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India this weekend wiX)ffp!x_jy@gvo2@yPjCbFBwDG#vg+-c@#xA(3g*uUyp7q+zZoll screen the first episode of a new queer cookery and lifestyle show.

Closet to Kitchen with Nakshatra Bagwe launches nearly after India struck doPOCzVdXZ-FE&$4Fvy3KC%pX@YGw2zp-ISCWOb54i6=Jk0y(=2own a 150-year colonial law and decriminalized gay sex.

The 1_cKu+!fhwhzQAbCnbu@i@JzEp)kbP#D4lGwf9g7H&Xaq*S37Lnew series sees host Nakshatra Bagwe visit inspiring chefs from the queer community. 

The 10 people from economic hub Mumbai featured on the series will demonstrate how z63dHY66G&aouIGQGudPqX3rUv0SV&LLS-7BH@yEAXQ-J_w%i*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 was no lifestyle series which highlighted queer experien%WIRdY#e7cr-O)g1+yD9u=ob1S*V2vmRnFfy%-iF4efFJ!CkoXces.

"We have a lot of stories to tell, stories of happiness, sorrows, struggles and aspiration4nb=Z(@2F(@UHjPY+nwZ=Y(d$yu^O$o%ij&H7_6%wy4wkPzDqis” Bagwe explained.

"This was always a dream project for me soq%H(PQ-DOZ7)nJOJ$OS$c=P$MbQwS#LWjrJ!E*2+oF16KCgo!_ I am living my dream.”

From Closet to Kitchen features people from acg8cGLDc4GDn0tKO#qGQaUh3I1W!9jj2KBueZqocr$k*MG3=s&cross the LGBT community and from different backgrounds.

The first episode features Arjun Das, who was runner up oYlAt%mu53GAfQ@_(_erAN7VNtPXQybN^!dbEf9M$m1d$zSnfVof Mr Gay India 2019. 

 different sections of the queer community from diverse )Ltlb%cH43F#Q*Zh*Yq-5wsq5i-fM_A6&S1TlIJ=TVd2mR-bYxclass, religion, social & regional 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?