On a balmy October morning, a motley bunch of youngsters walks into the Nationalist Congress Party’s headquarters in Mumbai. It was a first-of-its kind effort by any political party in India, Sule had said, adding the party would strive for an “inclusive society free of prejudice, homophobia and transphobia”. It’s a phenomenon that Anish Gawande, an LGBTQ+ rights activist and …
When the pandemic first struck, Santa Khurai, arguably Manipur’s foremost queer activist and champion of transgender rights, reached out to donors and with support from the National Council of Churches in India, and began distributing ration to 200 people from the trans community in Imphal. Initially through community networks that have sent out SOS requests for help and then through …
