Give us our basic rights and equality: LGBTQ activist and director of Outcast by Birth | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Give us our basic rights and equality: LGBTQ activist and director of Outcast by Birth | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Written by Shweta Sharma |New Delhi |Updated: June 26, 2019 9:06:06 am

Give us our basic rights and equality: LGBTQ activist and director of Outcast by Birth

The 25-year-old independent filmmaker talks about the film, what the Pride Month means to her and what needs to be done to ensure that voices from the community are no longer ignored.

Shruti Kulkarni recently won the first prize for her short film Outcast by Birth at Blued Queer Flicks, a film contest that highlighted LGBTQ issues.

Born and raised on the outskirts of Thane, Shruti Kulkarni says she had very limited exposure to different cultures and opportunities. Intrigued by stories and storytelling, she, however, used to read a lot which provided her with the opportunity to look beyond and also gave exposure to different cultures, lives, and stories of struggles, happiness and sadness.