Suicide Archives - Gaylaxy Magazine

Faulty Sex Reassignment Surgery led to the Death of Kerala’s Transwoman, Exposes Loopholes

August 1, 2021

Anannyah Kumari Alex, 28-year-old trans woman from Kollam district, Kerala who was a makeup artist, stage anchor and radio jockey was found dead by suicide on 20 July 2021 in her apartment. The suicide was the result of prolonging aches in her body parts after she had gone through Sex Reassignment Surgery last year.

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My Journey From Being Bullied, Fighting Depression, to Coming Out and Living My Life

August 13, 2020

Bullying is harmful and we need to stop brushing it under the rug. Bullied, assaulted, abused, I saw no way out, self harm and suicide attempts followed.

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Lockdown Comes Hard on LGBTQs – 2 people commit suicide

May 16, 2020

In the past few days, media has reported about two suicides from two different cities bringing to attention the difficulties that members of the LGBTQ community are facing.

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Free pan-India Helpline for LGBTQs launched by DrSafeHands and Solidarity Foundation

May 9, 2020

DrSafeHands and Solidarity Foundation have teamed up together and launched a pan-India free helpline service for LGBTQ people to provide mental health related support and counselling.

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Lesbian Couple Commit Suicide in Gujarat By Jumping into River

June 12, 2018

A lesbian couple in Gujarat committed suicide by tying themselves with a dupatta and jumping into the Sabarmati river, after throwing a three-year old child of ... Read More...

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Are You Faking it?

October 10, 2017

Inter- and intra-community dialogue and team building activity can be considered to enhance communication and supportive relationship in the LGBTQ community.

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How Chester Bennington and Linkin Park Helped Me Get Through a Tough Teenage Period

July 27, 2017

Chester Bennington helped me get through that tough teenage period which knew of abuse and self-denial and hardly of love. Hearing someone acknowledge that, acknowledge the pain told me I was not alone.

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Vishal Tondon’s Suicide is a Collective Queer Failure

July 6, 2017

we need to talk; about our feelings and the hurt we feel, the insecurities, the invalidity we experience, the constant pressures of an oppressive heteronormative as well as a homonormative society and sub-culture which like a ruthless predator gets over us and takes away our well being, peace and happiness

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Vishal Tondon : In Memoriam

July 4, 2017

Vishal was a warm person, comfortable with himself, who had a good sense of humour, and could crackle someone up, in a good sort of a way.

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Under Family Pressure, Lesbian Couple in Mumbai Attempt Suicide, One Dies

August 31, 2016

A lesbian couple in Mumbai attempted suicide after their family found out about their relationship, leading to the death of one of them.

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How I Struggled When My Family Found Out I Am Gay

May 19, 2016

My phone was taken away from me, my grandfather wasn’t talking to me while my sister and mother were behaving rudely with me. I took out a rope and tied it to the ceiling fan.

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I Have Been Fighting Depression And This is the Story of Many People like Me

April 25, 2016

Mood swings, depression, anxiety, all of these affect you in an invisible way. I am yet to accept myself this way, to be comfortable with being a psychologically ill patient requiring treatment. But yes, I am consciously trying.

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