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Hijras Facing the Heat too: The Impact of Heat Wave on Transgender Persons in Pakistan

August 10, 2024
Silenced Voices: A Transgender Teacher’s Battle for Employment Rights

October 9, 2023
From India’s first Transgender Photojournalist to Begging in Trains for Alms

September 20, 2023
Despite Qualification, Transgender Candidates Find it Hard to Secure a Job

September 12, 2023

Spotlight: Suchandra Das, budding photographer from Kolkata

January 17, 2015

Suchandra Das For photographer Suchandra Das from Kolkata, a passion for cameras was present from a very young age. The photographer, who has recently completed a photo shoot on the aesthetics of the male body, has covered several bold themes dur... Read More...

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When a picture speaks a thousand words

December 28, 2014

They say a picture speaks a thousand words. But some pictures go beyond words; they carry certain emotions that strike a chord with their audiences. Aritra’s photo project ‘Everyone Dies Grey – Queer days through my lens’ precisely does that. Exhib... Read More...

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21 Pictures from the Delhi Queer Pride March 2014 that will change the way you think

December 22, 2014

Hundreds walked the Delhi Queer Pride March on 30th November this year. Gaylaxy Magazine captured some powerful moments. (Photographs by Kumam Davidson)... Read More...

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Delhi Queer Pride works on changing perceptions about the community: Manak Matiyani

November 3, 2014

Manak Matiyani Kumam Davidson talks to Manak Matiyani of Delhi Queer Pride Committee about the upcoming Delhi Queer Pride March 2014 Davidson: So when will be the 7th Delhi Queer Pride March? Manak: It’s always the last Sunday of November, which... Read More...

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Unabashed Beauty: Speaking to Sushant Divgikar

September 21, 2014

At the Mr Gay World pageant in Rome this year, India's Sushant Divgikar packed in quite a powerful performance. He won four sub-awards at the contest, including People's Choice Award, and was placed in the Top 10 Sushant Divgikar (Photo: Beate A ... Read More...

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Elen And Kiran – Pictures of Bangalore’s Gay Couple In Pride Parades Since 2010

February 14, 2014

Elen Govel and Kiran Mova are a regular face at gay pride parades in Bangalore, Mumbai and Chennai. The couple stay at Bangalore and have been together for six years now. They first met in 2002 in a party in Bangalore, but it was not love at first si... Read More...

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2013: What It Meant For LGBT India

December 31, 2013

While 2013 started off as a relatively calm and peaceful year for the LGBT community in India, it was rudely shaken into action by December after a retrograde ruling by the Supreme Court that made homosexuality criminal again. A look at the major e... Read More...

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Cinema Outside The Closet

November 21, 2013

Young filmmakers are bringing queer issues to the fore through their movies, but there are challenges galore; writes Dhrubo Jyoti When Amitava Sarkar wrote a story in 2004-05 from her experiences, she found that there were no films that talked abo... Read More...

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The Queer Agenda

August 19, 2013

Sukhdeep Singh explores how queer people across India are coming together for things apart from pride parades and film festivals When Aayush came out to his neighbour, he was gifted a queer fiction book, which generated the hunger and curi... Read More...

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Farsi: A Lost Language of Gay Delhi

May 20, 2013

Dr. Himadri Roy provides interesting insights into how the mode of communication of LGBTs in Delhi changed between 70s and 90s Farsi is supposed to be the communication code amongst the LGBT community of Delhi. It is said to have originated dur... Read More...

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Broken Bodies, Resilient Souls

April 9, 2013

Sexual minorities have to face violence at multiple fronts and the Govt. chose to look away by not including recommendations of Justice Verma Committee report, writes Sukhdeep Singh Madhu, a trans-sexual activist in Kolkata was on her way to meet ... Read More...

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2012: A Mixed Year For India

January 3, 2013

Sukhdeep Singh reviews what the year 2012 meant for India 2012 has been a mixed year for India’s LGBTs. On a lighter note, we know that the world didn’t end as it was supposed to, but we also know that neither has the homophobia. The year began on... Read More...

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