Meet Aruna Desai Who Is Aceing Motherhood By Making Society 'Sweekar' The LGBTIQ Children

All About Aruna Desai The Founder Of Sweekar-The Rainbow Parents Of India

Meet Aruna Desai a mother who has embodied the spirit of accepting child’s sexuality by further establishing a group called ‘Sweekar’ to help society accept the LGBTIQ children and accept their rights. She is a 59-year-old human resources professional and mother of a gay son, Abhishek. She got married at the tender age of 24 years and bore a child merely three years later.

The Tale About Her Son Abhishek Coming Out As Gay

Years later when she was 43 years old, her son came out and told her that he is gay when he was just 17-year-old. She further said, “Up until two weeks before that day, I had no clue what homosexuality was. However, Abhishek and his close friend started preparing for me to receive the news. Children do this. They throw little testers to check how their parents will respond to a particular piece of news. Abhishek and his friend made up a story that an imaginary friend had been thrown out of the house by his parents because he was gay and they couldn’t accept this news. Then they told me that their friend was suffering a lot – he was out on the streets, he had no food and was terribly lonely. I was touched by this story and began to educate myself about homosexuality. Thus began my journey into my son’s world. Then Abhishek finally dropped the bomb.”

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She further adds "I still remember the date when he came out to me. It was December 3, 2007. The day he came out, he had been crying since morning. It was clear he wanted to tell me something but couldn’t muster the courage to do so. He was miserable all day long. I was horribly sad to see him so desperate. Finally, sometime in the evening, I was struck by the realisation. I remembered the story about his friend – the one who had been thrown out by his family because of his sexuality. And I wondered if what he wanted to tell me was that he was gay along these lines. So I just decided to ask him ‘Are you gay?’. To which Abhishek responded, ‘Mumma, do you hate me now? Will you accept me?’ At that moment I might not have fully understood what this would mean to my life moving forward, what would it mean to be a mother of a gay child, but I knew one thing for sure, he was my child, and that I loved him. I remained calm and took him out for dinner and told him I loved him regardless."

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From Acknowledging Her Gay Son’s Sexuality To Founding Sweekar

After accepting her son’s sexuality Aruna Desai devoted herself to the vision of building ‘Sweekar: The Rainbow Parents’ that is meant to have a Pan-India presence. It was established to reach parents of Indian origin residing in other nations. Sweekar aims to be a multicultural network of parents of LGBTQIA+ children who can stand with each other, challenge existing notions of gender and sexuality, and fight for their own rights. A support group like this strengthens the bond between parents and children.

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