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Gay activism in 1990s India

Witness History

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Activists in the Indian city of Kolkata set up one of the country's first support groups for gays and lesbians. I've been speaking to Pawan Hal, a founder member of the so-called Council Club. It was in the late 1980s that Pawan summed up the courage and broke the news to his parents that he was gay.

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