This is the first attempt at documenting the experiences of being LGBTQ and Sikh, and we hope that the documentary will act as a resource for various LGBTQ Sikhs across the world
Being an Indian man of colour wearing a turban, I faced, and still do, a lot or racism and stereotypes within the gay community. I would also get asked questions like “Can Sikhs be gay?” or “Are you allowed to be gay?”
Lisa Nova Jena is a Punjabi drag queen from Delhi. She is currently working in an NGO on HIV/AIDS prevention. In a Josh Talks video, she narrates what it was f... Read More...
Param Singh, a gay Sikh man and a fashion designer, was denied entry to an upscale restaurant We Qutub for "being a Sardar and having an untrimmed beard" and a... Read More...
Being a Gay Sikh male while growing up in New York City, you come across various obstacles and struggles relating to your sexual identity. Personally, I was al... Read More...
Two University of British Columbia (UBC) students, Rhea Bassan and Palvi Sandhar, created a short documentary on activism in the Punjabi LGBTQ+ community in V... Read More...
Sukhdeep shares his coming out story, and his friends talk about how they and others in college reacted to this news, and what effect the 2009 Delhi High Court judgement had on them.
The religious and political leaders of the world need to send a strong message that homophobia, heterosexism, transphobia and human rights abuses against sexual and gender minorities will not be tolerated.
Rage
Ego
Lust
Greed
Attachment
The five that we can not abide by
Not one of them mentions
Queer existence.
They say I cannot be a Queer Sikh
As if ... Read More...