Pink Pages

Pink Pages

Cover

Monsoon 2012 cover
Editor Udayan
Categories Lifestyle
Frequency Quarterly
Circulation 6000 (2009 est.)
First issue July 2009
Company MINGLE
Country India
Language English
Website pink-pages.co.in

Pink Pages is an Indian LGBT magazine.

Background

Pink Pages was founded by in 2009. Udayan Dhar is the editor in chief.[1][2] The magazine is distributed online free of cost and has readers and contributors from across India, making it an LGBT magazine with a national focus. Pink Pages, combines politics, activism and interviews with celebrities, lifestyle stories and readers’ own personal accounts.[3][4]

The first issue was released within days of the historic Delhi High Court judgement decriminalizing homosexuality in India.[5][6]

Pink Pages was denied permission to print by the Registrar of Newspapers in India in October 2010, which was widely viewed as a homophobic act by the Government body.[7][8]

Among the authors is Harish Iyer, prominent gay rights activist from Mumbai.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Rainbow Chronicles". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
  2. ↑ "Pink in the Armour". TimeOut Magazine. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
  3. ↑ "Optimism springs eternal among Indian gays". Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
  4. ↑ "India now has seven magazines on gay issues". IANS. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
  5. ↑ "LGBT Magazines". TimeOut Magazine. Retrieved 2010-03-13.
  6. ↑ "From Mumbai to Kolkata – The rainbow is flying high over India". Stickyrice. Retrieved 2010-03-13.
  7. ↑ "Popular gay E-mag denied imprimatur". MidDay. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
  8. ↑ "No fun in thinking straight". Tehelka. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
  9. ↑ "Popular gay E-mag denied imprimatur". MidDay. Retrieved 2010-12-21.

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