“It’s like she planted the seed and I watered it.”

Anvi Fenn

AFGHANISTAN

Maitrayanee Mahanta and Neeta Basnet

Guwahati

Chapters

Anvi Fenn

Producer

Mehar Gujral

Facilitator

On 6 September 2018, the Indian Supreme Court unanimously struck down Section 377, an archaic 19th century law criminalising homosexuality in India. Despite challenges that persist, today people in the LGBTQ community have been able to live their lives loud and proud. Maitrayanee and Neeta from their home in Guwahati, Assam, share how they sometimes fight over small things and who initiated their first kiss.

Guwahati

Maitrayanee Mahanta and Neeta Basnet

Guwahati