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Dhruvi Modi

In Conversation With A Bisexual Woman—What It's Like Coming Out In India | MissMalini

On the first anniversary of the scrapping of Section 377, here's a conversation with a bisexual women and her experience of coming out.

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In Conversation With A Bisexual Woman—What It’s Like Coming Out In India - MissMalini

Coming out is an important event in any person’s life who identifies themselves
as a member of the LGBTQ+ community
[/2018/06/19/pridemonth-what-equal-rights-actually-means-to-the-lgbtqia-community/]
. Given the hate crimes and sheer maltreatment of any person who isn’t
heterosexual, it’s no surprise that many LGBTQ+ people refrain from openly
coming out. While society is progressing, it is yet to reach a level of maturity
where we can embrace those who do not conform to the obsolete and traditi

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Valentine's Day

Suruchi Patwary

There Is A Petition To Include A Pride Heart Emoji—And You Need To Sign It, STAT! | MissMalini

This Valentine's day, a huge brand has started a petition to include pride heart emoji to celebrate the many shades of love!

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There Is A Petition To Include A Pride Heart Emoji—And You Need To Sign It, STAT! - MissMalini

Valentine’s day
[/2019/02/12/the-perfect-last-minute-date-night-look-for-valentines-day/] is the
day of celebrating love. But shouldn’t it be about embracing it too? Until last
year September, same-sex love was considered a criminal offence. So technically,
2019’s Valentine’s day will be the first year of celebrating love freely and
openly, without being discriminated over gender identity. But it’s not just the
pride community who is all excited and in support of this idea, another big
brand has

Movies

Pride

8 Pride Movies You Could Watch This Valentine's Day To Celebrate Love | MissMalini

Irrespective of how you identify yourself in terms of gender, you need to put these movies on your Valentine's day watchlist!

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8 Pride Movies You Could Watch This Valentine’s Day To Celebrate Love - MissMalini

People have mixed feelings about Valentine’s day. Some are all up for it and
make it the day to celebrate love. Some find it too cliché. But there is also a
large chunk of people who really wish they could celebrate it but due to
societal pressures cannot do it openly. We are talking about the pride
[/2019/02/01/rashtrapati-bhavan-lit-up-with-pride-colours-intentionally-or-just-a-happy-coincidence/] 
community! 2018 was the year of positive change for India, with Section 377
being decriminalised

community

LGBTQIA

bollywood_ad

@Bollywood_AD

5 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Section 377 | MissMalini

Today, the Supreme Court has finally scrapped Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code and decriminalising homosexuality. Here are a few things about this section you might not already know.

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5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Section 377 - MissMalini

Love (Image Courtesy: Shutterstock)Today, we’re celebrating the fact that the
Supreme Court has finally scrapped Section 377
[/2018/09/06/section-377-has-been-scrapped-all-love-is-legal/] of the Indian
Penal Code. For years the LGBTQIA+ community has fought for their rights and
justice is finally been served. For so long this community was looked at in a
different light, treated differently and was told that they suffered from
“mental disorders”. These myths and misconceptions
[/2018/06/05/pride

Section 377 Has Been Scrapped!—All Love Is Legal! | MissMalini

Gay rights have been upheld as per the Supreme Court's ruling this morning and Section 377 is no more! Let the celebration begin.

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Section 377 Has Been Scrapped!—All Love Is Legal! - MissMalini

As of this moment, gay sex has been decriminalized. Chief Justice Of India, 
Dipak Misra along with Justices RF Nariman, DY Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra, and
Justice Khanwilakar passed a judgement that stated that gay rights are to be
upheld and consensual sex between consenting adults is not a criminal offence
and that this criminalisation cannot be deemed as constitutional. It was further
stated autonomy, intimacy and identity of an individual are to be protected. At
the core of this decision li

Anjali Lama

equality

Gender Equality

Lakme Fashion Week

Model

Here's Why We Need To Change The Way We See The Transgender Community In India | MissMalini

Gender inequality in India is a gap we need to bridge right away. Here's why we should change the way we look at the transgender community.

