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From Kush to Kushboo – The Story of an Indian Drag Queen

April 26, 2018

Drag personalities are truly gender-less souls whose identity centres around the word ‘artist’, instead of restrictive pronouns. ‘Kushboo’ is my way of re-appropriating the name the bullies at school used to give me. ‘

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Ugly Enough to be Mr. Gay World India : The Online Bullying and Abuse That I Faced from the Gay Community After Being Crowned Mr. Gay India

December 19, 2016

Minutes after I won Mr. Gay World India in the month of January, the social media was exploding with, “He’s too ugly to represent our country”

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This Teenager’s Inspiring Ballet Routine is a Fitting Reply to His Bullies

April 20, 2016

As he takes to the stage to audition for Britain’s Got Talent’s latest season, he opens up about his decision to dance and the kind of things that were said to him by homophobic bullies. But then he unleashes his amazing moves

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THE VISIBILITY CAMPAIGN: VINAY’S STORY

March 23, 2016

Vinay Aarote; Social Media Expert; Mumbai "I need visibility to assert the fact that I exist as an individual rather than just as a ‘minuscule minority’ – ... Read More...

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How I Came Out.. To Myself

October 28, 2015

The only person I have ever had to come out to has been myself.

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Voice Of The Youth: LGBTQI stories from the Classrooms

June 23, 2014

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” –Margaret Mead. Men, wom... Read More...

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Bullied At School By Being Called A “Eunuch”, 17 Yr Old Boy Commits Suicide In Tamil Nadu

June 22, 2014

R Karthikeyan, a 17 year old young boy from Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu, set himself ablaze and succumbed to 90% of burns. The reason behind such a ghastly ... Read More...

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Fight For Flight

August 18, 2013

Bharathi narrates his childhood experience of growing up gay in a small town and his will to fight that helped him survive If I had access to a gun anytime whe... Read More...

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Growing Up: The Story of a Pink Teen

March 8, 2012

Abhishek Divyam narrates his experience of growing up as a gay teen, from being bullied in school to being taken advantage of by lustful men caring little about... Read More...

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