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A Gay Boy’s Sad Tale
I do not know where do I start from, today I had one of the most horrible days in my life and the reason- I am gay. I am born in Calcutta and did my higher studies from Bombay, and while growing up, I started writing. I wrote for some of the big publications in [...]
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Video: Chandigarh Queer Pride
Chandigarh held its first LGBT Pride Walk on March 15th. The march, which was organised by Saksham Trust, was attended by nearly 100 people. It was the first time that a Union Territory in India was holding a gay pride march. Chandigarh is also the capital city of both Punjab and Haryana, so the march [...]
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Video: Mumbai’s Queer Flash Mob 2013
The video of the queer flash mob in Mumbai this year has finally been uploaded on the popular site Youtube. It is amazing to see how a group of people captivated the whole crowd dancing to a medley of 3 songs. The best part is of course the slogans that Harish Iyer raises at the [...]
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Video: Mumbai and Hyderabad Pride
Both Mumbai and Hyderabad held gay pride marches on 2nd and 3rd Feb respectively. While for Mumbai, it was the 5th time the city was holding the pride march, Hyderabad had it for the first time. Strangely enough, both the cities passed through a stage of being denied police permission to hold the march initially. [...]
Anupam Kher \ Gay \ Kashish \ Mumbai \ Nakshatra
Cutest Xmas Video
Award winning film maker Nakshatra has released another short video for Christmas, and I must confess, it has to be the cutest video that I have seen in a very long time. Nakshtara won an award for his debut movie Logging Out at Kashish International Film Festival this year and has released two short movies [...]
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Eccentric Love
I stumbled upon this beautiful Youtube video titled Eccentric Love over one of the forums and must appreciate the efforts of Rohit who made this video as an “Awareness Project on Homosexuality”. The 3 minute video, tells the story of a 23 yr old man (Vinay) and his struggle with sexuality, and is a story [...]
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Why LGBT Sikhs should come out
Living a closeted life goes against the teachings of Gurus I have never considered myself to be a religious person. For some reasons, it has been science that I have always turned to, and steered clear of religion; and this has also meant that accepting my sexuality hasn’t been hard for me. But as certain [...]
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Gaylaxy Debate Transcript : Has the Indian Govt. made a mockery of the homosexuality issue?
Held in association with NextGen India, the online debate ‘Has the Indian Govt. made a mockery of the homosexuality issue?’ saw active participation by many. Gay rights activist Harrish Iyer(@hiyer), was one of the panelists. In case you missed the debate, below is a transcript of the hour long debate held on Mar 31st. @Dhruva_Mathur: [...]
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Colours of Freedom: Winning Entries
The results of the photo contest that we held in March have been declared today on our Facebook Page. We received a number of entries, which were judged by artist Balbir Krishan. Balbir had a tough time deciding on the winners, and finally came up with three best entries. The first prize goes to the [...]
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If you were a girl, I would have married you
“I wish you were a girl, I would have definitely married you.” How many times have you heard a “straight” guy say that about you, or may be some other friend of his. A few weeks ago, I visited a friend of mine. While enjoying the breeze on the terrace, we met another bachelor named [...]
