Informational & Legal Resources

📚 Informational & Legal Resources

• LGBTQ India Resource
  A comprehensive platform offering information on LGBTQIA+ rights, campus collectives, NGOs, pride events, and housing assistance.
  🔗 lgbtqindiaresource.in
  
  

• Equaldex – India
  Provides an overview of LGBTQ+ rights in India, including legal status and recent developments.
  🔗 equaldex.com/region/india
  
  

• Wikipedia: LGBTQ Rights in India
  Offers a detailed history and current status of LGBTQIA+ rights in India.
  🔗 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_India
  
  

• The Lancet Psychiatry: Promoting LGBTQIA+ Rights in India
  Discusses the progress and challenges in supporting LGBTQIA+ rights from a psychiatric perspective.
  🔗 thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(24)00135-4/fulltext
  
  

🏳️‍🌈 Community Organizations & Support Groups

• The Humsafar Trust
  One of India's oldest LGBTQIA+ organizations, offering health services, counseling, and advocacy.
  🔗 humsafar.org
  
  

• Naz Foundation
  Provides counseling, care, and support services to the LGBTQIA+ community.
  🔗 nazindia.org/lgbtqia
  
  

• Sappho for Equality
  Focuses on the rights of lesbians, bisexual women, and trans men in Eastern India.
  🔗 sapphokolkata.in
  
  

• Orinam
  A Chennai-based collective working to enhance understanding of alternate sexualities and gender identities.
  🔗 orinam.net
  
  

• Queer Chennai Chronicles
  Promotes LGBTQIA+ literature through events like the Queer LitFest.
  🔗 queerchennaichronicles.com
  
  

🧠 Mental Health & Legal Aid

• Varta Trust – Queer Friendly Services
  An online database of queer-friendly sexual health, mental health, and legal aid service providers in India.
  🔗 resources.vartagensex.org/service-providers-search
  
  

• LGBTQ India Helplines
  A list of helplines offering support for mental health, crisis intervention, and more.
  🔗 lgbtqindiaresource.in/helpline
  
  

📰 Media & Publications

• Gaylaxy Magazine
  An online magazine covering LGBTQIA+ issues, stories, and news in India.
  🔗 gaylaxymag.com
  
  

• Gaysi Family
  A media platform providing a safe space for queer folks to share their stories and interact.
  🔗 gaysifamily.com
  
  

🧑‍⚖️ Policy & Advocacy

• Pride Circle
  Works towards social equity by affirmative action for the LGBT+ community in India.
  🔗 thepridecircle.com
  
  

• UNDP India – LGBTQ+ Human Rights Report
  A policy brief addressing legal equality for LGBTQ+ in India.
  🔗 undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2024-11/uniting_diversity-policy_brief-final_version.pdf
  
  

For localized support in Maharashtra, please refer to the previously provided directory of key government departments, helplines, and community organizations.

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