Saathi, IIT Bombay’s queer student support group that has in the past organised queer film festival inside the campus, hosted talks on queer issues to sensitise the students, and come up with some nice videos (like this and this), has released another heart warming video of the support by straight friends of gay and lesbian.
Each year Saathi welcomes the freshers joining IIT Bombay through orientation videos. This year they stated the aim of the video as” “Through the video we explore our friendships as gay, straight, bi-sexual, lesbian and transgender individuals. We present before you the love affection and acceptance of people in our campus.”
Sukhdeep Singh is the founder and editor of Gaylaxy magazine. He is the director of Sab Rab De Bande - an award winning documentary on LGBTQ Sikhs in India. He has contributed the chapter on Homosexuality and Sikhism in the book 'I Am Divine, So Are You'
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