In parts of India, deeply traditional and patriarchal social norms mean that people coming out as LGBTQI+ can result in their families abandoning them — or worse. That was the case for a young lesbian couple this year in the Hindu pilgrimage city of Madurai, in the Southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The women’s …Read More

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