Drag Queen Empress Xara: Unplugged
Dancer, drag queen and winner of Indian Super Queen pageant 2009, Adam Pasha
Tell me a little about your childhood. Were you shy or flamboyant as a kid?
I was n... Read More...
Tanika Godbole
Mr Gay World India 2019 Suresh Ramdas on Coming Out, Sec 377, and Being Tall Dark and Handsome
The pageant Mr. Gay World India has risen to popularity in the past few years. This year, the winner was Suresh Ramdas, a Bengaluru-based techie. We spoke to h... Read More...
Her Tryst – A Safe Space for LBTQ+ Women to Find Love Online
Her Tryst is an online dating group on Facebook for LBTQ+ individuals. The platform functions as a Facebook community, where members are added upon request. It includes the group where members share their introductions, and also has a group chat.
Fearing Call From Amit Shah, Vice India drops story about Gay ABVP member, Editors resign in Protest
Vice’s India shot down a story by former staff writer Kunal Majumder on a gay ABVP member, fearing it may upset BJP and Amit Shah
Beyond Gender: An Indian Photographer’s Documentation of the Scottish LGBT+
Chennai girl Praveena Venugopal went to Scotland as a student, to pursue her Masters in Design and Photography. As a child, observing her father with a camera i... Read More...
QGraphy: Visuals from the Indian LGBTQ Community
QGraphy is a photography project which lets LGBTQ individuals meet and bond over this shared passion
‘Keeping it Queer’ with Gay Stand-Up Comedian Navin Noronha
Bombayiite Navin Noronha has been making people laugh since his childhood. He quit engineering to write, and is now one of the few openly gay Indian stand-up comedians.
Trans Woman Fights for Right to Change Name
The change of one’s name only becomes official after being published in the Gazette of India. For transgenders, there is another additional complication of producing the SRS (Sexual Reassignment Certificate). The lack of a gender-corresponding ID card complicated things further.
Shashi Tharoor’s Mission for Queer Rights
Shashi Tharoor remains the only person who has attempted to introduce a bill in parliament to scrap Section 377
Bengaluru Pride This Year Demands End Of Violence Faced By Transgender Community
The 9th Namma Pride in Benagluru held on 20th November underlined with the recent brutal murder of Tara, a transgender outreach worker in Chennai, and was attended by over 3000 people
A Photography Project Documents South Asian LGBTQ
Gaysian Faces is a queer anthropology project that features Asian members of the gay community around the world. Queer Asian individuals who wish to express themselves usually send in a headshot with a handwritten note about their experience or message, and it is posted on the social media page of Gaysian Faces.
Bangaloreans Beat Rain Woes, Come Out in Large Numbers for LGBT Pride
The Bengaluru Pride & Karnataka Queer Habba was a lively musical affair, with drum beats and chanting. The Pride March was the culmination of month long events such as theatre, poster making, awareness of issues particular to the communit.
Tanika Godbole
Tanika Godbole is a writer and photographer based in Mumbai. She is interested in writing about human rights and social issues, and has a Masters in International Journalism. Find her on Twitter: @godbolet