Posts Tagged ‘LGBTQ’

DESILICIOUS BOLLY PRIDE | JUNE 29 2019

DESILICIOUS BOLLY PRIDE | JUNE 29 2019

Photos by Steven Rosen

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHOLAY! | APRIL 6 2019

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHOLAY! | APRIL 6 2019

Photos by Ellen Wallop

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DESILICIOUS WINTER WARM UP | JAN 26 2019

DESILICIOUS WINTER WARM UP | JAN 26 2019

Photos by Ellen Wallop

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DESILICIOUS @ ASIA SOCIETY | Jan 18 2019

DESILICIOUS @ ASIA SOCIETY | Jan 18 2019

We teamed up with Asia Society to present a special Leo Bar edition of our roving Bollywood bash

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Bangladesh’s Trans Community Granted Full Voting Rights

Bangladesh’s Trans Community Granted Full Voting Rights

“From now onward, a third gender individual can be a voter with their own identity, as a hijra,” Abdul Baten, the Director of National Identity Registration declared. The trans community of Bangladesh has finally been granted the right to register to vote under a “third gender” identity category. Government officials allocated the category on the national voters’ list for the country’s trans community, commonly known as hijra. Prior to the change, Bangladeshi voters could only

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A New Generation of Desi Filmmakers Puts Gay Characters Front and Center

A New Generation of Desi Filmmakers Puts Gay Characters Front and Center

All of us desi queers binge watching Made in Heaven are witnessing a not-so-quiet  revolution on the digital screen. While Bollywood plays catch up on the silver screen with the recent release of Ek Ladki Ko Dekha, internet-driven platforms have been offering wider and fuller representation of LGBTQ Indian characters for the past couple years. Made in Heaven, the steamy web series directed by Zoya Akhtar that premiered on Amazon in March, chronicles

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DESILICIOUS AZAADI | AUG 18, 2018

DESILICIOUS AZAADI | AUG 18, 2018 / read more

Four Desi Web Series to Check out on National Coming Out Day

Four Desi Web Series to Check out on National Coming Out Day

Happy National Coming Out Day! For the occasion, the Teal Mango has rounded up four  web series featuring South Asian characters that you should check out. Each reflects the diversity of the LGBT experience while also, in many cases, highlighting the challenges members of the community face in South Asia and the diaspora to this day. They include:   “The ‘Other’ Love Story” Directed by Rupa Rao The series follows two

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