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Ashok Row Kavi is an Indian journalist and LGBT rights activist. [1] Life. He was born in Mumbai on 1 June 1947. He graduated with honours in Chemistry from the University of Bombay. Later, he dropped out of engineering college.
Ashok Row Kavi is providing a formal platform for gays and lesbians a group left out of mainstream life in socially conservative India to claim their place in political and social arenas.
Row Kavi, the son of an upper-class Hindu family, residing in a conservative neighbourhood and the product of elite Christian educational establishments had come out as India’s first publicly...
Jun 24, 2022 · Ashok Row Kavi is India’s first gay rights activist who came out to the country at a time when even uttering the word ‘homosexual’ was taboo.
Sep 24, 2018 · One among these many unsung heroes- Ashok Row Kavi, an LGBTQ+ activist, is the first man who publicly came out as a gay in India in 1984. The journalist-turned-activist founded Mumbai-based LGBT rights NGO Humsafar Trust in 1994.
View Ashok Row Kavi’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members. Public Relations and Press Analyst with 30 years experience as a reporter and correspondent. ·...
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Jul 14, 2018 · 1986 : Journalist Ashok Row Kavi writes what would become the first “coming out” story in India in Savvy magazine. 1987 : First documented case of same-sex marriage. Leela and Urmila, two Madhya...
A leading advocate for LGBT people and communities in India, Ashok Row Kavi has been a trailblazing activist using his professional experience as a journalist to successfully foster India’s LGBT movement for the last 40 years.
Oct 18, 2023 · Ashok Row Kavi, inarguably India's best known campaigner for LGBTQ issues, has been raising issues of discrimination against the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer...
Ashok Row Kavi is an Indian LGBT rights activist and journalist. The first gay man to ever talk publicly about his sexuality in a country where homosexuality is still illegal, he is considered one of the most influential gay men in India. The Pink Pages lists him among the most influential LGBT people in the world.
