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Malavika’s Mumbaistan: Ashok Row Kavi, Mumbai’s Pied Piper
Row Kavi, the son of an upper-class Hindu family, residing in a conservative neighbourhood and the product of elite Christian educational establishments had come out as India’s first publicly self-acknowledged gay person in 1984, in an interview with a popular magazine. We’re talking about the Eighties here: a time when no one spoke publicly about being gay
Updated on Mar 31, 2024 07:16 AM IST
Malavika Sangghvi
India’s first LGBTQ clinic and HIV treatment centre inaugurated in Mumbai
Based out of the Humsafar Trust’s office jn Mumbai, the centre will give free counselling and provide Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) to the LGBTQ community.
Updated on Mar 09, 2019 03:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | HT Correspondent, Mumbai
The SC judgment on Section 377 opens the doors for further legal victories
progressive Supreme Court judgment adds another layer of protection.
Updated on Sep 22, 2018 08:42 AM IST
How ‘gay’ got its rainbow: What once meant merry is now a badge of identity for homosexuals
The dictionary traces the origin of gay to the French word Gai. But how did something that meant cheerful become synonymous with homosexuals, who have had to fight long and hard for their identity?
Updated on Sep 21, 2018 04:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Poulomi Banerjee
Lakme Fashion Week 2018: Is India ready to accept queer fashion?
As a recent show celebrates drag culture, designers say it’s heartening to see Indian fashion become inclusive.
Updated on Aug 23, 2018 05:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Akshay Kaushal
Malavika’s Mumbaistan: Social media sloganeering
Like his PM, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, the former Olympic ace shooter and current Minister of State for Sports and I&B, appears to be big on social media sloganeering. His initiative, #HumFitTohIndiaFit, promoted on social media to encourage fitness and health, has spread like wildfire (some would argue it is now in the same league as the #IceBucketChallenge from some years ago).
Updated on May 30, 2018 12:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Malavika Sangghvi, Mumbai
In the legal battle against section 377, the right to love and live is at stake
Section 377 has been challenged anew by a bevy of LGBT persons across ages, caste, incomes and religion. What does this imply for the community?
Updated on May 23, 2018 09:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Dhrubo Jyoti and Dhamini Ratnam
SC notice to Centre on fresh pleas seeking to decriminalise gay sex
The Delhi High Court in 2009 had legalised homosexual acts among consenting adults holding that the 149-year-old law making it a criminal offence is violative of the fundamental rights and making it not punishable.
Updated on May 01, 2018 10:11 PM IST
Press Trust of India, New Delhi | Press Trust of India