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2 April 2008
Actor Harsh Chhaya talks about how he relished taking on the challenge of playing a gay man in the new Bollywood film "Fashion."
IndiaENews.com
1 April 2007
Foreign tourist coerced into signing gay sex confession in Goan police jail
ohmynews.com
27 March 2008
Gay activists in Pune find politicians unwilling to grasp the nettle of pro-gay law reform
The Times of India
23 March 2008
Sexual minorities in Karnataka stage rally in Bangalore
Mangalorean.com
21 March 2008
Pro-gay rights Valentine's Day article allegedly banned from Bangalore college magazine
Mutiny.in
11 march 2008
New Indian film, When Kiran Met Karen, focuses on a lesbian relationship between two women.
IndianTelevision.com
10 March 2008
A middle aged male shopkeeper in Delhi is robbed and raped by four youths
MyNews.in
8 March 2008
Protest held in New Delhi for the repeal of article 377 of the Indian Penal code and the decriminalisation of gay sex
ExpressIndia.com
5 March 2008
India's first transgender talk show host
BBC News
2 March 2008
Indian gay student author of article appealing for greater tolerance and understanding
Times of India
1 March 2008
"New Sexual Revolution" - looks at the alliance between hijras, the gay community and sex workers in fighting for the rights of their respective communities across India
India Today
28 February 2008
Blogger Mrs Poppadum writes about an encounters with young hijra beggars at traffic lights and more generally on the plight of India's transexual community
MrsPoppadum.blogspot.com
28 February 2008
Bollywood star Kushal Punjabi not worried about losing gay role
BollywoodWorld.com
27 February 2008
Indian man allegedly spurns wife in favour of his male servant
DNAInia.com
26 February 2008
A fashion designer and HIV/AIDS activist talks about gay life in India
Rediff News
26 February 2008
Straight Indian student blogger ponders the advantages of being gay
fairmaidenintrouble.blogspot.com
25 February 2008
An American gay blogger in India discovers that coming out, even to a liberal Indian man, is not an easy business
briyanshu.blogspot.com
23 February 2008
Actor says sexual orientation is a personal choice and that India's gay community deserves more freedoms
Mangalorean.com
17 February 2008
Foreign gay couples seek surrogate mothers in India
DNAIndia.com
4 February 2008
Police in India ambush gay party
Queerty
31 January 2008
Gay Indian prince says he will adopt son to ensure continuation of his dynasty.
MedIndia.net
22 January 2008
When Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil of Rajpipla came out as gay, his mother, the Queen, allegedly paid for a newspaper ad to inform the public that she had disowned her son.
dudes2dudes.blogspot.com
21 January 2008
Blogger laments India's lack of progress on gay and lesbian rights
maneeshajacob.blogspot.com
21 January 2008
My role is "slightly daring, unsafe and not a stereotype" explains Indian actress staring in the new film "When Kiran met Karen," about a Bollywood star who discovers her true sexuality after an affair with a Chinese woman.
nerve.in
20 January 2008
"How will India cope with the new gay disease ?" -
Sensational article claims that "the new scourge that devours human flesh..........could make the past epidemics look like a walk in the park."
IndiaTime.com
19 January 2008
"Jihad for Love," a ground breaking documentary on lesbian and gay Muslims, wins "Best Documentary" at Delhi's tri-continental film festival.
Director's Blog
18 January 2008
Young English woman sets up the Lesbian Association of India after a lengthy stay in the country as a guest of a female Kashmiri militant "terrorist".
Camrbidge News
17 January 2008
Article gives very brief history of Indian gay life on one page.
ZeeNews
16 January 2008
Gay blogger Vikram Joshi attacks proposals to regulate the Indian blogosphere
Accuracast.com
16 January 2008
Blogger angry at the depiction of the Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations in Mumbai as a "gay" event by Britain's Guardian newspaper
desicritics.org
14 January 2008
A young Indian man from Mumbai, is a finalist in the Mr. Gay 2008 contest in Hollywood competing for a $10,000 prize.
Jagansown Blog
14 January 2008
Brief biog of prominent Indian gay activist. You'll notice that it bizarely gives the interview date as 1868 almost 100 years before the man was born.
Satra Magazine
14 January 2008
ReaMetrix of Bangalore devises new HIV testing procedure which cuts cost by 80 per cent.
India Times
13 January 2008
Going Gay the Bollywood Way -
Article on the increasing willingness of Bollywood to portray non-stereotyped gay characters.
Times of India
13 January 2008
An Israeli man and a Spanish restaurant manager meet, fall in love and marry in India.
mid-day.com
12 January 2008
"What's wrong with playing gay ?" asks Indian actor Samir Soni
Indiaenews.com
7 January 2008
Indian gigolos speak out about their difficult experiences having to work with both men and women and suffer both intimidation and violence.
BBC
6 January 2008
New support group for Delhi's gay community
ExpressIndia.com
27 November 2007 -
Indian Actor Plays Gay and Likes It.
Queerty
5 November 2007 -
Ramjas College Holds Seminar on Sexual Harassment.
ExpressIndia.com
31 October 2007 -
Ramjas professor faces suspension
after Allegations of Abusing Students.
Times of India
25 October 2007 -
Delhi University Professor Accused of Sexual Harassment.
ExpressIndia.com
17 October 2007 -
Gujarat Students on Strike Alleging Sexual Assault by Staff..
GujaratGlobal.com
14 October 2007 -
Two Queens and a Prince: Article on Gay Life in India.
The Times of India
9 October 2007 -
Gujarati prince champions gay rights.
Hindustan Times
18 August 2007
A fashion designer writes about gay life in Delhi
TheDelhiWalla.Blogspot.com
July 2007
Mumbai blogger recounts first encounter with a hijra
sachimaniar.wordpress.com
17 June 2007
Increased visibility has not increased tolerance for Calcutta's gay community
The Calcutta Telegraph
News 27 May 2007 -
India's gays tiptoe anonymously into the limelight
News 18 May 2007 -
Gay Indian film weighed down by lumbering narrative
14 May 2007
India refuses diplomatic status for gay partners of Canadian diplomats
lifesite.net
News 13 May 2007 -
Public Service Broadcasting Trust is holding a film festival at New Delhi's India Habitat Centre with 44 films on gender and sexuality.
News 23 April 2007 -
Five students expelled from a Kerala college for "obscene" film on gays
News 20 April 2007 -
Gays and lesbians in Bihar march for freedom and justice.
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