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"Being a single parent is really very scary and daunting. In many ways, you could say that having Yash and Roohi is full of love but it is also a selfish decision. It's because I want that love for myself."

54-year-old Dr Narthaki Nataraj became the first transperson to be awarded Padma Shri on January 26.

Karan Johar, whose career has consisted mostly of romantic movies, noted that while there have been same-sex films like Dostana in Bollywood, it is time to make a heartfelt gay romance.

The Kinnar Akhada, led by transgender activist Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, reached the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj and took a holy dip in the ‘sangam’.

Looking back, Dostana’s attitude towards the LGBT community seems hardly better than that one uncle who insists on referring to them as “the gays”.

Laughing at jokes that are made at the expense of a marginalized group creates a dangerous precedent. This isn’t about my team and I being the PC [politically correct] police. It’s about creating a safe environment for the queer desi.

The promo built around Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s legendary poem ‘Hum Dekhenge’ is being lauded online for featuring two transgender singers among a diversity of performers.

LGBT characters should be given more screen time in Bollywood movies to help bring about a shift in cultural thinking, Indian actor Manoj Bajpayee said on the sidelines of a film festival in London aimed at championing diversity.