Whenever I’m upset, he has this calming effect on me. "He takes in everything, anger, frustration, negativity. The couple has been together for 5 and half years and are hopeful of getting married. But things get better, the verdict really doesn’t have any effect on the community, those in love, stay in love” said Khare. Like the sardaars and the blondes, the gays are becoming a laughing stock. People do it inadvertently, they don’t realise that they are stereotyping us. “Mumbai is still in a very good place (when it comes to the LGBT), but there are thousands of places around the country that treat this as a disease. But he is also aware of how slow the process can be. Khare is optimistic about the way India is becoming more vocal about the LGBT rights, and thinks the US decision will push India to come forward. I love Sushmita Sen, I admire her, but I cannot have any desire for her sexually.” For me, I was always sure about my sexual orientation. On being asked whether or not the preference was a phase, Apekshit said, “I don’t know how it feels on the other side. It took a good 3 years for him to realise that the ‘man crushes’ he had had since adolescence, were real and not something ‘that will pass’. At 16, when his family moved to Bhopal, Khare says he ‘widened the horizons’ for himself. For Apekshit Khare, who hailed from a small town called Narsinhgadh, the word ‘gay’ had only meant jolly and cheerful.
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