https://thedailyeye.info/in-the-news/trending-pride-combats-prejudice/4e08053d43c5b83a Khalid Mohamed In 2025, LGBTQIA+ representation in Indian cinema took diverse forms—from independent shorts by Shawn Gupta exploring same-gender intimacy to Anmol Sidhu’s powerful Punjabi feature Jaggi, and the docu-series In Transit created by Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti. These narratives challenge societal norms and stereotypes, exploring the lives of queer and trans individuals through both fiction and nonfiction. As censorship battles persist and tokenism continues in commercial content, these films mark significant efforts toward visibility, inclusion, and dignity within the LGBTQ+ discourse.
From America, there have been The Children’s Hour (1961), The Fox (1967), and Staircase (1969), leading up to Brokeback Mountain (2005), which was acknowledged as a sensitive and believable rendition of the subject, earning as many as eight Oscar nominations.
In India, we’ve seen everything from the NFDC-funded Badnaam Basti (1971) to the exploitative Girl Friend (2004), and earlier, Deepa Mehta’s Fire (1996), which boldly debunked myriad taboos surrounding queer themes.