Pink Pages Explained

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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
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Pink Pages was an Indian LGBT magazine that published online and print issues from 2009 to 2017.[1]

Background

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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official Facebook page of Pink Pages. Facebook.
  2. Web site: Rainbow Chronicles. 31 August 2009 . 2009-09-01. The Indian Express.
  3. Web site: Pink in the Armour. 2009-09-01. TimeOut Magazine.
  4. Web site: Optimism springs eternal among Indian gays. 2010-07-02. Svenska Dagbladet.
  5. Web site: India now has seven magazines on gay issues. 2010-08-08. IANS. 2012-10-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20121016212640/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/lifestyle/india-now-has-seven-magazines-on-gay-issues_100408919.html. dead.
  6. Web site: LGBT Magazines. 2010-03-13. TimeOut Magazine.
  7. Web site: From Mumbai to Kolkata – The rainbow is flying high over India. 2010-03-13. Stickyrice.
  8. Web site: Popular gay E-mag denied imprimatur. 2010-12-21. MidDay.
  9. Web site: No fun in thinking straight. 2010-12-04. Tehelka. 2010-12-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20101202234427/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main48.asp?filename=hub041210NO_FUN_IN.asp. dead.