Hinduism

For LGBTQ+ people within Hindu communities, the experience varies enormously depending on family, caste, geography, and which strand of tradition shaped your upbringing. Some families treat queerness as a Western corruption; others invoke scripture to condemn it; still others hold space for it through figures like Ardhanarishvara while rejecting it in practice. If you are navigating the intersection of LGBTQ+ identity and Hindu family expectations -- whether in the diaspora or in South Asia -- these resources take your specific situation seriously.