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Homosexuality is accepted in Bollywood but when portrayed in films, it is either stereotyped or they're homophobic

India is the largest film producing country in the world. The Indian cinema is not only viewed within the nation but also among the expanding network of communities across ...

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Powerful People

Sridhar Rangayan – Taking The LGBTQ Discourse From His Personal To The Political

I’ve known him for years, but Sridhar has become a dear friend in the last few years, from the time that we launched the Asian Cen...

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Health

How I Conquered My Fear & Fell In Love With A HIV+ Man

I met Oliver a week after my 19th birthday, at a mixer thrown by a few friends. I still remember what he wore—a red flannel shirt with fitted jeans, classic Converse ...

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Human Rights

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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Alternative Entertainment

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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Bollywood

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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Alternative Entertainment

It Was Nearly Impossible To Make This Queer Indian Drama

'Loev' is a sumptuous, provocative Netflix film that takes on queer intimacy in a nation where homosexuality is illegal.
Set and filmed completely in India, Loev is a ...

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TV

Ekta Kapoor, Still A Pioneer

I am Ekta Kapoor’s ardent detractor for the OTT melodramas she has filled living rooms across India at prime time. Sure shows like Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu thi have...

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Trending

LGBT Themes Mere Add On To Kollywood's Ribaldry

Last month, New York-based Malayalam filmmaker Jayan Cherian found himself exchanging heated barbs with the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) through statements to...

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Gender

How Queer Muslims Are Navigating Religion & Sexuality

I met Mohammed Shaik Hussain Ali in that quintessential San Francisco meeting space — an airy industrial coffee shop — busy, crowded, in fact, for a Sunday morn...

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