Ghandi was gay and for awhile he had a real “thing” for some Jewish German body-builder guy, back in the day:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/04/11/i-was-gandhis-boyfriend
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/9836759/Was-Gandhi-gay-Intimate-letters-go-on-display-in-India.html