India

When catering to clients, she can be herself. But when she leaves her studio for home, she is forced to disguise herself as a man.

Yoga, prayer, and “wellness treatments” don’t fall under conversion therapy bans since they aren’t performed by a medical professional, but they’re still used to try to “cure” queer people.

Despite significant geographical and linguistic differences, Australia, Europe, and Asia share at least one strong bond – plenty of activists dedicated to equality for LGBTQ+ people.

“The boys in my class blindfolded me and made me strip. I can’t take it anymore.”

The day after coming out to his family, Sahil was tied up with iron chains and locked in an eerie shelter as smoke from incense sticks gave him trouble breathing.

LGBTQ Nation dives into some recent global discussions on marriage equality. 

While drag as Americans know it may have only existed for a decade in India, the history of gender subversion goes way back and the audience may be as important as the performers.

“The name-change request shows how deeply rooted the homophobia is,” an LGBTQ advocate argued.

The son tried to frame three other people before he admitted to killing his own father.

The grandmother gave Kali her jewelry to show “I love and accept her.” “If I can be 87 and accepting, I’m sure so can you!”

Like many LGBTQ Muslims, these four people don’t have many options to live out and proud.

Not only did they “thrash” the killers until they confessed, but they also dragged them to the police station and turned them in.

Instead of working with “terrible cramps,” cis women and trans men are now encouraged to take some time off.

Worldwide, people generally liked lesbians more than gay men.

Gabon never had a colonial law banning gay sex.

The film is called “How I Felt When I Saw That Girl” and it’s breaking new ground in the world’s second-largest nation.

Transgender seniors will be getting a 40% discount on this train starting in January.

“My mother is an inspiration to millions,” the queen said. And social media agreed.

“We would have consumed the water if it was the body of a normal person, but the woman died of HIV.”

“Constitutional morality cannot be martyred at the altar of social morality,” the ruling said.