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Bollywood, Homosexuality and Pakistan

Posted by nipun.goyal On February - 25 - 2010

Nuwas 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 loved.

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Popularity: 81% [?]

Pakistan Diaries

Posted by editor On October - 13 - 2009

Nuwas 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 High Court judgement will soon have a positive effect in Pakistan too

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Popularity: 85% [?]

Being gay in Pakistan

Posted by nuwas.manto On July - 5 - 2009

Nuwas 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 male effeminacy scoffed upon.

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Popularity: 15% [?]