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Bhutan took a step towards queer rights, but its LGBTIQ+ people want a giant leap
Bhutan celebrated the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 2021 but LGBTIQ+ activists are pushing for the legal recognition of all gender identities and marriage equality
Yangchen C Rinzin | Nov 21, 2023
How Manipur’s ethnic violence ripped a queer friendship apart
The collapse of a deep Meitei–Kuki friendship shows how Manipur’s nascent queer movement is fraying, threatening its hard-won gains in the violence-torn Indian state
Schulu Duo | Oct 31, 2023
Queer Christians in India cautiously rebuild relationships with their churches
Driven away by anti-homosexual stigma, some queer Indian Christians are slowly returning to the fold – helped by some churches’ efforts to make safe spaces for them
Joshua Muyiwa | Jul 21, 2023
‘Joyland’ crosses the barbed wire between India and Pakistan
Indian audiences are connecting with director Saim Sadiq’s acclaimed, queer-affirming Pakistani film, briefly banned in its home country
Chintan Girish Modi | Jul 14, 2023
India’s queer politics after Section 377
On the limits of the Supreme Court decision that decriminalised same-sex acts in India.
Ian Miller | Dec 31, 2018
Minority report
On the lived experiences of sexual and gender minorities in Nepal.
Danny Coyle | Sep 18, 2015
Inside and Out
New queer writing from Southasia suggests shifts in attitudes since 2009.
Annie McCarthy | Jan 17, 2014
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Bhutan took a step towards queer rights, but its LGBTIQ+ people want a giant leap
Bhutan celebrated the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 2021 but LGBTIQ+ activists are pushing for the legal recognition of all gender identities and marriage equality
