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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.

The Supreme Court Collegium has finally recommended Saurabh Kirpal's name to the Union Ministry of Law and Justice for judgeship, which could make him the first openly gay judge in India.

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.

"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."

“My only qualification for writing this book is that I am a human being,” wrote Shakuntala Devi in 1977, calling for “full and complete acceptance, not just tolerance and sympathy.”

The injustice meted out to the LGBTQ community and the roller coaster ride of this movement needs to be understood from the elongated slow march it has undertaken.

"When I was 20, I dropped out of college for a semester amidst a deep bout of depression and repression. That summer, in my childhood bedroom, I finally realised what had plagued me for so long—I liked girls."

"Sexuality is a part of your identity and not your identity. Everyone takes their own time to accept themselves thereafter its a journey of self-awareness and owning your personality traits."

"My parents may not have doctorate degrees, but they are intelligent enough to not rely on clichés to feed into their fears."

The 9-member bench termed the earlier judgment as "completely flawed". A pending petition for Section 377 may soon get decided along the lines of what was ruled by this bench.