Stirring Debate After Candidly Admitting Being Gay, Here's Ragil Mahardika's Message to the Public

Kapanlagi.com - The name Ragil Mahardika has been circulating on social media for the past few years. The reason is none other than his courage to be honest or open about his sexual orientation. Yes, Ragil is a gay man or someone who is attracted to the same sex.

Not only that, Ragil is already legally married to a man from Germany. Ragil is now known to be living in Germany with his husband.

Although he is already living in Germany, Ragil often shares content about his love life with his husband on his TikTok account. That's where he first went viral and caused controversy, praise, and criticism.

Ragil himself is aware that he is in the spotlight. When talking with KapanLagi.com, he talked about many things about his life that made netizens go crazy. And on one occasion, he left a message for netizens who often criticize him.

1. Being EGP Towards Other People's Views

Ragil believes in 'EGP' or not caring about other people's views. He wants to focus on his own happiness, even if it is considered wrong by others.

"If we are all EGP together, then if something happens, it is he, himself, and his family who bear the consequences. Maybe we will reach developed countries because developed countries are the ones that are truly EGP about people's personal matters. If we don't care about A's personal matters, B's personal matters, at least we will live happily together," he continued.

2. Respect Other People's Differences

Ragil believes that everyone has their own way to be happy. Therefore, he doesn't want to judge other people's choices and focuses on his own life.

"Let's not think about other people's lives, let's just think about our own lives, let's think about whether our stove is still working or not, what we're going to eat tomorrow, work. But we just need to respect if other people are in a different position than us. But that doesn't mean we have to follow or accept it if we don't like it. But we don't need to avoid people who are different from us, right?" he concluded.

3. Has Been Open Since 2014

Before going viral on TikTok, Ragil also revealed that he had already 'come out' to his family and through other social media.

"Actually, I have had another platform from the beginning. I have been open on Facebook since the Facebook era in 2014. I came out to my family, they already knew in 2014. So since then, I haven't been hiding, I always post where I am, what I'm doing, and who I'm with. So from the Facebook era, I kept posting and then moved to Instagram. I'm also active on Instagram. In 2018, I started on YouTube. I have a YouTube channel, even though there aren't a lot of viewers, but I have a community on YouTube. On YouTube, I also talk about my daily life and activities," said Ragil.

4. Not Disturbed

He also ignores the insults conveyed through social media. Because netizens who initially insulted him, in the end, continued to watch for various reasons.

"If they insult us, besides the fact that there is money coming in, it cannot be denied that they will get used to things they have never heard of before. Maybe that's why it can be so popular and still have a large community. Because people out there feel like, for example, people's comments were disrespectful and they didn't like it at first, but as time goes on, they get used to it. That's what I really want to achieve. The victory that I want to give to people is to say what they really think. As long as I don't bother anyone, it's my business," he said.

"I hope more and more people will dare to speak up, dare to be open, dare to show that habit and people will get used to it more and more every day." It doesn't mean we have to accept it, but at least we should respect people's choices in how they live their lives. For example, our transgender friends who were initially criticized but now are being praised more and more, we don't need to mention their names but they are appearing more frequently on TV and such because people are getting more used to that world. Because the more they are presented with their humor, behavior, and lifestyle, people become accustomed to it," continued Ragil.

5. Ignore Haters

Now, he no longer thinks about the negative comments directed at him. The presence of haters does not deter Ragil from creating content on social media.

"If I always say that we can get used to things, then when something new comes up that we haven't heard of before, we'll be afraid, we're not used to it. But if every day we hear more and more about things like that, then people won't think badly anymore. It's more like, 'live and let live.' That's why negative comments have started to decrease because people are no longer thinking in that direction, but more like, 'oh well, Ragil is happy, I'm happy watching his cooking videos, I'm happy watching his gardening videos, I'm happy learning about Germany.' So haters can eventually become delayed fans if we always provide them with the information they really want to know," he said.

(kpl/rhm/dyn)