VOGUE India - August 2022

In this issue

Beneath the heteronormative mainstream of India’s cultural landscape lies a thriving queer community that’s alive with pride and promise. And Vogue India's August issue takes a peek behind the curtain of convention to spotlight the country's LGBTQ+ community. Suruj Rajkhowa and Yaikhom Sushiel talk about transforming into their glamorous drag alter egos when they perform. Tanisha RK, a polyamorous Bahujan and co-founder of a pleasure store, explores alternative ways of living and loving. The Aravani Art Project fights the stigma and systemic inequality faced by the transgender community in India through the reclamation of open spaces. India’s first transgender football team from Manipur challenges the archaic practice of binaries in sport. Designer Zain Ali’s photoessays bring a fresh sense of timing, framing and narrative on how male intimacy is communicated. And queer models Anjali Lama, Kiran Varghese and Anoushka Virk trace their journeys that began in front of fashion’s flashing lights. Plus, a focus on genderless dressing, a very special conversation between poet-performer ALOK and designer Manish Arora, and an in-depth look at the work of legendary queer photographer Sunil Gupta ahead of his first show in India in ten years.

Everything The Light Touches

In the wake of a pandemic that saw many of us grow far too familiar with the four walls of our dwellings, a new Hermès collection designed for the home suggests that there are brighter days ahead.

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A life less ordinary

Vogue India gets a rare glimpse into the life of designer David Abraham and his partner, in life and at work, Kevin Nigli

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Second Coming

On the cusp of his first show in India in over 10 years, the award-winning photographer Sunil Gupta talks to NEVILLE BHANDARA about his craft and why he'll never stop doing what he does

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A Call to Arts

Artist Richie Nath's erotic work tells an evocative tale of his many identities, finds SUSHANT KUMAR

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Out of the shadows

Over the course of three months, Delhi-based photographer Aditi Jain captured the joys, travails and lives of four trans women, mapping their experiences and emotions in the capital city.

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Work it

Drag queens Suruj Rajkhowa and Yaikhom Sushiel talk to MEHER JADHWANI about transforming into their alter egos, the dazzling Glorious Luna and Dame Imfala, when they perform.

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Unit of Pleasure

Pop culture may have led us to believe that we can only find our 'happily ever after' in that once-in-a-lifetime soulmate, but TANISHA RK, a polyamorous Bahujan and co-founder of a pleasure store, proves that the best things sometimes come in threes

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Transgender Football - The Revolution Is Inevitable

Challenging the archaic theory of binaries in sport, India's first transgender football from Manipur is firmly putting the north-east and trans rights on the country's map.

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The Question Artist

In the age of image-propelled social media, Zain Ali's photo essays bring a fresh sense of timing, framing, and narrative on how male intimacy is communicated, discovers SHWETA SHIWARE

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The Children Of The Gender Revolution

Twelve LGBTQ+ creatives from across the fields of FASHION, the arts and activism come together to share how they are REDEFINING their landscapes and ours. From newly crowned award winners to established runway STARS, agitators to artists, author PARIS LEES introduces us to the children of the GENDER REVOLUTION, who are on a mission to carve out happiness, RESPECT and representation in a world that is not always ON THEIR SIDE

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Vogue India is a monthly fashion and lifestyle magazine published by Condé Nast India Pvt. Ltd. It is the Indian edition of the popular American magazine Vogue.

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