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Added to the social stigma we face, it is just too risky to be openly queer in India, especially for young folks like me. Sadly, bullying and harassment of the LGBTQ community is still rife in India. Why did you ask us to make your identity anonymous? I work as a doctor specialising in neurology and work closely with our local LGBTQ organisations advocating for progressive change for our community. I live in Delhi with my boyfriend, Rhys (also an alias name), who I met at university. I am 32 years old, born and raised in Delhi. Namaste Nomadic Boys – welcome to India and to Delhi! Raj also has a lifestyle blog about his relationship with his boyfriend and their life in Delhi, which we recommend checking out.ġ1 And finally, what's this we hear about very erotic religious carvings? Hi Raj, where are you from and what do you do? Raj requested his identity be kept anonymous, so we have used the name “Raj” as his alias. This is where we met up with our buddy Raj from Delhi to find out more about what it's like growing up gay in India We suggest using gay dating apps like Grindr to tap into the local LGBTQ community, as we found out in our gay night out in Delhi. Because of this, we found that a large part of the gay scene in India is still underground. Indian men are expected to marry a woman and have lots of children to please their family so as to avoid being ostracised by their local community. However, Indian society remains very conservative.
Bollywood has even started to embrace its LGBTQ community with the release of a gay Bollywood movie called Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan (Extra Careful of Marriage)! It's for this reason we rate India as one of the most gay friendly countries in Asia.
All the main Indian cities have a gay scene, particularly in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore, which have their own gay pride parades, weekly gay parties and even LGBTQ film festivals. That's a vast proportion of the world's LGBTQ population – and these guys are super active!ĭay by day the Indian LGBTQ population is growing more and more confident. This was huge! Remember, this is a country with a population of almost 1.5 billion people. This is our interview with local boy Raj from Delhi about gay life in India and what it's like growing up gay in Delhi.Īfter a decade of backflipping in and out the closet with its anti-gay laws (the Delhi High Court repealed them in 2009 but in 2013 the Supreme Court reintroduced them), in September 2018, the Supreme Court finally repealed them once and for all in a landmark decision.