This, according to Srivatsa, highlights the need for Q Radio. Even homophobes are invited to participate, whether in the studio or via call-ins, email, or even recordings. The exchange of perspectives will hopefully lead to the removal of stigma bringing about an open dialogue on what it means to be gay, bisexual, or transgender in India. Such hope is not unfounded, if one has followed recent developments regarding gay rights in countries such as the US as demonstrated by the case of one Rob Portman. A republican senator from the state of Ohio, he could no longer view homosexuality as an aberration existing outside of his own universe once his son came out to him. Even as he was being considered for the post of Romney’s running-mate in the 2012 presidential elections, Portman’s views on gay-marriage – a divisive topic during the election – began to evolve.