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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.

ShareHarper Collins has published the Spanish translation of Mohana Swamy, an account of life as a gay man in small-town Karnataka. Spanish is the official language in 20 countries, besides being the second most widely spoken language in the US. “Many people tell me it is the first Kannada book to be translated into Spanish,” Vasudhendra says. The corpus of gay literature in Europe is huge. The LGBT community in those parts is curious to know how gay life is perceived in India, he says. The book first published in 2013, Mohana Swamy has gone into five reprints in Kannada. Its English translation by Rashmi Terdal appeared a little later. “It is also being translated into Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. Mohana Swamy was received well in Kannada, with girls and women identifying with the character of Mohana Swamy,” Vasudhendra, who …

Outcast is looking for literary works that challenge the norm and break boundaries for their forthcoming anthology. They are looking for thoughtful, inspiring and daring queer work.

The one-of-its-kind school, set up in Lahore will be called “The Gender Guardian” and will start its operations from April 15 this year. The great news comes days after the country saw its first transgender TV news anchor.