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SIR IAN’S CALL TO ACTION

Eastern Eye Staff
By Eastern Eye StaffJun 03, 2016
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ACCLAIMED actor Sir Ian McKellen has done whatbig-name gay Bollywood actors are afraid to do.

While they still remain in the closet, Sir Ian (right)used his recent trip to In- dia to talk about gay rights in a country where homo- sexuality is still a criminal

offence. Attending the seventh Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, he said: “Whatev- er our sexuality, we must all be treated equally. That is the world Nelson Man- dela fought for. That is the future, I believe, Mahatma Gandhi dream of seeing.”

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