first gay group registered in Chennai, India
Homosexuality is illegal in India. Yet that didn’t stop Mr. Vasu (only name given) from forming a legal advice group called the Men’s Community Development Society. It’s an amazing feat given the stigma.
From the article at pinknews.co.uk:
“I meet someone at a cruising point, and am talking to him, getting to know him,” Mr Vasu related. “Just then a policeman comes, finds condoms in my pocket. He asks for bribe, threatens us, and slaps a case on us.”