MUMBAI: Celebrity hairstylist Sapna Bhavnani was ill at ease the whole of Wednesday after the SC judgement re-criminalising homosexuality. “As a woman in India today, you have to face so much injustice. This verdict was the last straw,” says Bhavnani, part of what she calls the Aam Aurat Party. Late night, she decided she had to fight back, so she came out as queer and posted a selfie of her kissing her friend, musician Suman Sridhar. “My initial plan was to make out in front of every police station nearby, shouting, ‘Arrest me, I’m a criminal.’ I settled on posting the picture on Facebook.”

The response was immediate, with 400 likes for the picture and friends applauding her for her courage. “I’m not embarrassed of who I am, so why should I let a verdict affect it? My mother is supportive and if my friends accept me as I am, I know they are real friends,” says Bhavnani, whose coming out soon went viral.

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