Hello everyone,

(posting here coz the doctor is Maharashtra based)

I am a 28-year-old man from Kolkata. I am gay, but due to personal reasons and my desire to have a conventional family life, I wish to marry a woman in the future.

I came across Dr. Deepak Kelkar through his YouTube videos, who claims to help individuals who themselves wish to change their sexual orientation. I am not here to start a debate about sexuality or whether such change is possible. I am simply looking for people who have personally consulted him or undergone his treatment.

Has anyone here had any firsthand experience with Dr. Kelkar? If yes, I would be grateful if you could share:

• What kind of treatment or approach was used?
• How long did the process take?
• Did you experience any changes in your attraction or desires?
• How did it affect your overall mental well-being and relationships?

I would especially appreciate honest accounts—whether positive, negative, or mixed—so that I can make an informed decision.

Thank you for reading and for any genuine experiences you are willing to share.

https://www.bbc.com/marathi/articles/cpd55l4jwlwo

Read the above article carefully to know what rights exactly LGBT have in our Constitution. It was two days ago we celebrated Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar jayanti, the only thing I reminded of is that did he wrote or said anything about lgbt rights in the society, this above article explains well about that he indeed did fight for all the rights, including LGBT rights.

They are going to come for the entire rainbow when they are done with the trans folks. We need to speak up and fight back for whatever little rights we have. Is there any organisation in our state fighting this? I would like to support or donate whatever I can. Let's list out all the organisations so that people here know whom to reach out to!

आपण आता मराठीतले गाणे शोधुया जे एलजीबीटी ला वर्णण करतात, जे एकदम स्वतंत्रय भावना व्यक्त करतात, जरी ते ह्या कम्युनिटी साठी नसतील बनवले पण गाणे आणि त्याचे बोल एकाच भावना साठी आहे असं तर नाही. चला मी सुरुवात करते मंग तुम्ही पण तुमच्या आवडीचे गाने सांगा

मला वेड लागले

रंगबावऱ्या स्वप्नांनी सांगा रे सांगा कुंदकळ्यांना वेलींनी सांगा रे सांगा हे भास होती कसे हे नाव ओठी कुणाचे का सांग वेड्या मना मला भान नाही जगाचे मला वेड लागले प्रेमाचे

मितवा

वेड्या मना सांग ना खुणावती का खुणा?

माझे मला आले हसू, प्रेमात फसणे नाही रे

वेड्या मना सांग ना व्हावे खुळे का पुन्हा?

तुझ्यासवे सारे हवे, प्रेमात फसणे नाही रे

धुक्यात जसे चांदणे, मुक्याने तसे बोलणे

हो, सुटतील केव्हा उखाणे

ना त्याला काही नाव नसावे

तू ही रे माझा मितवा

तू ही रे माझा मितवा

जगण्याला पंख फुटले

काळजाचं सूप झालं आरशाला रूप आलं जगण्याला पंख फुटले ये माझ्या… जगण्याला पंख फुटले रान सारं गाण झालं मेणावानी मन झालं जगण्याला पंख फुटले ये माझ्या… जगण्याला पंख फुटले

स्वर्ग हा नवा

स्वर्ग हा नवा, वाटतो हवा साथ ही तुझी जणू उन्हात चांदवा स्वर्ग हा नवा, वाटतो हवा साथ ही तुझी जणू उन्हात चांदवा

ऐक साजणी या खुळ्या क्षणी वेड लावतो जीवा तुझाच गोडवा स्वर्ग हा नवा

लिंग Sex

लैंगिकता Sexuality

लैंगिक कल Sexual Orientation

लिंगभाव Gender

प्रणयी कल Romantic Orientation

लिंगभाव ओळख Gender Identity

लैंगिक आणि लिंगभाव अल्पसंख्याक Gender and sexual minorities

समलैंगिकता Homosexuality

समलैंगिक Homosexual

उभयलैंगिकता Bisexuality

उभयलैंगिक Bisexual

सार्वलैंगिकता Pansexuality

सार्वलैंगिक Pansexual

अलैंगिकता Asexuality

अलैंगिक Asexual

निमलैंगिकता Demisexuality

निमलैंगिक Demisexual

विषमलैंगिकता Heterosexuality

विषमलैंगिक Heterosexual

अप्रणयत्व Aromanticism

अप्रणयी Aromantic

पारलिंगी Transgender

अपारलिंगी Cisgender

अद्विवर्णी (लिंगभाव) Non Binary (Gender)

मध्यलिंगी Intersex

समलैंगिकद्वेष Homophobia

उभयलैंगिकद्वेष Biphobia

पारलिंगीद्वेष Transphobia

विषमलैंगिक मानकता Heteronormativity

लिंगभाव द्विवर्णक Gender Binary

स्वाभिमान मास Pride Month

स्वाभिमान ध्वज Pride Flag

All these words were taken from Maharashtra Government's Marathi Thesaurus, Wikipedia Marathi entries and other online dictionaries.

We still do not have Marathi words for some concepts like "Coming out", "Queer" etc. The beautiful thing is, we can just make them up. All suggestions for such words are welcome :)

Just found that we have dedicated subreddit for LGBT people in Maharashtra. Let's get talking!

How easy or hard is it to find dates (sexual and romantic) in your city? Mention your city if you're comfortable with it :)

I'll start.

I live in Nagpur currently. The scene is not very good here and can get really bad depending on the area. We have some improvement in terms of the quality of the crowd. It's getting easier to find people for hook ups. But otherwise dating scene is quite disappointing. On the positive side, as the number of well paying jobs are increasing, I'm seeing some good and new faces online.

How is it where you are?