LGBT

Author and motivational speaker Raga Olga D'Silva narrates her 20-year struggle to accept her identity and find her place in the world as member of the LGBTQ community, which has now inspired an upcoming movie to be directed by Onir, the man behind acclaimed movies like I Am and My Brother Nikhil.

Mumbai-based LGBTQIA+ activist and drag artist, Sushant Divgikar, opens up about how their family reacted when they came out.

Zoya Thomas Lobo roamed the ladies compartments of Mumbai locals for almost a decade before becoming India's first transgender photojournalist.

While unsolicited images of genitals are floated around on Instagram without question from the authorities, activists and artists Durga Gawde and Roshini Kumar are speaking out against the patriarchy and detail what you can do in such cases too.

Urooz Husain, a resident of Noida, speaks candidly of the journey she has undertaken in becoming a transwoman. Opening a restaurant called Street Temptations, she has broken the glass ceiling for herself and others in her community.

“I have had to overcome a lot to reach this spot. People initially would hesitate to accept food made by a transperson like me. But if you are good and consistent, nothing can stop you. At the end of the day, we are all equal.”

Rajkumari Kinnar is a 55-year-old trans woman from Jharkhand. She has single handedly raised 8 orphaned children, and spends about 75 per cent of her earnings on the poor and needy.

Ayushmann Khurrana's 'Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan' is an important film for India. But it isn't the first time that Bollywood stepped out of the closet.

Nikesh and Sonu announced their marriage publicly after the Supreme Court struck down section 377 of the Indian Penal Code and decriminalised the LGBTQ community in September 2018

Padma Shri recipient, Narthaki Nataraj’s inspiring journey is nothing short of a cinematic thriller, with its ups and downs. It is even featured in the Tamil Nadu government’s 11th standard textbook.