The battle for same-sex marriage is essentially a fight for civil rights

The government affidavit in the Delhi High Court opposing same-sex marriage reeks of homophobia.

Sharif D Rangnekar

· Mar 01, 2021 · 06:30 am

Queer and here: Meet the youngsters carving out a niche for themselves on the indie music scene

How India’s queer musicians are navigating the politics of love and identity in their art.

Sharif D Rangnekar

· Jul 19, 2020 · 11:30 am

For the Rainbow Lit Fest with LGBTQ+ themes, Covid-19 is a speed-breaker, not a permanent barrier

The organiser explains why the literature festival has no choice but to take a break this year.

Sharif D Rangnekar

· Jun 09, 2020 · 05:30 pm

In Pride Month, India’s LGBT community could be even prouder if it healed internal divisions

The community reflects the polarisation with which the rest of India lives.

Sharif D Rangnekar

· Jun 28, 2019 · 08:00 am

This Indian memoir of coming out of the closet in the face of intolerance is poignant in its detail

An excerpt from ‘Straight To Normal’, where Sharif D Rangnekar recounts his personal journey from confusion, through awareness and anxiety, to acceptance.

Sharif D Rangnekar

· Feb 11, 2019 · 08:30 am

Just like the Pope, Dattatreya Hosabale of RSS gave the LGBT community hope – and then took it away

The RSS joint general secretary said that homosexuality is not a crime before clarifying that it is a mental disorder.

Sharif D Rangnekar

· Mar 20, 2016 · 04:30 pm

Supreme Court has restored queer people's hope in the book that really matters – the Constitution

It may take a while but there's optimism that India will decriminalise gay sex.

Sharif D Rangnekar

· Feb 03, 2016 · 09:00 am

Homosexuality isn't a disease but it is time to recognise that homophobia definitely is

'We respect handicapped persons,' the BJP executive member Subramanian Swamy recently said. 'Homos are genetically handicapped'.

Sharif D Rangnekar

· Jul 05, 2015 · 12:30 pm

The impunity with which doctors give LGBTs shock therapy shows why gay-sex ban must go

NGO writes to Medical Council of India demanding ban of doctors who claim to be able to treat homosexuality.

Sharif D Rangnekar

· Jun 02, 2015 · 11:30 am

I am a gay Indian man, but I wish today I was living in Ireland

By voting overwhelmingly for same-sex marriage in a referendum, Ireland has shown us the meaning of love and equality. Something India still doesn’t understand.

Sharif D Rangnekar

· May 25, 2015 · 12:30 pm