User:Ilovemitski/LGBT culture in India

= LGBT culture in India = India's Supreme Court on 6 September 2018, struck down a colonial-era law that made gay sex punishable by up to 10 years in prison, a landmark victory for gay rights that one judge said would "pave the way for a better future." Time Out (Delhi) has a dedicated column covering gay events in Delhi every week. LGBT people have increased access to health services and social events.

"Too often the only story coming out of India on LGBTQ+ issues focuses entirely on the hijra community, themselves only a small segment of the trans community in India. So for this project, we worked hard to be as inclusive as possible, specifically seeking out a diversity of ages, strong inclusion of women, alternative transgender stories and geographic range."

"We may have decriminalized gay sex, but we’re yet to legalise love, and the LGBTQ community continues to fight for the right to marriage, adoption, inheritance of property and total social inclusion. So how much has really changed over the last year? We asked queer Indians to find out how they feel one year down the line with 6/9."

Internet
Khush-list, the first mailing list for LGBT South Asians, predominantly Indians in metropolitan cities and those living abroad, was established in 1993. In 1999, LGBT-India was established on egroups, and later transitioned to yahoogroups. Such mailing lists, established well before the advent of social networking sites, continue to remain the mainstay for discussion among middle-class, English-speaking Indians, and include LGBT-India, GayBombay, Good As You (Bangalore), Pratibimb (Hyderabad), and Movenpick/Orinam (Chennai). GayBombay.org (established in late 1998) and Orinam.net (established in 2006) are among the oldest websites that function as online resources catering to a local (Mumbai and Chennai, respectively) and national readership. Dating websites provide an alternative way for meeting people; online communities also offer a safe and convenient environment for meeting gays in India. Online magazines like Pink Pages and Gaylaxy also publish regular issues.

[Want to add a good amount about social media here!! Lots of instagram and twitter pages that are creating safe spaces for LGBT youth and adults in India] On 11 September 2013, India's first Queer Radio channel, Qradio - Out and Proud, completely dedicated to LGBT audience was launched. With variety of talk shows, music, debates etc., the channel now runs 24 hours a day

In February 2014, Wonderful Things Happen was founded with the objective to serve the Indian lesbian/bi women community.