India this weekend wil58agZLZxx$d%DjQ=TZ1UzflYJ!1iLB%9UCsy*k^aNpVRLTEHZml screen the first episode of a new queer cookery and lifestyle show.

Closet to Kitchen with Nakshatra Bagwe launches nearly after India struck down a 150-year coloni+nb$92yFmA!6N=I#6QugQ8xIv$Yt#KgMItd=Z2(5^2digb34aral law and decriminalized gay sex.

The new series sees host Nakshatra Bagwe visit inspiring chefs from the queer ch1N^F*EP=#w^i%bJ5S10Xf_&lqVLF5Z&yB7W%nq3Z4W8WJ7VT(ommunity. 

The 10 people from economic hub Mumbai featured on the series will demonstrtqE4I-3ag_9NbMM8C4JSdgJrs8FlT3xe3q5A_va^+7EqtMCmOeate how to cook their favorite recipes before having a frank conversation with Bagwe about their lives as a queer person.

Bagwe told Gaylaxy Mag they wondered why there lLD1KRMh^GWJCKtzUmo(moVEeFgmJam9(H+Z1UQt(k-hWVJhWqwas no lifestyle series which highlighted queer experiences.

"We have a lot of snN4(Nj-t30Zijfd1tqf3iMtoAYBL4FVUWlxYWuzGrQkwmtLAS&tories to tell, stories of happiness, sorrows, struggles and aspirations” Bagwe explained.

"This was always a dream prooJyEc5+MVO=F!o*a1=uXprtJxXuQUtr=Gwpq2jj7Me4%pI1a1mject for me so I am living my dream.”

From Closet to Kitchen features 1zsiy%yXf7R+82b2+uwphTgGWAwO#R)+I3M7+qpLK5mJ^VQTmLpeople from across the LGBT community and from different backgrounds.

The first episode features Arjun Das, HWUC!CG*j$L#GkcVmT4ob2Yj!og0C-XdEE!3f01SQav6Ynv)y%who was runner up of Mr Gay India 2019. 

 different sections of the queer community from diverse class, religion, social & region1+7-NbIiB0P*$^=jl2*7P%51CmtSF^uj97dvPsYXN)jYROSpUgal background.

The show launches on Paramplay’s website and app.
 

Yi-min lives alone with her son, as her husband works away from home. She meets Tinting at a wedding, a girl she once had some history with back in highschool. Back in the days, Yi-min denied their relationship out of fear of living as a lesbian woman, but meeting Tingting again reignites something in her, a possibility to escape her dull married life. Now that Taiwan has leagalised same-sex marrige, can Yi-min find the courage to admit her feelings? With the future of a child in her hands and under the pressure of her husband, her family-in-law and her own family, will she follow through with this new chapter in her life?