Did they finally 'out' Ismail Merchant (born Ismail Noor Muhammad Abdul Rahman)????
Born in 1936, when it was still a crime to be... different, we all knew Merchant and Ivory were more than just business partners but we never spoke about it and looked they other way.
As Guardian says, " “Oh, they were authentic all right,” he says. “They clashed a lot.” The authenticity extended to their sexuality. The subject was not discussed while Merchant was alive and for some time after: “You have to remember that Ismail was an Indian citizen living in Bombay, with a deeply conservative Muslim family,” Ivory told me in 2018. But the pair were open to those who knew them. “I never had a sense of guilt,” Ivory says, pointing out that the crew on The Householder referred to him and Merchant as “Jack and Jill”.
Well, I hope he found love and some happiness. We are lucky to be born in this time and to live through... what we all lived through...
LGBTQ representation matters. It gives so many hope. That we aren't born to these damned lives of unfulfilled love forever.
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