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If you would like to submit a letter to us then please get in touch. It is an honour to have campaigned for this in the media and in government at such an important time in our history. Where we have a third gender on our passports.

We are fundraising in order to

  • re-evaluate all our service providers and source new partners where needed.

    Many are younger people and many are of all ages who have come to explore their gender and sexuality more recently

  • create more written content (letters and interviews) on the site of the lived experience of trans, nb, lesbian and neurodiverse LGBTQ+ South Asians as well as more stories from a range of ages

For more information about our plans, please read this letter from our Founder.

Welcome to Gaysians

By Gaysians Founder, Reeta Loi.

December 2025

We were founded in 2017 when I was a columnist at DIVA magazine, before joining GAY TIMES as Contributing Editor. Join us in empowering LGBT Asia.

Partners

  

It’s a big and difficult world out there, but knowing that you’re not alone is what matters the most.

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The landmark victory in September 2018 with the successful removal of Section 377, was felt the world over by the Indian diaspora and beyond. As an independent and unfunded organisation that chooses to maintain autonomy, we have decided not to set up as a CIC, which would restrict our campaigning work.

The very first iteration of gaysians.org promoted events and we are exploring this again.

We had our own Gaysians celebration in London and it was a defining moment. I began writing about my experiences in the media because I’d had enough of not seeing myself reflected anywhere.

I am sharing this to illustrate how easily we are erased and also to remind us that it is not so long ago that we were not visible.

While we are ourselves are LGBTQ+ Asians, this site is for all LGBTQ+ people.

As well as this, we work with the media to continue to push for positive visibility of Asian LGBTQ+ people, our rights and our stories.

I had grown up in the UK under Section 28, which systematically removed all mention of LGBTQ+ lives from our education system from 1988 to 2003 in England and Wales and 2000 in Scotland.

This erasure is designed to make us forget who we are from one generation to the next. We also have Interviews which we plan to expand on. Funds will cover a review of our existing charity partners, help us establish new partnerships, create more community articles and develop our strategy, including a new PR campaign.

Keep an eye on our socials (our Twitter is no longer active but we share events and campaigns on Insta) and sign up to our newsletter for more updates.

We have a wide range of partners, offering a broad scope of support including mental health, housing, sexual health, faith, trans and youth support. Where being trans is an everyday part of our lived experience, mythology, storytelling and survival. As well as this erasure of LGBTQ+ people in our education system, there was no inclusion of colonial history in our education either.

It wasn’t until I was in my late twenties, after years of searching that I found a blog post written by an anon Indian lesbian in Mumbai.

We are raising funds via our gofundme which we initially launched in 2020.