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It\\u2019s not easy to reveal to the world that you\\u2019re a sexual minority. Now imagine you\\u2019re an Indian. The stakes are that much higher. Dr. Varuna Srinivasan\\u2019s decision to come out as a bisexual woman shows that she is not afraid to take a stand & voice her opinion. Her inability to find safe spaces to open up made her become a gender justice advocate and also build an online community to do just that - to be a safe space for others to address their sexual health concerns.

She was named \'Woman of Courage\' by Serena Williams in Vogue Magazine for her work in promoting gender issues in South Asian communities. Not an easy feat.

After completing medicine, Dr. Varuna studied public health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School and went on to work as public health researcher. She has also worked for Doctors without Borders and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and is currently a researcher at Yale University.

We discuss many pertinent topics regarding sexual and gender issues, and the LGBTQ community.\\xa0

You can\\xa0reach Dr. Varuna on her\\xa0Instagram page

https://www.instagram.com/drvarunasrinivasan/?hl=en

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MUSIC: Lights by Sappheiros https://soundcloud.com/sappheirosmusic

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