Gaylaxy

Gaylaxy
Editor Sukhdeep Singh
Frequency Bi-monthly
First issue January 2010 (2010-01)
Country India
Language English, Hindi
Website www.gaylaxymag.com

Gaylaxy is an Indian lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) magazines.[1] The magazine is based is based in Kolkata.[2]

History

Gaylaxy was founded by Sukhdeep Singh.[3] In 2010, Singh was still an eighth semester B.Tech student at the Indian School of Mines in Dhanbad. Singh is the current editor-in-chief. and is currently a gay rights activist in India.[4] The initial team consisted mostly of the editor's close friends and contacts. The first issue was published in January 2010, after India's "high court overturned a law that criminalized homosexuality."[1] Later, in 2013 this law was again reinstated, making being in a same sex relationship in India illegal again.[5]

In January, 2014, Gaylaxy began to release a Hindi edition of the magazine.[6]

Gaylaxy also released an app relating to the website and its content.[7] The Gaylaxy app is considered a "possible first for the gay community" in India, according to The India Times.[8]

Publication and content

Gaylaxy was originally distributed as a monthly magazine.[9] Since 2011 it has been a bi-monthly[10] publication, distributed online free of cost.

The magazine claims to have a worldwide readership, with nearly 60% from India, followed by United States, UK, Pakistan and Canada. The magazine has contributors from all parts of India, including Pakistan.[1]

The magazine has covered a wide variety of issues pertaining to LGBT in India.[11]

The content is generally made up of

Each issue of Gaylaxy also carries a list of NGOs across India working for LGBT issues with their contact details.

The magazine has covered issues from all around the world including the anti-gay bills in Uganda and Russia, California Proposition 8 and LGBT rights in Pakistan.

The magazine also publishes regular news articles on its websites about LGBT events in India.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Nichols, JamesMichael (18 February 2014). "Gaylaxy, Gay Indian Website And E-Zine, Launches Mobile App". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  2. Sharma, Parvati. "Coming out soon". Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  3. Dasgupta, Priyanka (11 September 2015). "When Will India Get Its First Lesbian Comic Character?". Times of India. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  4. Morgan, Joe (12 January 2015). "India State Plans Official Rehab to 'Cure' Gay Teens". Gay Star News. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  5. George, Nirmala (1 December 2014). "India's Gay And Lesbian Community Demands End To Discrimination At New Delhi March". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  6. "New Year's Gift: Hindi Edition of LGBT Magazine Launched". The Times of India. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  7. "Gaylaxy - Mobile App For Gay Community". Deccan Herald. 22 February 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  8. "New Cellphone App for LGBT Community". The Times of India. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  9. Bhatia, Richa (26 January 2011). "The Digital Afterlife of the Queer". The Indian Express. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  10. Shruti Nambiar, "E-zine Expressway", The Indian Express, 16 November 2011
  11. Anna Leach, "Indian T-shirt brand apologies for gay rape joke", Gay Star News, 25 April 2013

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