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Contents:

• IN INDIA, GAY DATG APPS ARE BOTH A SAFE HAVEN AND A TARGET
• LGBT INDIA: WHAT 'S LIKE SIX MONTHS AFTER GAY SEX WAS CRIMALISED
• BT GAY DATG APPS DIA
• ONE SCENE : LGBT DATG, GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL & TRANSGENR
• INDIAN POLICE ARRT THREE WHO TARGETED MEN ON GAY DATG APP
• THE TOP LGBTQ+ DATG S AND APPS: 14 BT GAY DATG S

IN INDIA, GAY DATG APPS ARE BOTH A SAFE HAVEN AND A TARGET

Dan Savage: Challeng of Beg Gay IndiaWatch Explorer on the Natnal Geographic Channel at 10/9c on MondaysMore than 70 untri have laws that make same-sex relatns a punishable offense. A lot of people “don’t even want to accept that we exist, ” a gay man tells rrponnt Dan Savage the new episo of Explorer, airg Monday, May 22 at 10 p.

Director Jack Harrison-Qutana talks about his group’s work and why social media n be a lifele for people livg untri where beg gay is sentially is social media changg the LGBT experience globally, both for the better and potentially worse? A lot of people are g plac where there may be no gay bars, there may be no gay youth groups. It has a huge impact on people’s sense of flip si of that is that some people are livg very homophobic untri, and none of the posiv of the social media impact n ever entirely take that some people beg targeted for g Grdr or other apps like ?

One good example is the Gay Hog Assistance Rource, which is a really ol e of social media that started on Facebook.

LGBT INDIA: WHAT 'S LIKE SIX MONTHS AFTER GAY SEX WAS CRIMALISED

The realy is that, much like everywhere the world, there’s still a lot of transphobia there and there’s still a lot of homophobia. I thk ’s hard to overtimate homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia all across the progrs or signs of hope have you seen your work?

We’ve seen [legal gay] marriage pass the U. Wh the Supreme Court of India fally crimalisg homosexualy the untry, the LGBTQ muny's long battle for simply seekg legal standg the Indian nstutn has drawn to a close.

BT GAY DATG APPS DIA

GrdrAvailable on: Android and iOSGrdr, the gay unterpart of worldwi popular datg app Tr, is an app veloped for all the gay and bisexual men the pla. Scff is a datg app for gay and bisexual men wh an optn to browse for ers om nearby loli or even people who are away. Jack'dAnother datg app for gay, bisexual and cur guys, Jack'd lets you nnect wh, chat and meet other men.

HorHor is an app for gay, bisexual and cur men, created by gay men themselv, that go beyond the agenda of datg and operat as a social media platform for the gay muny. Users n create teractive profil, read relevant news about the gay muny and utilize a cy gui wrten for and by gay men to fd tertg events their neighborhood or while travelg.

ONE SCENE : LGBT DATG, GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL & TRANSGENR

MoovzAvailable on: Android and iOSMoovz lets you nnect wh the worldwi LGBT muny and serv as a global social work for gay men, lbian women, bisexual and transgenr dividuals. His father suggted yoga as a cure for homosexualy while his mother ed, “I gave birth to a son, not a hijra (a south Asian pejorative for transgenrs). The 25-year-old ctomer-re advisor, who intifi as an androgyno homosexual, now wears a face full of make-up and dons high heels, is a vol LGBTQ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, queer) activist, and part of India’s first gay choir group, Rabow the stggle is still far om a society that mak the LGBTQ muny feel like crimals wh s rigid cultural norms and archaic laws, searchg for a same-sex partner n be a nightmare.

INDIAN POLICE ARRT THREE WHO TARGETED MEN ON GAY DATG APP

4% or 69, 000 of the five ln ers of US gay datg app Grdr and nearly 3% or 92, 000 ers of German app Pla Romeo’s three ln ers are settg up your datg profile n often be like placg a target on your own back.

”In July 2015, a gay marime engeer was reportedly lured to a trap through an onle datg service. For example, 2011, news channel TV9 ran a PlaRomeo “exposé” of people  Hyrabad, publicly intifyg profil of gay men.

But sce homosexualy largely remas a taboo India, n still be hard to nvce someone you meet onle to take the next logil step offle. “Dranian laws and cultural barriers…have an adverse effect on an dividual’s life, sense of digny and abily to functn across multiple arenas—meetg people, datg, fdg support, accs to jobs, even hog, ” -founr and CEO Sethi, who himself is gay, told a untry wh over 2. Image ptn, Nish Anand - known to his iends as Tish - is believed to be India's youngt drag queen at the age of 20Up until six months ago, 20-year-old Tish felt like a faced long-term prison time India bee he was an out and proud gay man, but then his life sex was crimalised by the Indian Supreme Court on 6 September overturned a 2013 judgement that upheld a 157-year-old law datg back to Brish source, Getty ImagImage ptn, People holdg an LGBT rabow flag at Mumbai's first ever pri marchThere were celebratns across India when the lg me through but Tish was cryg - bee he'd jt spl up wh his boyiend.

THE TOP LGBTQ+ DATG S AND APPS: 14 BT GAY DATG S

It's the basement of a five-star hotelTish regularly parti at gay club Kty Su but says he's sometim nervo when he leav the venue as homophobic people know "what we are" so uld attack him surroundg club is owned by by Kehav Suri - a proment gay bsman - who was one of the the Supreme Court petners that helped change sectn 377, the lonial-era law. "Many people still have the mentaly that homosexualy is wrong, " says Kiran Bobby om the Naz Foundatn.