Vedica Saxena is presently Delhi Vice President for WICCI (Women's Indian Chamber for Commerce and Industry) D&I.Currently in Delhi, working as a Project Director with Tagore International School where she initiates and leads social campaigns based on United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) with senior students on Human Rights, for LGBT+ community rights, conducting gender sensitization workshops for other schools and colleges across country. She also mentors her students to conduct Spoken English, Mental Health, Interview Skills and Soft Skills for the LGBTQIA+ members. She closely works with NGOs/corporates/organizations, UNODC (United Nations Organization for Drugs and Crime), Embassies to raise funds for social causes. She is a strong Human Rights Advocate, D&I leader at workplace. She has also been featured in Books like QUEERISTAN, EQUALLY and in Print Media like The Hindu and Vogue India for her initiatives in creating inclusive educational spaces and motivating students to be sensitive towards all as humanity. Listen to how she is changing India one child at a time with her applaud worthy work in Tagore International School and corporates in the Podcast LGBTKyu with Prince Manvendra Gohil on the RedFM India App and all other leading platforms

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Aruna Desai, a founding member of Sweekar – The Rainbow Parents of India, discusses how she supported her son, Abhiskeh, who came out prior to the decriminalization of Section 377 in India. Shocked to discover how many Indian parents shun their LGBT children, she has made it her life’s mission to educate fellow parents about LGBT issues. Aruna Desai was a participant at the latest program of the Salzburg Global LGBT Forum – Advancing Legal and Social Equality in South Asia, held in Kathmandu, Nepal, February 24 to March 1, 2019. Listen to her speak to Manvendra Gohil in the podcast LGBTKyu where she discusses how she dealt with being a Rainbow parent and now she is counselling other parents on how to help their children accept themselves and how to support them so they can be of financial and emotional strength and contribute productively to theirs and others lives.

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Gautam Yadav is an Indian gays rights activist. He has been on the board of several national and international organizations including UNAIDS Youth advisory forum (Asia Pacific), Youth Voices Count, Youth LEAD and more. Gautam was awarded with LGBT heroes award in Bangkok by APCOM in 2017. He has worked with India HIV/AIDS Alliance and now works with Humsafar Trust. At a tender age, he discovered his orientation and is a riveting story of how a boy literally from the slums of India is now changing the world’s view on HIV+ individuals (being one himself) by speaking at international forums and counseling such individuals to help them rediscover the joy of living! listen to him speak to Manvendra Gohil whom he considers his mentor and the reason for his success in the podcast LGBTKyu podcast available on the Redfm India app and other leading platforms

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