A photographic history of the Indian Gay rights movement
By Udayan Dhar
With Special thanks to Ashok Row Kavi, Arvind Narain, and Navarun Gupta
The first public coming out
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In 1984 when Ashok Row Kavi came out of the closet in an interview to the feminist Savvy magazine, he became the first Indian to do so. The interview created a furor and with that he officially kick started the Indian gay rights struggle. (Picture: A newspaper article on Ashok Row Kavi)