LGBT

From Sushant’s father’s unconditional love to Danish’s parents’ eventual understanding, these stories highlight the inspiring support shown by Indian parents for their children in the LGBTQIA community. They showcase their struggles, journeys, and eventual acceptance.

Radhika Piramal is the vice chairperson of VIP Luggage Industries, and an openly lesbian business leader who has spent years advocating for more inclusion in workplaces. She explains why legalising same-sex marriage in India is vital in more ways than one.

Nagpur born Ashish Chopra recalls how he came out as gay to his brother Vishesh, and how their bond has only grown stronger over the years.

Adhura (1995) was about a passionate homosexual relationship between an industrialist and a newspaper editor. Since being banned by the censor board it has sparked many interesting discussions about the fate of LGBTQ+ films on the silver screen.

Getting married in a unique rainbow ceremony, Hyderabad's 31-year-old Supriyo Chakraborty and 35-year-old Abhay Dange share their views on love, life and coming out as gay men to the world.

Praveen Nath is a transman who became Kerala's first trans body builder. He talks about how he overcame several odds, including being harassed by his teachers and friends, threatened to be kicked out his parents' home, and thoughts about harming himself to emerge victorious.

"A law seeking a ban on conversion therapy might help, but even if there doesn't exist one there are enough provisions in the law to criminalise it."

The man who built the world’s first programmable digital computer, Alan Turing is now celebrated for his code-cracking work that proved vital to the Allies in World War Two. But did you know what links him to Madras and Tungabhadra Bridge? #History

“They were courageous enough to ask me all sorts of personal questions. This kind of openness in their generation, and in India in general, is extremely rare and I was fortunate enough to have it.”

"I feel if the entire topic of homosexuality is taken up like this, maybe there are chances of it coming into the mainstream popular cinema, without making it awkward for everyone else, or without shoving it in their faces."