Tag Archives : gay pride

On Sunday 28th June hundreds of gay rights activists held rainbow parades in Delhi, Chennai and Bangalore to celebrate the gay pride along with rest of the world. It is indeed heartening to see a movement slowly coming out of the closet in a country where homosexuality is a criminal offence. At the same time it is equally shocking that Indian government [...]

2009 is being called the Queer Year, and no wonder! When you think about the amount of queer news this year has seen (and we are only half-way through), it makes one wonder where all the straight people have gone! As Brazil sends out rainbow colours to their pink brethren with the very biggest and the very best in gay prides, the rest of the world isn’t [...]

India’s only gay magazine, Bombay Dost, used to be a poor black and white self-funded publication that finally had to be closed down due to lack of advertisers and inefficient funds. 7 years later, it makes a comeback in all rainbow coloured glory and with the backing of Indian actress, Celina Jaitley. Celina has always been pro-gay, both in declaring [...]