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= Fifty Shades Of Gay = FSOG is a national LGBTQIA campaign that hopes to end the stigma associated with the LGBT+ community and start the conversation about alternate sexuality, safe sex and positive body image. It is a grassroot campaign that covers stories of Indian LGBT individuals and also few from around the world. They provide basic legal assistance with the help of the inhouse attorney who helps individuals with discrimination, legal documents regarding changing gender etc.

striving to end discrimination against LGBTQ people and foster a society free of prejudice, harassment, and violence by providing a space to explore and increase your understanding regarding alternative sexualities, gender identity and expression in an open and non judgemental environment.

Fifty shades Of Gay (FSOG) is a not-for-profit project which seeks to end the stigmatization and misunderstanding of the LGBTQIA community across India and further afield.

It is a grassroots campaign striving to end discrimination against LGBTQ people and foster a society free of prejudice, harassment, and violence by providing a space to explore and increase your understanding regarding alternative sexualities, gender identity and expression in an open and non judgemental environment.

Fifty Shades of Gay believes in a fair and equal India where everyone can achieve their full potential, irrespective of sexual orientation or gender identity.

An online campaign to showcase LGBTQIA individuals and their stories. FSOG aims to educate people about LGBTQIA community and hopes to see Section 377 scraped from the Indian Legislature.

= History = Fifty Shades Of Gay was started in February of 2016, in the hopes to humanize the LGBT+ population, raise awareness and bridge the gap between the LGBT+ minority and the heterosexual majority. Shubham Mehrotra is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of FSOG and an avid advocate for LGBTQIA rights, she has also founded a digital marketing company Laudco Media

In a country like India where topics such as sexuality, gender inequality and the dark reality of child abuse are shied away from, FSOG started a conversation about such “taboo” subjects. This campaign intends to educate and make people aware about alternate sexualities and gender identities, it was India's first of it's kind campaign when it began that was educating people and also bringing awareness about LGBT+ communities in India.

In 2013, the Supreme Court of India re initiated Section 377, a law that was set in in 1860 by the British, which criminalizes alternate sexualitites. This gave a heavy blow to the Indian democracy and the rights of all the LGBTQIA citizens of India. Shubham, who was living in Foshan, China at the time kept reading about Section 377 and the increasing number of hate crimes against the LGBTQIA individuals back home. The fact that LGBTQIA individuals face discrimination at the hands of the state and the society on a daily basis urged her to make a difference which led to the inception of Fifty Shades Of Gay, a campaign the hoped to humanize the LGBT+ population, raise awareness and bridge the gap between the LGBT+ minority and the heterosexual majority.

= Publication and Content =

= FSOG provides a platform for LGBTQIA individuals to share their stories and heterosexual individuals to share their support. =

= In the April of 2016, FSOG stared an online campaign called Straight Allies that showcase the heterosexual community standing in solidarity with their LGBTQIA community. Celebrities like Sushanth Divgikar and Ssumier Pasricha have been a part of FSOG and advocated for LGBTQIA rights. =

= The website does not restrict itself to stories about the LGBTQIA community but also is a huge advocate for body-positivity, building awareness for LGBTQIA issues, debunking myths about the community and hopes to create enough of an impact to humanizing the LGBT community. =

= FSOG started India's first Drag Race, a competition for Drag Queens and Kings of India, it is scheduled for shoot later in 2018. Inspired by RuPaul's Drag Race, FSOG has created the Indian version of the show =

= References =


 * 1) "Are you Queen Enough?", The New Indian Express, 11 July, 2017
 * 2) "Straight herself, Shubham Mehrotra blends 50 shades of gay", Indian Women Blog, 12 February, 2018
 * 3) "Explore India's 50 shades of gay", The Advocate Magazine, USA, 6th July 2016
 * 4) "Grassroots campaign started in India to counter homophobia", Gay Star News, 14 March, 2016
 * 5) "50 shades of gay rises to change India's perception" The Malaysian Times, 16 April, 2016
 * 6) "New campaign For LGBT people to tell their stories" Mid-Day, 19 March, 2016
 * 7) "Shubham becomes the voice of the LGBT" India Mantra, 27 February, 2018
 * 8) "Empowering the LGBT community, 50 shades of gay", Homegrown 13 March, 2017
 * 9) "Voice of Gay Pride", Discover Chennai, March 2018
 * 10) "Pitching The Queer", The Telegraph , 18 September, 2016