Overview
- Late May 2026, Dr Ranj Singh spoke to The Big Issue about therapy that led him to realise he was gay and to end his seven-year marriage after coming out to his wife in 2009.
- Also in late May 2026, Sulvinder Samra posted on Instagram marking what would have been their 20th anniversary and described the 2011 divorce as “messy and painful,” saying it damaged her confidence and led her to abandon hopes of becoming a mother.
- The couple married in the mid-2000s in a traditional Sikh ceremony and divorced in 2011, a timeline reporters use to show how Mr Singh’s therapy and coming out unfolded inside a South Asian family context.
- Coverage notes longer-term effects: Samra retrained from pharmacy to become a nervous system coach about 12 years after the split, while a former father-in-law has previously said the divorce had a ‘devastating impact’ on the family.
- The story brings two public narratives together — Singh’s account of finding acceptance and a new relationship after therapy and Samra’s account of lasting personal harm — and highlights cultural and familial tensions that continue to shape how both are seen in the media.