceptance rate is higher people from the community who are in power should come forward and understand the issues at the grassroots level its really sad to see people in power mocking others from the community instead of pulling them up towards a healthy life theyre only pushing them further down also in india we have a law for gender discrimination but there is no law for sexuality discrimination and i feel that if its in place most of the issues will be solved adds vikranthafter the incident in may not many events have been organised by the community members feel that the sec 377 judgement is just on papers as in real life it will take a lot of perseverance to change the outlook of people towards the lgbt communitywe want inclusiveness in the societyjabez kelly who is known as chennais international drag queen is disappointed that he his team are not being allowed to perform in hotels like before in august we were all excited about our show that was scheduled to happen at a star hotel in guindy we were just about to leave but got a call from the management there saying that they cant host our show as someone complained about us that was our fourth cancellation since may chennai will lose its pink market lgbt shows if these concerns are not addressed seriously i am an artiste all i need is a space to perform just because of our sexual orientation you cant discriminate us and deny us our right we want inclusiveness in the society the funny part is for many drag shows are culturally inappropriate but when it comes