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The Boys of Bangladesh
Posted on 29/03/2011 | 16 CommentsThirty year old Tanvir was brought up in the port city Chittagong, Bangladesh but since his graduation he’s in Dhaka the capital. He came to know about Boys of Bangladesh... -
Sri Lanka – The Islander Activist
Posted on 12/10/2010 | 2 CommentsUdayan has a tête-à-tête with Rosanna, head of Sri Lanka’s LGBT Rights group Equal Ground. An astute and determined lady, she is now at the forefront of the gay rights... -
Pakistan – Existing on the Fringe
Posted on 12/10/2010 | No CommentsHadi Hussain Back in 2005, when I was working on a story exploring the deplorable conditions of intersexuals and hermaphrodites living in Pakistan, I wasn’t aware of the fact that... -
Nepal – Freedom In the former Kingdom
Posted on 12/10/2010 | No CommentsSunil Babu Pant is the first openly gay politician in Nepal. He is one of five members from the CPN(U) in the constituent assembly, and is also head of the... -
Bollywood, Homosexuality and Pakistan
Posted on 25/02/2010 | 3 CommentsNuwas Manto The Indian LGBT community, activists and Bollywood must know that what they do effects the Pakistani society’s perceptions of homosexuality as well as other countries where Bollywood-culture is... -
Pakistan Diaries
Posted on 13/10/2009 | 8 CommentsNuwas Manto writes about the current popular perceptions in Pakistan about LGBT people, how stereotypes are reinforced by homophobic clergy and media people, but also raises hope that the Delhi... -
Being gay in Pakistan
Posted on 05/07/2009 | 7 CommentsNuwas Manto gives a touching personal account on what it means to be gay in a deeply religious and conservative country like Pakistan, where homosexuality is considered a sin and...
