Magazines and Journals
Here is a list of magazines, journals and other periodicals relevant to the LGBT community in India, the broader South Asia region and diaspora. Some of these are no longer in circulation.
Please let us know via the Orinam Contact page –
- If you know of other magazines that we have not listed here
- If you can update us on the currently unknown status of some of these
- If you have back issues or of out-of-print magazines from this list that you can contribute to the India LGBT Archives initiative
| Year | Name | For | Place | Status |
| 1986 | Anamika | South Asian lesbians and bi women, print |
? | ? |
| 1986 | Trikone | South Asian lesbians and gay men (first named Trikon subsequently Trikone, and for LGBT), print and electronic |
San Fran- cisco, USA |
in publication |
| 1989 | Khush Khayal |
South Asian, print | Toronto, Canada |
no longer published |
| 1989 | Shakti Khabar |
South Asian LGBT, print | London, UK |
? |
| 1990 | Shamakami | Newsletter for South Asian lesbians and bi women, print |
? | |
| 1990 | Bombay Dost | Indian gay men (annual), |
Mumbai, India |
in publication |
| 1990 | Freedom | Newsletter for Indian gay men, print |
Gulbarga, India |
no longer published |
| 1991 | Pravartak | Indian LGBT people, print | Kolkata, India |
no longer published |
| 1993 | Samiyoni | South Asian lesbians and bi women magazine, print |
Toronto, Canada |
? |
| 1993 | Aarambh | South Asian LGBT magazine |
Delhi, India |
? |
| 1997 | Darpan | Newsletter for Indian LGBT |
Delhi, India | ? |
| 1998 | Scripts | Magazine featuring queer/ feminist /activist/ creative voices, from Lesbians and Bisexuals in Action(LABIA), Mumbai, print |
Mumbai, India |
in publication |
| 1999 | Sanghamitra | Magazine for Indian LGBT (annual print, quarterly electronic) |
Bangalore, India |
in publication |
| 2001 | Lakshya | Gujarati gay magazine | Gujarat, India |
unknown |
| 2004 | Swakanthey (In Our Own Voice) |
Bilingual (Bengali-English) Bi-annual magazine for LGBTIKHQ, academics and others interested in gender/sexuality issues published by Sappho Available in print and online at www.sapphokolkata.in |
Kolkata, India |
In publication |
| 2005 | In Plainspeak | Magazine with content on sexuality (including LGBT) published quarterly by the South and SouthEast Asia Resource Centre on Sexuality of TARSHI, print, electronic |
Delhi, India |
in publication |
| 2006 | Rainbow News | Quarterly newsletter of EQUAL GROUND (content in Sinhala, Tamil and English) |
Columbo, Sri Lanka |
in publication |
| 2008 | Chay magazine |
Magazine on sex and sexuality in Pakistan, South Asia and abroad, electronic |
? | in publication |
| 2009 | Pink Pages India |
Electronic magazine for Indian LGBT, started in July 2009 |
in publication | |
| 2009 | The Queer Chronicle |
Monthly electronic magazine for LGBT people in Pune, launched Sept 2009 |
Pune, India |
in publication |
| 2009 | Jiah | Quarterly electronic magazine for Indian queer women, founded November 2009 |
Pune, India |
in publication |
| 2010 | Gaylaxy Magazine |
Monthly, electronic magazine, startedJanuary 2010 |
in publication | |
| 2013 | Varta | Online magazine, started August 1, 2013 | Kolkata, India | in publication |