CONTENT CREATORS ON

SOCIAL MEDIA WORKING

FOR THE “LGBTQ
COMMUNITY
Indian Instagram LGBT influencers are doing their part in spreading
the ideology, fact, opinions and information about the communities
that are usually ignored on many stages.
ALOK VAID MENON
Alok Vaid Menon indentifies themselves as
transfeminine and is known as normalising discussions
on violence against gender non-conforming people of
colour “I had to learn to perform “boy” so that people
wouldn’t harass me” recalls vaid-menon. Vaid wrote
poems when they was a teenager, and this helped them
vent out pain, agony and trauma instilled by the society.
A gender non-conforming performance artist and writer,
Alok runs an ”Instagram” page with 650k followers.
They have a website dedicated to the art, writing, blogs,
opinions for the LGBT+ community.
Vaid has a successful Facebook page where they create
videos on poetry & prose, on-stage performances and
art.

Menon is must mention in the list of admirable,

inspiring Indian Instagram LGBT influencers who work
towards bringing in overall progress.
 ALEX MATTHEW
“Maya the Drag Queen”

 The 30-year-old artist identifies self as Queer and created the

character “MAYAMMA” who is relatable with a background
story which inspires the listeners. One of India’s rare talent,
Matthew goes by the name “Maya the Drag queen” and
performs to express. With the motive to bring out and express
all atrocities faced by the LGBT+ community, Mayamma
which also meant “mother of illusion” or “mother of magic”
performed drag art. He has continuously put efforts in making
people understand that Drag performance is the art which is
separate from the gender or community the performer belongs.
He aspires to build stronger tales under the name of Mayamma
and inspire women to be strong and fight back abuse.
“Maya the drag queen” has 20.7k followers
on Instagram account and brings in a lot of positive messages
in support of the LGBT+ community.
ARAVANI ART PROJECT
The group comprises of artists and activists who build
spaces for people from transgender communities to
connect. Aravani art project Instagram page has over
13.8k followers and they work towards colouring,
creating and painting localities and streets dedicated
to the abuses faced by transgender and queer
communities. Photographers, filmmakers, artists,
activists and social workers have provided the
LGBT+ community a platform to express and be
heard. The project want to recognize the strengths in
the arts and find an alternative source of income for
the transgender community through freelance art and
design projects. In doing so, we develop
organizational skills and advocate social change by
raising community awareness in public places.
Through creative collaboration they raise awarness of
social possibilities of ART making the conversations
that it enables.
 GAYLAXY MAGAZINE
This special magazine was started in 2010 by “Sukhdeep Singh”, a
gay rights activist in India. The Instagram account has 3.3k
followers represents the vast culture of the LGBT+ community.
The “Gaylaxy Magazine”releases regular articles to bash the rooted
misconception that the indigenous queer community is an outcome
of the westernization, globalization & liberalization. It has
continuously given out message in support of same-sex
relationships and equal rights to the LGBT+ group. The Gaylaxy
magazine is growing on social media sites and the content they
post make it worth visiting.
Regular updated news and authentic information found in their
content makes them one among the revolutionary Indian Instagram
LGBT influencers.
Sukhdeep Singh, for his work on Gaylaxy and significant
involvement and leadership in LGBT communities, was conferred
with January Marie Lapuz Youth Leadership Award on 1 January
2017 by the South Asian queer organization Sher Vancouver.
 Vqueeram Aditya Sahai
With over 14.1k followers
on Instagram Vikramaditya takes a firm stand
on LGBT+ issues. He teaches at Ambedkar
University, where he is famous for keeping an
unconventional view of the gender binary.His
work on gender inequality, violence on
LGBT+, ideology and opinion can be traced
on social media platforms. He has inspired
people to love their gender & sexuality while
accepting the realities and taking necessary
steps to prevent injustice. According to
Vikramaditya, biases associated with gender
are a form of violence which is unnecessary
and unhealthy. Vqueer takes a stand gor
LGBT+ community and a TEDx talker who
promotes equality for a transgender.