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Here’s Why We Need To Change The Way We See The Transgender Community In India - MissMalini

#TheGirlTribe
[/2018/07/06/10-lessons-we-learnt-from-sonali-bendre-about-modern-day-parenting/] 
show has featured so many empowering women from different walks of life that
have spoken about some really inspirational stories. On the 5th episode of the
show, MissMalini a.k.a Malini Agarwal had a very interesting conversation with 
Anjali Lama. Anjali is the first-ever transgender model to walk the ramp for 
Lakmé Fashion Week
[/2017/02/08/first-transgender-model-walks-lakme-fashion-week/]. She t

India

Nicole Teresa Juneja

Let's Make India's First LGBT Networking App A Reality | MissMalini

School days. Wasn’t it great? Such a simple time. The early days for few of my
most cherished friendships that have survived two decades now! But the memories
for some are not so fond. Bullied, isolated and alone, living every day in
denial. That was the reality for many teenage boys and girls, which (in many
cases) continued to be their way of life over the years to follow.

That’s what Delta [https://www.thedeltaapp.com] is here to change.
By and for the Indian LGBT community, Delta will be

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Bollywood Gossip

Sonam Kapoor

Priyam Saha

Sonam Kapoor's Speech About The LGBT Community Is A Must Watch For Everyone! | MissMalini

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Sonam Kapoor’s Speech About The LGBT Community Is A Must Watch For Everyone! - MissMalini

Sonam KapoorSonam Kapoor is one lovely woman. She always sends out positive vibes to the
world and has often spoken strongly about being comfortable in one’s own skin.
She was at the Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival 2016 recently
and made a speech that’s an absolute must watch for everyone – gay or not.

Check it out!
Do you, Sonam &lt;3

Television

Bigg Boss 8

Diandra Soares

Praneet Bhatt

Sushant Divgikar

Television Gossip

Upen Patel

Marv D'Souza

11 Awesome Things Sushant Divgikar Told Us About Bigg Boss 8 (And Beyond!) | MissMalini

If you thought Sushant Divgikar was fun on Bigg Boss 8, boy, are you in for a treat with this interview!

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11 Awesome Things Sushant Divgikar Told Us About Bigg Boss 8 (And Beyond!) - MissMalini

Bigg Boss season 8’s Sushant Digvikar and MissMalini’s Marv D’SouzaHe probably
was one of the most entertaining house mates on Bigg Boss season 8. So, when 
MissMalini asked me to do a 1 on 1 interview with Sushant Divgikar, I said “Hell
Yeah!” It’s no secret that Divgikar is talented. He can dance, sing and go from
adorable to “Oh-No-He-Didn’t!” in 0.5 seconds. So when we sat him down for a
chat, we asked about everything. From his academic background, to the Mr. Gay
World pageant and now Bigg 

Harry Potter

J.K Rowling

Devanshi Kapadia

J.K Rowling's Comments On The LGBT Community Will Make You Smile! | MissMalini

At this point it's safe to assume that J.K Rowling always wins Twitter. She wins at life. She wins everything. If you're a fellow Potter Head, like most of us in Team MissMalini, then Harry Potter was your safe haven as you transitioned from child to pre-teen to adult.

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J.K Rowling’s Comments On The LGBT Community Will Make You Smile! - MissMalini

J.K RowlingAt this point it’s safe to assume that J.K Rowling always wins Twitter. She wins
at life. She wins everything. If you’re a fellow Potter Head, like most of us in 
Team MissMalini, then Harry Potter was your safe haven as you transitioned from
child to pre-teen to adult. In fact, whenever I’m feeling down and out, I just
read or watch a little Harry Potter for a quick pick me up.

It still surprises me that I learn a new life lesson every single time I reread
the books or sit through a