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Contents:

• LGBT INDIA: WHAT 'S LIKE SIX MONTHS AFTER GAY SEX WAS CRIMALISED
• GAY MEN'S EXPERIENC OF SURROGACY CLICS INDIA
• INDIA GAY TRAVEL
• ‘THERE ARE FEW GAY PEOPLE INDIA’: STIGMA LGERS SPE LEGAL VICTORY
• DELHI GAY TRAVEL
• THE SLOW EVOLUTN OF GAY CULTURE INDIA
• 'BEG GAY RAL INDIA IS DIFFERENT. LERATURE NEEDS TO PTURE THAT'
• GAY MUMBAI TRAVEL GUI

LGBT INDIA: WHAT 'S LIKE SIX MONTHS AFTER GAY SEX WAS CRIMALISED

In 2017, when he told his parents he was gay, their illn of him as the perfect son shattered.

Unlike Sourav, who nfintly asserts himself as a gay man spe the phback om his loved on, back the 1980s and 1990s, I had no termology to scribe what I was. There was emotnal blackmail, cludg beg blamed for his mother’s illns; beg taken by his parents to nsult a homophobic nropsychiatrist who diagnosed him wh a “sexual disorr”, prcribed meditn for and remend unsellg to rrect his ways; and opprsive parental surveillance, aid by the lack of privacy their two-room home.

GAY MEN'S EXPERIENC OF SURROGACY CLICS INDIA

To his horror, she told him that he was “not normal”, followed by advice monly given to young gay men: bee more “mascule”. He believ that if his father had not been homophobic, his mother would have e around by now.

The transphobic and homophobic people peddlg illegal, unscpulo treatments are not likely to disappear overnight. India crimalized homosexualy 2018. Through our own viss and those of the handful of LGBTQ+ tour operators who lead trips there, India is hospable and welg to all visors – cludg gay or lbian upl or groups.

In September 2018, homosexualy was ma legal India once aga after was crimalized 2013 and prevly crimalized 2009. One aspect of lol life that often surpris gay visors to India is the open affectn that Indian men display wh other men. They are not gay, nor a relatnship.

INDIA GAY TRAVEL

We terviewed several gay tour operators cludg Bryan Herb om Zoom Vatns (listed as a rource below), Robert Sharp om Out Adventur, and Zach Mos om HE Travel, who have equently traveled to India, and they all report feelg credibly wele. That said, tour operators who've brought many LGBTQ+ guts to India, report that beg gay is simply a non-issue. For LGBTQ+ travelers, there is a ltle more plex sce homosexualy is technilly illegal.

‘THERE ARE FEW GAY PEOPLE INDIA’: STIGMA LGERS SPE LEGAL VICTORY

Gay round trip culture & experience1 Nov. This is once--a-lifetime gay travel experience you’ll never fet! In the afternoon, ’s time to meet the guys and set off on your first gay adventure together – New Delhi, the pal of India.

Your gay cultural experience ntu wh a stop at Humayun’s Tomb, an imprsive monument Indo-Persian style om the 16th century.

The send day of your gay tour will end wh a wh a vis to Raj Ghat, a humble yet movg memorial to Mahatma 3, Fri, 03. At the end of this unfettable gay travel experience, your b driver will take you to 4, Sat, 04.

DELHI GAY TRAVEL

In Bharatpur you’ll embark on a special gay adventure through Keolao Ghana Natnal Park, a UNESCO World Herage Se.

After gettg your fill of nature, you’ll be taken to Ranthambore where your next gay adventure awas 5, Sun, 05. Your gay disvery tour through the natural wonrs of India ntu wh a morng and afternoon safari by jeep Ranthambore Natnal Park, the home of the tiger and an array of other fantastic wildlife verg 392 km².

Your gay adventure ntu.

THE SLOW EVOLUTN OF GAY CULTURE INDIA

Your gay disvery tour through this romantic cy begs wh a vis to the exquise Cy Palace, a majtic whe monument the Indian landspe. The next stop of your gay tour loted on the banks of the expansive Fateh Sagar Lake is the fascatg Saheln-ki-Bari, the Garn of the Maids of Honour. The mix of morn ci, sleepy villag and unique natural and cultural treasur mak an ial gay travel statn.

This luxur hotel is characterised by s betiful archecture, a spac pool, sea view, and direct beach your gay adventure by four daysFour-day extensn at the beach Goa (om € 899 a shared double room | om € 1349 a sgle room):. Then why not fly to Goa after your gay tour has officially end and spend four nights at a five-star beach rort? Let your gay heart be 9, Thu, 09.

'BEG GAY RAL INDIA IS DIFFERENT. LERATURE NEEDS TO PTURE THAT'

Afterwards, your gay adventure ntu the “Pk Cy” as Jaipur is referred to Indian culture. The cy will take your breath away wh s unique operatorThis gay tour is anised and rried out by Mar Polo Reisen, a renowned specialist for worldwi disvery trips for over 60 and servicIndia | Gay round trip culture & experience1 Nov.

CO2 pensatn – climate ntral gay tour.

After a farewell dner wh your gay travel panns, you’ll be transferred to the airport Delhi to board your flights home (flights not clud).

GAY MUMBAI TRAVEL GUI

It’s your gay holiday – e the days to plan any activi your heart sir. Image ptn, Nish Anand - known to his iends as Tish - is believed to be India's youngt drag queen at the age of 20Up until six months ago, 20-year-old Tish felt like a faced long-term prison time India bee he was an out and proud gay man, but then his life sex was crimalised by the Indian Supreme Court on 6 September overturned a 2013 judgement that upheld a 157-year-old law datg back to Brish source, Getty ImagImage ptn, People holdg an LGBT rabow flag at Mumbai's first ever pri marchThere were celebratns across India when the lg me through but Tish was cryg - bee he'd jt spl up wh his boyiend. It's the basement of a five-star hotelTish regularly parti at gay club Kty Su but says he's sometim nervo when he leav the venue as homophobic people know "what we are" so uld attack him surroundg club is owned by by Kehav Suri - a proment gay bsman - who was one of the the Supreme Court petners that helped change sectn 377, the lonial-era law.

"Many people still have the mentaly that homosexualy is wrong, " says Kiran Bobby om the Naz Foundatn. Image ptn, Kiran works at the Naz Foundatn Delhi which supports members of the LGBT munySectn 377 led that gay sex was an "unnatural offence", but the urt led discrimatn on the basis of sexual orientatn is a fundamental vlatn of rights. "Image ptn, Kiran, who is transgenr, says she don't always feel safe Delhi as most people thk she's a sex workerThe change law do mean "many lbian and gay people are startg to disclose their sexualy to their parents", Kiran explas.