VIDEO : Indian Movie Star Says Bollywood Needs More LGBTQ Stories

According to the Huffington Post, Indian actor Manoj Bajpayee said that LGBT characters should be given more screen time in Bollywood movies to help bring about a shift in cultural thinking. Bajpayee, who played a gay professor in the 2016 drama ?Aligarh,? said public debate about LGBT issues was the key to tackle taboos in India, where gay sex is still illegal. He told Reuters that "There is not enough portrayal or enough films on LGBT rights or LGBT issues in our industry."