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It’s been two years since the world’s largest democracy repealed the draconian Section 377 which used to allow discrimination against homosexual people.
Only this month, a little closer to home, Queensland and the ACT became the first two Australian states to ban conversion therapy.
I spoke to people from the Indian LGBTQ+ community about how things have changed for them, if they’ve noticed any progress in society and what the next step towards equality would be.
Interviewees:
- Milind Mutum from Bengaluru India, works for an educational start-up called Unacademy.
- Kunal Mirchandani, chairperson of Trikone Australia
- Sanjay Alapakkam, 4th year Law and Commerce student at UNSW
- Anonymous community member
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