LGBTQ is a newly coined all-encompassing term in the community of people whose gender or sexual identities can create shared political and social concerns. “Queer Community” and “Rainbow Community” are few of the other terms used to describe LGBTQ+ people. LGBTQ people are more likely to face mental health problems as a result of the prejudices and biases they have to face.
Are you LGBTQ identified? Read the interesting individual experiences of being part of the LGBTQ community in our LGBTQ category and gain confidence by learning that you are not alone.
Read interviews of people who are famous and achievers in their fields and how they call themselves LGBTQ with much pride. They share their life stories and advice and suggest the best ways to deal with mainstream society, and they tell us how to find inclusiveness and happiness within it.
There are beautiful stories of how a mother came to accept her gay son and how a woman realised she was a lesbian when she could not enjoy physical intimacy with a man she loved. Browse through for some inspiring real-life stories.
(As told to Pooja Sharma Rao)Names changed to protect identities Today I sat again by the huge French window in the attic of our ancestral palatial house located on the Jakhu hill in Shimla. The city lights spread out below me like a dark blanket studded with stars. Today I was again thinking about my …
How my gay brother was driven to his death by our parents Read More »
(As told to Saurabh Das) While growing up and studying in an all-boys school, I observed that I was attracted to men sexually. During my initial years, I couldn’t understand it much, treating it just as another hormonal adventure. However, when I passed school and reached college, the attraction increased. But I was not gay, …
I was in love with a man and a woman at the same time Read More »
What do gays/lesbians do in the bedroom? It is a conundrum to straight people. Sexually, the choices we make in bed are fluid and naturally attributed to the love shared emotionally with our partners. The dynamics of a happy relationship ultimately determine how you love yourself and your partner sexually. Sometimes sex can just be …
So who is the girl and who’s the boy in a same-sex relationship? Read More »
The theme of homosexuality in mythology is quite common. Many mythologies depict this as a sexual act in terms of same-sex relationships or deal with the subject as it is. No mythologies address the subject as taboo or unnatural. Mythologies of the world treat the subject as just another manifestation of erotic expression and don’t …
It is unbelievable how Achilles’ gay relationship changed the course of the Trojan war Read More »
How did they build a wonderful marriage even though he was gay and happily married to a woman
A video that urges us to look at love differently
The very word ‘gay’ struck fear that I would ‘turn’ my younger family members queer at some stage.
Being happy in one’s own body is often very difficult and stressful, even without the pressure of differences in sexuality
