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Tushar M, in view of the recent controversy and subsequent ’suicide’ of Dr. S.R. Siras, conducts an interview of various openly gay professors and academicians across India to know about their views and how difficult it is to be out in the academia.

Dr Sreenivas Siras, a Marathi professor at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) sacked for being gay, was found dead on April 7, 2010. Siras, 64, was suspended by the conservative institution after a secretly shot videotape surfaced, showing him having sex with a rickshaw puller. On appeal, the Allahabad High Court had stayed the suspension and ordered his reinstatement. Read the rest of this entry »

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It’s that time of the year again to throw back all inhibitions and fly with panache the rainbow flag! As gay pride spreads to more cities of India, it’s the young who’re the outest and proudest of them all. So what do they think of gay pride? What does it mean to their lives? Here’s what some of you said. Read the rest of this entry »

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Niket writes about the ups and downs of young gay love- the trials and tribulations, the joys and tears, in the process discovering just what it takes to make a relationship perfect. Read the rest of this entry »

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So you think abusive relationships are only limited to straight people? The experts are now certain that you’re wrong. An astonishingly high number of LGBT  people are victims of physical and psychological abuse by their partners, most often not realizing this, and therefore not able to take any corrective steps. Take this quiz to find out exactly how healthy your relationship is. Answer with an yes or no.

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Sourendra Kumar Das recounts Harish Iyer’s tale of pain and humiliation and his ultimate triumph as he puts his past behind- a childhood scarred by sexual abuse by his own uncle. Read the rest of this entry »

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Akhil Katyal has an extended emailed interview with founder of the hugely popular gay dating website PlanetRomeo who reveals his motivations for the site, his experience with PR and internet dating so far and the latest merger with Guys4Men. Read the rest of this entry »

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Prashant Kumar delves into the mysteries of functional sexuality which is the combination of both biological and psychological factors. Although biological gender can be easily found out and corrected if need be, genetic and brain gender cannot be corrected because they are as much a part of an individual as are the colors of our eyes, hair, skin and allergies. Read the rest of this entry »

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Tushar M. speaks to Revathi, south India’s most well known face of the transgendered community. Having faced discrimination and harassment throughout her life, her mission now remains to untangle her own community from ages of neglect and ridicule. Read the rest of this entry »

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Udayan catches up with Arvind Narain, one of the most prominent faces behind the struggle against Section 377. He talks about the historic case and its implications, the nature of the Indian gay rights movement and his pet project- the Alternative Law Forum. Read the rest of this entry »

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Ananya Dhote talks to Ashok Row Kavi, the pioneering gay rights activist of India. A journalist by profession, Ashok has always held LGBT rights close to his heart. He talks about his early days, his coming out, his stint at the Ramakrishna Mission, and later on the birth of Bombay Dost and Humsafar Trust.

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Avi Roy writes in this apolitical article about new evidences that suggest that same-sex behavior in the animal kingdom is much more common than was earlier thought and includes not just sexual acts, but preening and coupling too.

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Rohit K. Dasgupta describes his days in the beautiful city of Copenhagen, as a delegate from India to the World Outgames, rocked this year by a bomb attack, but undeterred in spirit and brimming with the love of sport.

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