#PrideMonth Exclusive: I am Not Crying for Your Acceptance, Says Karan Vig

Popular fashion influencer, content creator, and fashion designer Karan Vig has exclusively spoken to whosthat360. In this conversation, he called people to question LGBTQ+ community fashion choices and said that they are also free to choose whatever they want like any other gender.

Here are a few edited excerpts from the conversation;

His Thoughts on Choosing Saree as his Style Statement: 

"It's like I am wearing what I want to; I'm not forcing somebody else to accept me. It's not that we are crying for acceptance. But for example, if a girl wears a saree or a top, nobody forces her to wear that. It's her choice. Similarly, a boy would also do the same thing. Then why not homosexuals? Why not us? We can wear whatever we want to.

It's not that we are wearing something obscene. It's like just what we are wearing is what makes us comfortable. Nobody is wearing it to gain attention. They have the feeling to wear it. People can wear it, and if it doesn't soothe your eyes, please move your eyes somewhere else. Also, if you can't rather appreciate this, don't at least don't put them down.

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"Particular Garment Doesn't Define Your Gender"

I want to say that wearing a particular garment does not define your gender. Gender is something that is given by first right, But identity is something which you develop, which you grow into.

And how you incorporate those feelings, it's not like all the feminine guys would be wearing sarees only. Many people wear kilts, many wear sarees, and many wear skirts. Many are probably only into wearing manly clothes, but they're feminine, right?

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Karan Vig on Online Trolling:

See, I don't think about negativity. If you do good things, people who are not feeling good for you will always be there to pull you down. So, God has given us two ears, one to listen and one to filter out negativity. I never feel regretful by listening to the negative comments because they are probably the ones who are giving me a hint that, yes, people are jealous of me. Some people try to bring you down because they don't want you to be successful, and if somebody doesn't want you to be successful, they will always criticize you.