Monica Dogra makes SHOCKING revelations on being pansexual and her secret marriage: I was ashamed of my gender

Singer-actor Monica Dogra in an interview has opened up about being pansexual and her secret marriage. It was last year Dogra came out as pansexual via Instagram. When asked when she identified herself as pansexual, she said, she heard the word some five or six years ago. She told Hindustan Times, “It was very black and white growing up. Either you were gay or you were straight. And if you were gay you certainly weren’t accepted or celebrated. Gay was even a slang word connoting something bad. It was so twisted”.

The Married Woman actress further elaborating said that she never kissed or had a sexual experience with a girl until she was in college. “I was drunk at a party. It wasn’t until much later, that I felt I had fully fallen in love with a biological female who was masculine presenting. That really screwed with my head. Up until that point, I identified as straight. Suddenly, I had no idea who I was. I had a bit of an “aha” moment when I figured maybe I’m bisexual”, she added.

She said that still she didn’t know what pansexuality meant. But she knew she liked feminine energy men and masculine energy women and it was 6-7 years ago. “Soon, I came across several verbiages around pansexuality, and now I think that’s the most real fit for me. I am surprised all the time by what I find beautiful,” said Monica.

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Monica also revealed that she was secretly married and now they have parted ways. The Dhobi Ghat actress said, “I was married to a man – a very gentle, kind, wise and extremely understanding man. I had to tell him I felt an attraction for my co-star in a film I had acted in, about a trans woman who wanted to transition. He held my hands and understood me. That made me love him even more. We have gone our separate ways and chosen to dissolve our marriage.”

The actress also revealed that she was ashamed of her gender for the most part. She said, “I remember when I first started showing signs of having breasts I just wept thinking my life was now over. No more freedom for me. I was becoming a woman.” She also made a shocking revelation that she was even molested by her cousins in India.

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