1st Rainbow Awards

2023 LGBTQ literary awards ceremony 1st Rainbow Awards http://therainbowawards.in/ Dwijen Dinanath Arts Foundation 1st Rainbow Awards.png India Rainbow Lit Fest, Gulmohar Park, New Delhi 2023 12 10 Rainbow Awards 2ndThe 1st Rainbow Awards ceremony was held at Rainbow Lit Fest, Gulmohar Park, New Delhi on 10 December 2023. It celebrated writers from 1 January 2022 and journalists from 1 June 2022, both until 31 May 2023.Sharma Saurabh 11 December 2023 Rainbow Lit Fest 2023: Winners of the inaugural Rainbow Awards for Literature and Journalism announced https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/lifestyle/books/rainbow-lit-fest-2023-winners-of-the-inaugural-rainbow-awards-for-literature-and-journalism-announced-11886261.html https://web.archive.org/web/20231211132750/https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/lifestyle/books/rainbow-lit-fest-2023-winners-of-the-inaugural-rainbow-awards-for-literature-and-journalism-announced-11886261.html 11 December 2023 Moneycontrol en Jury The nine-member jury composed of following members evaluated the submissions and decide on the award winners. Rohin Bhatt, queer rights activist, lawyer and bioethicist, served as a co-coordinator.Scroll Staff 25 May 2023 Inaugural Rainbow Awards to honour queer literature and journalism https://scroll.in/article/1049736/inaugural-rainbow-awards-to-honour-queer-literature-and-journalism Scroll.in en-US Adrija Bose, editor Alka Pande, art historian and writer Anish Gawande, co-found of the Pink List India Jyotsna Siddharth, artist and writer Kalki Subramaniam, activist, artist and writer Parvati Sharma, writer Poonam Saxena, writer and translator Sindhu Rajasekaran, writer and researcher Winners and nominees Lifetime Achievement Award Hoshang Merchant, a Hyderabad-based poet and professor best known for his anthology Yaraana, was honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award.Nanisetti Serish 10 September 2018 'Homosexuality is endemic where capitalism thrives,' says Hoshang Merchant The Hindu thehindu.com https://www.thehindu.com/society/hoshang-merchant-memories-of-another-day-post-section-377/article24914467.ece Literature #eedd82 Fiction of the Year Entering the Maze: Queer Fiction of Krishnagopal Mallick by Niladri R. ChatterjeeMallick Krishnagopal Entering the maze: queer fiction of Krishnagopal Mallick 2023 Niyogi Books 978-93-91125-90-5 New Delhi Chatterjee Niladri R. (Niyogi Books) Tell Me How to Be by Neel PatelPatel Neel Tell me how to be Flatiron Books 2021 9781250184979 New York, United States 1257313197 (Flatiron Books) The Woman Who Climbed Trees by Smriti RavindraRavindra Smriti The woman who climbed trees 2023 HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 978-0-06-324048-3 1st New York (HarperVia)#eedd82 Non-fiction of the Year Footprints of a Queer History: Life-stories from Gujarat by Maya SharmaSharma Maya Footprints of a queer history: life-stories from Gujarat Yoda Press 2022 9789382579359 New Delhi, India 1347785526 (Yoda Press) I Am Onir and I am Gay by Onir with Irene Dhar MalikOnir I am Onir, & I am gay Malik Irene Dhar 2022 Penguin/Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House 978-0-670-09473-8 Gurugram, Haryana, India 1334560573 (Penguin Random House) Homeless: Growing Up Lesbian and Dyslexic in India by K VaishaliK. Vaishali Homeless: Growing Up Lesbian and Dyslexic in India Simon & Schuster 2023 9789392099502 1371141365 (Simon & Schuster) Journalism #eedd82 Feature of the Year Brahmin Men Who Love to Eat A** by Akhil KangKang Akhil 5 January 2023 Brahmin Men who love to Eat A** https://decolonizingsexualities.org/researchjournal/bwo4mub74ozwlkuwt3xuwv52bu6piy https://web.archive.org/web/20231225193840/https://decolonizingsexualities.org/researchjournal/bwo4mub74ozwlkuwt3xuwv52bu6piy 25 December 2023 Decolonizing Sexualities Network en-GB (Decolonizing Sexualities Network) The Horrors of Queer Conversion Therapy in India by Nolina MinjMinj Nolina 2022-09-07 The horrors of queer conversion therapy in India https://scroll.in/article/1032115/the-horrors-of-queer-conversion-therapy-in-india https://web.archive.org/web/20220907035216/https://scroll.in/article/1032115/the-horrors-of-queer-conversion-therapy-in-india 2022-09-07 Scroll.in en-US (Scroll) Seen-Unseen by Riddhi DastidarDastidar Riddhi 18 April 2023 Seen-Unseen https://www.queerbeat.org/stories/seen-unseen https://web.archive.org/web/20230418033628/https://www.queerbeat.org/stories/seen-unseen 18 April 2023 Queer Beat (Queer Beat)#eedd82 Op-Ed of the Year Queering Translation: Locating Queerness in Indian Languages by Chittajit MitraMitra Chittajit 2022-09-29 Essay: Queering translation: Locating queerness in Indian languages https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/essay-queering-translation-locating-queerness-in-indian-languages-101664454792509.html https://web.archive.org/web/20221209061623/https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/essay-queering-translation-locating-queerness-in-indian-languages-101664454792509.html 2022-12-09 Hindustan Times en (Hindustan Times) Why Saurabh Kirpal Needs to Be Appointed as Judge? by Kinshuk GuptaGupta Kinshuk 2023-01-27 Why Saurabh Kirpal needs to be appointed as judge https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/centre-objections-saurabh-kirpal-india-queer-judges-8407428/ https://web.archive.org/web/20230320154228/https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/centre-objections-saurabh-kirpal-india-queer-judges-8407428/ 2023-03-20 The Indian Express en (The Indian Express) Though Homosexuality Has Been Decriminalised, Two Incidents in Pune Show How Bias Still Prevails by R Raj RaoRao R. Raj 2022-07-28 Though homosexuality has been decriminalised, two incidents in Pune show how bias still prevails https://scroll.in/article/1029205/homosexuality-has-been-decriminalised-but-two-incidents-in-pune-show-how-bias-still-prevails https://web.archive.org/web/20220728033121/https://scroll.in/article/1029205/homosexuality-has-been-decriminalised-but-two-incidents-in-pune-show-how-bias-still-prevails 2022-07-28 Scroll.in en-US (Scroll) See also India LGBTQ List of LGBT-related awards 34th GLAAD Media Awards References Category:2023 in LGBTQ history Category:2023 literary awards Category:2023 awards in India