: Queer and here: Meet the youngsters carving out a niche for themselves on the indie music scene #IndiaNEWS Almost a month ago, at the beginning of the International Pride Month, popular music streaming

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Queer and here: Meet the youngsters carving out a niche for themselves on the indie music scene #IndiaNEWS
Almost a month ago, at the beginning of the International Pride Month, popular music streaming application Spotify launched India’s first Indie Pride playlist. Within days, a similar list came into being, indicating a “coming out??? of sorts of queer and proud singer-songwriters. While the playlists – one of which was put together by Jay Anand, a transman – are short, with only a little over a dozen artistes, it is a landmark moment for queer representation and expression in the field of music.Seven years ago, when my band, Friends of Linger, entered the music arena performing with one of Delhi’s popular cover groups, Classic Collective, there was little or nothing out there in terms of queer-centric songs or an “out??? singer. As a result, on our first night on stage, less than a week after the Supreme Court recriminalised “gay sex???, we saw a “proud??? audience of over 250 people at Delhi’s Hard Rock Café, packing the place up like we were an international act.The only original piece performed that night was Head Held High, a pride song, which the press hyped as India’s first dedication to the LGBT+ community and a song written by a gay man.

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