COVID-19 fails to make India’s LGBTQ+ community cower
Given low government expenditure on healthcare, high health inequity, little regulation of private healthcare services’ price, the burden of healthcare...
Mehk Chakraborty is a freelance multimedia journalist and researcher who covers social movements, human rights, LGBTQ+ culture, travel, and the arts. She has an MA in Political Analysis, and her work has appeared on BBC, The Daily Beast, Roads & Kingdoms, Waging Nonviolence, The Blueprint, and several other international publications.
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