Country’s first athlete to reveal she is in a same-sex relationship on freedom,happiness and the backlash to coming out Dutee Chand, India’s fastest sprinter and the nation’s first athlete to reveal she is in a same-sex relationship, or doesn’t record herself as homosexual. When the word is used during an interview with the Guardian,she breaks in. “I didn’t tell reporters I was that ... I simply said I am in a relationship with a woman,” she says.
Chand comes from a village in India where homosexuality is never talked about. Unlike urban India where there is growing acceptance among the young of notions of personal freedom, or rural India remains largely entrenched in tradition,and tradition says marriage is between a man and a woman. Related: 'It's humiliating for us': village disowns Dutee Chand, India's first openly homosexual athlete Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com