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Identity Keepers

Sridhar Rangayan, festival director and founder of Kashish, on the recent edition of the queer film festival, being inclusive, and opening up discussions on sexuality When ...

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In Northeast India, The Movement For LGBT Rights Is Gaining Visibility

He was only 18. It was the first time he had joined a protest rally against the Supreme Court of India's ruling on homosexuality. ‘’It was the first ever public...

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Scene By Scene, This Is What Makes The Babadook Such An LGBT Icon

When I first saw The Babadook, I wrote that the monster therein was, to my eyes at least, a metaphor for grief. What I apparently missed was that all that tapping and flapp...

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Decriminalising Sex Work Is At The Frontier Of Workers Rights

It's been called the oldest profession in the world, but despite centuries of labor sex work still gets a bad rap. Whether or not you agree that sex work should or shouldn'...

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Black Prince To Open London Indian Film Festival

For its eighth edition, the London Indian Film Festival will present award-winning pics from Cannes, Berlin, and Venice. This year, the fest puts the focus on LGBTQ and Bre...

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Is It Wrong To Group Together LGBT Art?

Billed as ‘the first major exhibition dedicated to queer British art’, Tate Britain's brand new show, which covers gay art from 1861 to 1967, joins a host of ot...

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Gavin Lind: A Thoughtful Comedian That's In Tune With The Struggles Of The LGBT Community

The South African newcomer to the comedy scene and mining lobbyist tackles everything from gay marriage to Apartheid and veganism Gavin Lind is a brave comedian. It takes r...

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LGBTQ Community Is Misinterpreted In Mainstream: Faraz Arif Ansari

Faraz Arif Ansari, the maker of "Sisak" -- being touted as India's first silent LGBTQ film -- says though presently people are trying to bring the conversation about the co...

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Children Of Queer Parents Don't Have It Easy

For Megan McKnight, the natural first step after registering for classes at DePaul University in Chicago was to align herself with the school's queer community. McKnight wa...

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These Film Festivals Are Unconventional In The True Sense

We all know about the MAMI, the Cannes, the BAFTA and the Oscars… During these events, our newspapers and television screens get inundated with images and videos fro...

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