In 2018, Prantakatha with technical help from American Centre Kolkata curated for the first time a platform for South Asian Young Activists Network that provided a platform for open discussions among LGBTQ people in the region. The platform helped in creating a safe space for gender minorities in South Asia. It enabled the people to network, helped to build connections and helped each other in different ways to help in integrating them into the mainstream.

Under this context, a dialogue and talk series named Rainbow Dialogue was formed. This was formed to develop the LGBTQ community in the South Asian region. Rainbow Dialogue was inaugurated at American Center.

Activists from different South Asian countries joined through video conference without even crossing the border. Some of the activists that took part were Saro (Pakistan), Momin (Chittagong, Bangladesh), Sumit and others.

With the help of Rainbow Dialogue, an interesting opportunity to network, learn and create dialogue will take place.

Priyanka Dutta