To call Wendell Rodricks the poster boy of the queer cause, would be to trivialise in some way his mammoth contribution to the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) community.

Goa's fashion designing behemoth was, "an out gay man, but more than that, it was his comfort level about who he was, whether in his work or his life choices which was truly inspirational," said Sushant Divgikar a professional singer. "I am so much younger to Wendell. I grew up in the '90s but he was an aspirational figure to my generation. I remember reading about him where he simply said, "I am married to the man I love," that is the life I and many gay men wanted. That is what I mean when I say he did not have to shout from the rooftops to espouse the LGBT cause, he just had to be himself."