#DesiQueerQueens Senior #journalist and former #editor of the #Maxim India, #SunilMehra joined his partner Navtej Johar in filing the petition against #section377. #StarrinX #HarnessTheHappy #Activists #Pride #LGBTQ #GayRights #Homosexuality #QueerQueens #GayPride

#DesiQueerQueens One of the most vocal advocates of the equal rights movement, #HarishIyer works for promoting the rights of the #LGBTQ community, #women, #children, #animals and #survivors of #childsexualabuse. #StarrinX #HarnessTheHappy #Activists #Pride #LGBTQ #Section 377

#DesiQueerQueens #Celebrity #chef #RituDalmia, co-owns the Italian restaurant Diva in Delhi, & is a co-petitioner in challenging the legal validity of #Section377, which criminalised #homosexual activity. #StarrinX #HarnessTheHappy #Activists #Pride #LGBTQ #GayRights #GayPride

#DesiQueerQueens #AmanNath is a hotelier and one of the activists of petitioned against #Section377 till the very end. #StarrinX #HarnessTheHappy #lgbtcommunity #equality #gaypride #homosexual #lovewins #lgbtqa #lgbtyouth #lgbtpride #queer #genderfluid #lesbian #lgbt #trans #love

#DesiQueerQueen #KeshavSuri, one of India’s top hoteliers decided to take the fight for the decriminalisation of #gay sex to India’s top court. Suri, had filed a petition with the #SupremeCourt on April 23 this year challenging #Section377. #StarrinX #HarnessTheHappy #GayRights

#DesiQueerQueens #AyeshaKapur currently works in the F&B industry and was one of the petitioners urging the court to scrap #Section377. #StarrinX #HarnessTheHappy #GayRights #lgbtq #pansexual #asexual #transgender #bisexual #lgbtpride #queer

#MarijuanaMovement #JackHerer #EmperorOfHemp was one of the cannabis movement’s most influential activists. His early activism paved the way for the later work that led up to the current century’s legalization victories. #StarrinX #HarnessTheHappy #Marijuana #Weed #LegalizeIt

#MarijuanaMovement #RaphaelMechoulam, an organic chemist from #Israel, discovered the system of receptors in the human body that is primarily responsible for the effects of #cannabis. #StarrinX #HarnessTheHappy #Scientist #Discovery #Marijuana #Medicine #MedicalMarijuana

#MarijuanaMovement #Cheech Marin and Tommy #Chong's influence on the #cannabis movement is very important. Their zany #stoner #comedies shifted the tone on #cannabis from a dangerous drug to something much more light-hearted & silly. #StarrinX #HarnessTheHappy #Weed #CheechChong

#MarijuanaMovement #SnoopDogg normalized #cannabis today’s #Millennials. Sure, Snoop’s a #ganjapreneur who sells his own Snoop’s Dream now, but it ain’t branding. He earned the honour! #StarrinX #HarnessTheHappy #Ganja #SnoopsDream #Dogg #Weed #Marijuana #LegalizeIt #Strain

#MarijuanaMovement Deputy Attorney General #JamesMCole wrote a memo that paved the way for the legalization initiatives in #Washington & #Colorado that kicked off the modern legal #cannabis era. #JamesColeMemo #ColeMemo #StarrinBlac #HarnessTheHappy #Weed #LegalizeIt #Marijuana

#MarijuanaMovement #NinaParks helped found #SupernovaWomen in 2015 to provide a space for women of colour in the cannabis movement. Parks’s organization fosters community empowerment and creates advocacy through #cannabusiness workshops and networking. #StarrinX #HarnessTheHappy

#MarijuanaMovement As president of #WeedForWarriors, an organization that advocates for the right of veterans to choose cannabis, #SeanKiernan helps to provide services, counselling and even free #cannabis to qualifying veterans. #StarrinX #HarnessTheHappy #LegalizeIt #Weed

#SupportPride #Section377 might be a thing of the past but the #dailystruggles of the #LGBTQCommunity in India is far from over. In this series we are sharing details of support groups in different parts of the country. In #Delhi, #Nazariya: A #Queer Feminist Resource Group

#SupportPride #SapphoForEquality is eastern India’s only organisation working for the rights of sexually marginalized women and female-to-male transpersons. The organisation works with a goal to create a society free of sexuality-based discrimination. #StarrinX #HarnessTheHappy

#SupportPride #Orinam in #Chennai aims to enhance the understanding of alternate sexualities & gender identities among families, communities & society, and provide a platform for creative expression, personal and social commentary by #LGBTIQA+ people. #StarrinX #HarnessTheHappy

#SupportPride #Swabhava is a charitable trust registered in #Bangalore. They work to offer #LGBTQ people and other similar gender and sexual(ity) minorities health, legal, social support. #StarrinX #HarnessTheHappy #Section377 #LGBTQRights #Activist #Support #Community #LoveWins

#SupportPride #SarathiTrust hopes to mainstream all sexually diversified communities in the society. They work for the overall development of #Queer community and fight for the human and legal rights of this community. . #StarrinX #HarnessTheHappy #Section377 #LGBTQRights #LGBTQ

Be it physical, mental or social, at home or at the workplace, it's time to put an end to #abuse! #speakup and #unite to address issues plaguing our society. This is a war on abuse and #Upstage is at the fore of it. #KeepWatching. #ComingSoon only on Starrin' X

#Fear #Shame #Horror #Pain They've battled oppression and a myriad of emotions but it is #Courage that finally won. It's a fight against #abuse where these #brave women stand united. #ComingSoon #Upstage addressing #real issues with #nofear only on @starrin_x