Ayushmann Khurrana Talks About The Time His Dad Helped A Trans Man & His Own Prejudice

The basic underlying sentiment behind being able to accept people from the LGBTQ+ community is compassion. If you look at people from the community through the viewpoint that they are humans, just like you are, maybe your conservative mind will be more open towards treating them with respect, love, and empathy.

Actor Ayushmann Khurrana recently opened up about an incident concerning his father and a trans man. According to Hindustan Times, Khurrana revealed that while he came from a conservative family as a whole, his parents were more forward. His father apparently helped a trans man who wanted to undergo gender reassignment surgery.

 

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“Though I belong to a conservative family, my parents were progressive. In the mid-90s, there were two girls in a hostel, who came to my father. One of them wanted to undergo this operation and become a guy,” he said.

Khurrana went on to add that his father suggested a gynaecologist to the couple. However, that doctor allegedly “shunned them” for “going against nature”. His father then suggested the couple go to a bigger city. They then went to Mumbai and got the surgery done. It’s been around 2 decades that the two have been married, he revealed.

“So, I knew about the trans community when I was 13. It was a great induction for me. Though I was also shocked ki aise thode hi hota hai papa. My father also didn’t know that there would be an operation and it would be successful. That was the first eye-opener for me that this community exists and thinks this way,” he said.

He also revealed that there was a time when he was invited to a party thrown by the gay community in his college but he respectfully declined because he wasn’t sure what would happen.

“In college, there was this gay community who invited me and I just said no. But there was no malice for them. There was fear ki pata nahi mere saath kya karenge, I am a straight guy. I just said with all due respect I can’t come. But I was not shunning them,” he said.

“Empathy was always there since childhood. But it takes time. We have grown a lot. We are learning every day,” he added.

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Because of the scant awareness regarding the LGBTQ+ community we had while growing up, many of us grew up with a certain prejudice against them. That’s okay, as long as we are willing to unlearn our conditioning and relearn how to be more supportive.

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