Suresh Ramdas - Mr. Gay India 2019

Suresh Ramdas speaks about his journey to becoming Mr. Gay India 2019 through reflections on childhood bullying, self-acceptance and being an advocate for social change in India. We share stories of coming out, navigating family expectations and personal values, using privilege to empower others and continued work in self-love/acceptance. 

Content warning: suicide ideation, violence and trauma. 

 

 

Suresh Ramdas works as an LGBTQ+ advocate for inclusion in the corporate space. As an out gay man, he is also the winner of Mr. Gay India 2019. With 14+ years of total experience in Customer Support and in the space of Diversity & Inclusion, he is also the co-Founder of “Working With Pride” (WWP) group. After completing the LGBTQ Executive Leadership Program from Stanford University and being a certified Diversity Professional and certified NLP Practitioner, he co-facilitated a leadership program called Leading With Pride (LWP) for the LGBTQ+ community people that helps to build leaders for tomorrow. He is featured as 2019's OUTstanding 50 LGBT+ Future Leader. 

 

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