Queer and Married in Patriarchal Pakistan
The pressure from parents, supplemented by society, creates expectations of queer children getting married despite their lack of consent.
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Trans community struggles as Coronavirus Shuts Life Down
Trans people often face discrimination in accessing housing, forcing many into slums, where isolation is impossible and their risk of contracting the virus increased
Wedding Bells In Isolating Times : The Marriage of a Gay Couple from Kerala in Bengaluru
The wedding was as queer as it could get, they fused a Hindu ceremony with a Christian one and in the due process, pretty much proved that we queers are capable of anything.
LGBTQ+ Job Fair RISE Comes to Delhi, To be Held on 22nd Feb
Following the success of RISE queer job fair in Bengaluru last year, Pride Circle is all geared up to host its much-awaited second edition of RISE once again in New Delhi -- which is underway on 22 February.
A Walk Through Indian Queer History with Pawan Dhall and his Upcoming Book
Pawan Dhall’s, 'Out Of Line And Offline: Queer Mobilisation In 90s Eastern India' is a crucial piece of document that holds key elements of the history of queer movements in India.
In Pics: Delhi Queer Pride 2019
Delhi celebrated the 12th Queer Pride Parade on November 24th, along with Bengaluru. The pride this year was the largest, with tens of thousands of people walking the streets of Delhi from Barakhambha Road to Jantar Mantar via Tolstoy Marg
A Bike Ride through Islam’s views on Homosexuality
This story is an effort to put forth what the Holy Quran and the Sharia says about sexualities, and not what the Maulvis and others say.
Gods, Books and Cocks – Vikram Kolmannskog about Writing, Sex, Spirituality and Cosmopolitanism
Vikram Kolmannskog is a gay, Indian-Norwegian writer, lawyer and psychotherapist. Lord of the Senses, a collection of stories, is his latest book. Vikram was interviewed for Gaylaxy magazine by John R. Gordon, his editor and publisher at Team Angeli... Read More...
Shamed And Bullied, Queer Children In India Forced To Drop Out Of School
A research
conducted by UNESCO in partnership with Sahōdaran, an NGO for queer rights,
across Tamil Nadu revealed some extremely disturbing facts about the aggravated
peer harassment queer children go through everyday in their lives.
The victims... Read More...
Survivors Speak: What It Really Is For Cis-Hetero Women Who Are Conned Into Marriage By Gay Men
Rachel still remembers that feeling when she first heard her husband of three-and-a-half years was gay. She had just returned to her parent’s home after being brutally beaten up in the middle of a busy Mumbai street. Rachel was in a... Read More...
How Trans Persons Are Being Excluded in Assam’s NRC
Rinki, 26, is from Harmati village in Tezpur district of Assam. She is one of the very few trans persons in the state whose name has appeared in the final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) published end of July 2018. Bu... Read More...
A Stunning Photo Series Showcasing Coming Out of a Transsexual
Mumbai based LGBTQ+ activist and entrepreneur, Monisha Ajgaonkar is known for her stunning commercial and wedding photography. Founder of The Photo Diary, she has been using her skills and talents from early on to work on several projects that shed ... Read More...