GAYLES.TV.- Dutee Chand, of 23 years, becomes the first star of the sport of India in vindicating his homosexuality. The 100m sprinter has declared a The Indian Express what has «found someone who is my soul mate«.
"I have always supported the rights of those who want to be in a same-sex relationship. It is an individual choice. Currently, my focus is on the World Championships and the Olympic Games, but in the future, I would like to establish myself with her », added the fastest woman in the India
Dutee Chand, silver in the 100 and 200 meters of the 2018 Asian Games celebrated in Indonesia, is especially known internationally for its long legal battle after its suspension of 2014 by hyperandrogenism. He came to the Arbitration Court of Sport (TAS) in 2015 and earned the right to compete again.
In September, the Indian Supreme Court decriminalized homosexuality. The judges considered illegal the article 377 of the Penal Code, dating back to the British colonial era and condemning sexual relations between people of the same sex. It was a historic decision for the second most populous country in the world and something that gave motivation to Dutee Chand, born in a poor town of State of Odisha. "Recently, my sister said something to my mother that led her to oppose this relationship. She reproached me and threatened to slander me in public", account.
