LGBTQ

Yusra Nazim -April 4, 2024

Hosting LGBTQ community members in Ramadan

Hosting LGBTQ community members in Ramadan

Iqbal Ali and their team have organised special food walks during Ramadan to help those from various sexual minorities experience the holy month of fasting

Idrees Bukhtiyar -March 20, 2024

Mehfil-E-Queer: Narrating stories of resilience

Mehfil-E-Queer: Narrating stories of resilience

The March 16 festival offered a platform to queer individuals to come together for story-telling sessions, and engage in fun and therapeutic activities

Patriot Bureau -October 20, 2023

Two Bangladeshi nationals sexually assaulted in Delhi, 4 arrested

Two Bangladeshi nationals sexually assaulted in Delhi, 4 arrested

Two Bangladeshi nationals, from LGBT community, were allegedly sexually assaulted by five individuals in a park in east Delhi

Mohd Shehwaaz Khan and Tahir Bhat -October 17, 2023

Why LGBTQ+ community members are disappointed with Supreme Court’s verdict on same-sex marriage

Why LGBTQ+ community members are disappointed with Supreme Court’s verdict on same-sex marriage

Community members say Tuesday’s judgement comes as a setback, but the fight for legal recognition of same-sex marriage will go on

PTI -July 23, 2021

HC asks police to shift LGBTQ couple to safe house, provide security

HC asks police to shift LGBTQ couple to safe house, provide security

The Delhi High Court Friday directed the police to shift a LGBTQ community couple, wanting to get married and facing threat from families, to a safe house set up by the Delhi government and provide them adequate security. Justice Mukta Gupta directed the SHO of Mayur Vihar Phase-I police station to ensure that the couple […]

Shruti Das -June 15, 2021

Characters out of the closet

Characters out of the closet

This Pride Month, let’s take a look at some of the best queer characters that Bollywood has given us in the last two years From an urban man who boldly explores his sexuality to an alpha male whose orientation is one big secret – here’s how some Bollywood characters belonging to the LGBTQ characters in […]

PTI -February 25, 2021

Another plea in HC for recognition of same sex marriages

Another plea in HC for recognition of same sex marriages

Four more people belonging to the gay and lesbian community urged the Delhi High Court on Thursday to declare that marriages between any two persons irrespective of their sex be solemnised under the Special Marriage Act (SMA). The Delhi government in response to a similar petition filed earlier has said that there is no provision […]

Proma Chakraborty -September 27, 2018

Track 3

Track 3

Please mind the gap captures the story of a trans man and his struggles with gender norms while commuting daily in the Delhi Metro “Doors will open on the right. Please mind the gap.” Every Delhiite is all too familiar with this automated warning in the Metro. Thousands board and disembark the Delhi Metro, encountering […]