India's First Openly Gay Prince Says His Parents Sought Brain Surgery To Make Him Straight
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The prince claimed that his parents visited doctors in the hope they could "perform a surgery on my brain, and even make me undergo electroshock therapy".
India's first openly gay prince, Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil, recently revealed how his parents sought medical help in order to change his sexuality. In an interview with SkyNews, Mr Gohil, the heir of the Maharaja of Rajpipla in Gujarat, spoke about the extreme measures his mother and father attempted in order to "convert" him when he told them he was gay. He said he felt humiliated when his parents tried to make him undergo brain surgery and electroshock therapy just to make him straight.
Speaking to the outlet, Mr Gohil, who is also one of India's foremost LGBT activists, described his own parents' attempt to "convert" him. "It was an absolute case of discrimination and violation of human rights. Whether I'm a prince or not a prince, parents have no right to put their children through [this] kind of torture," he said.
Mr Gohil claimed that his parents visited doctors in the hope they could "perform a surgery on my brain, and even make me undergo electroshock therapy". However, as his parents planned for him to receive the treatments in the United States - where conversion therapy has been widely discredited - he was ultimately able to avoid being subjected to such practices.
