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Pink Pages | |
Label1: | Editor |
Data1: | Udayan dhar |
Label3: | Categories |
Data3: | Lifestyle |
Label4: | Frequency |
Data4: | Quarterly |
Label5: | Circulation |
Data5: | 6,000 (2009 est.) |
Label6: | Publication history |
Data6: | 2009–2017 |
Label8: | Country |
Data8: | India |
Label9: | Language |
Data9: | English |
Label10: | Website |
Data10: | pink-pages.co.in |
Belowstyle: | background:#ddf; |
Pink Pages was an Indian LGBT magazine that published online and print issues from 2009 to 2017.[1]
Pink Pages was founded by in 2009, with Udayan Dhar as the editor in chief.[2] [3] The magazine was distributed online free of cost and had readers and contributors from across India, making it an LGBT magazine with a national focus. Pink Pages, combined politics, activism and interviews with celebrities, lifestyle stories and readers’ own personal accounts.[4] [5]
The first issue was released within days of the historic Delhi High Court judgement decriminalizing homosexuality in India.[6] [7]
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.[8] [9] The first print issue was eventually released in 2016.