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| awardname = 1st Rainbow Awards<br />
| website = {{URL|http://therainbowawards.in/}}<br />
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| presenter = Dwijen Dinanath Arts Foundation<br />
| image = 1st Rainbow Awards.png<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
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| venue = Rainbow Lit Fest, [[Gulmohar Park]], [[New Delhi]]<br />
| date = {{Start date|2023|12|10}}<br />
| main = [[Rainbow Awards]]<br />
| next = [[2nd Rainbow Awards|2nd]]<br />
}}The '''1st Rainbow Awards''' ceremony was held at Rainbow Lit Fest, [[Gulmohar Park]], [[New Delhi]] on 10 December 2023. It celebrated writers from 1 January 2022 and journalists from 1 June 2022, both until 31 May 2023.<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Saurabh |date=11 December 2023 |title=Rainbow Lit Fest 2023: Winners of the inaugural Rainbow Awards for Literature and Journalism announced |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/lifestyle/books/rainbow-lit-fest-2023-winners-of-the-inaugural-rainbow-awards-for-literature-and-journalism-announced-11886261.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211132750/https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/lifestyle/books/rainbow-lit-fest-2023-winners-of-the-inaugural-rainbow-awards-for-literature-and-journalism-announced-11886261.html |archive-date=11 December 2023 |access-date= |website=Moneycontrol |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Jury ==<br />
The nine-member jury composed of following members evaluated the submissions and decide on the award winners. Rohin Bhatt, queer rights activist, lawyer and bioethicist, served as a co-coordinator.<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Scroll Staff |date=25 May 2023 |title=Inaugural Rainbow Awards to honour queer literature and journalism |url=https://scroll.in/article/1049736/inaugural-rainbow-awards-to-honour-queer-literature-and-journalism |access-date= |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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* Adrija Bose, editor <br />
* [[Alka Pande]], art historian and writer<br />
* [[Anish Gawande]], co-found of the Pink List India<br />
* Jyotsna Siddharth, artist and writer<br />
* [[Kalki Subramaniam]], activist, artist and writer<br />
* Parvati Sharma, writer<br />
* Poonam Saxena, writer and translator<br />
* [[Sindhu Rajasekaran]], writer and researcher<br />
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== Winners and nominees ==<br />
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=== Lifetime Achievement Award ===<br />
[[Hoshang Merchant]], a Hyderabad-based poet and professor best known for his anthology Yaraana, was honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award.<ref name=":22" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Nanisetti |first1=Serish |date=10 September 2018 |title='Homosexuality is endemic where capitalism thrives,' says Hoshang Merchant |newspaper=The Hindu |publisher=thehindu.com |url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/hoshang-merchant-memories-of-another-day-post-section-377/article24914467.ece}}</ref><br />
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=== Literature ===<br />
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{{Award category|#eedd82|Fiction of the Year}}<br />
* '''''Entering the Maze: Queer Fiction of Krishnagopal Mallick'' by Niladri R. Chatterjee<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mallick |first=Krishnagopal |title=Entering the maze: queer fiction of Krishnagopal Mallick |date=2023 |publisher=Niyogi Books |isbn=978-93-91125-90-5 |location=New Delhi |translator-last=Chatterjee |translator-first=Niladri R.}}</ref> (Niyogi Books)'''<br />
** ''Tell Me How to Be'' by Neel Patel<ref>{{Cite book |last=Patel |first=Neel |title=Tell me how to be |publisher=Flatiron Books |year=2021 |isbn=9781250184979 |publication-place=New York, United States |oclc=1257313197}}</ref> ([[Macmillan Publishers|Flatiron Books]])<br />
** ''The Woman Who Climbed Trees'' by Smriti Ravindra<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ravindra |first=Smriti |title=The woman who climbed trees |date=2023 |publisher=HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |isbn=978-0-06-324048-3 |edition=1st |location=New York}}</ref> ([[HarperCollins|HarperVia]])<br />
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{{Award category|#eedd82|Non-fiction of the Year}}<br />
* '''''[[Footprints of a Queer History]]: Life-stories from Gujarat'' by Maya Sharma<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sharma |first=Maya |title=Footprints of a queer history: life-stories from Gujarat |publisher=Yoda Press |year=2022 |isbn=9789382579359 |location=New Delhi, India |oclc=1347785526}}</ref> ([[Yoda Press]])'''<br />
** ''I Am Onir and I am Gay'' by [[Onir]] with Irene Dhar Malik<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Onir |title=I am Onir, & I am gay |last2=Malik |first2=Irene Dhar |date=2022 |publisher=Penguin/Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House |isbn=978-0-670-09473-8 |location=Gurugram, Haryana, India |oclc=1334560573}}</ref> ([[Penguin Random House]])<br />
** ''Homeless: Growing Up Lesbian and Dyslexic in India'' by K Vaishali<ref>{{Cite book |last=K. |first=Vaishali |title=Homeless: Growing Up Lesbian and Dyslexic in India |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |year=2023 |isbn=9789392099502 |oclc=1371141365}}</ref> ([[Simon & Schuster]])<br />
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=== Journalism ===<br />
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{{Award category|#eedd82|Feature of the Year}}<br />
* '''''Brahmin Men Who Love to Eat A**'' by Akhil Kang<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kang |first=Akhil |date=5 January 2023 |title=Brahmin Men who love to Eat A** |url=https://decolonizingsexualities.org/researchjournal/bwo4mub74ozwlkuwt3xuwv52bu6piy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225193840/https://decolonizingsexualities.org/researchjournal/bwo4mub74ozwlkuwt3xuwv52bu6piy |archive-date=25 December 2023 |access-date= |website=Decolonizing Sexualities Network |language=en-GB}}</ref> (Decolonizing Sexualities Network)'''<br />
** ''The Horrors of Queer Conversion Therapy in India'' by Nolina Minj<ref>{{Cite web |last=Minj |first=Nolina |date=2022-09-07 |title=The horrors of queer conversion therapy in India |url=https://scroll.in/article/1032115/the-horrors-of-queer-conversion-therapy-in-india |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907035216/https://scroll.in/article/1032115/the-horrors-of-queer-conversion-therapy-in-india |archive-date=2022-09-07 |access-date= |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref> ([[Scroll.in|Scroll]])<br />
** ''Seen-Unseen'' by Riddhi Dastidar<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dastidar |first=Riddhi |date=18 April 2023 |title=Seen-Unseen |url=https://www.queerbeat.org/stories/seen-unseen |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418033628/https://www.queerbeat.org/stories/seen-unseen |archive-date=18 April 2023 |access-date= |website=Queer Beat}}</ref> (Queer Beat)<br />
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{{Award category|#eedd82|Op-Ed of the Year}}<br />
* '''''Queering Translation: Locating Queerness in Indian Languages'' by Chittajit Mitra<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mitra |first=Chittajit |date=2022-09-29 |title=Essay: Queering translation: Locating queerness in Indian languages |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/essay-queering-translation-locating-queerness-in-indian-languages-101664454792509.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209061623/https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/essay-queering-translation-locating-queerness-in-indian-languages-101664454792509.html |archive-date=2022-12-09 |access-date= |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> ([[Hindustan Times]])'''<br />
** ''Why Saurabh Kirpal Needs to Be Appointed as Judge?'' by Kinshuk Gupta<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gupta |first=Kinshuk |date=2023-01-27 |title=Why Saurabh Kirpal needs to be appointed as judge |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/centre-objections-saurabh-kirpal-india-queer-judges-8407428/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320154228/https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/centre-objections-saurabh-kirpal-india-queer-judges-8407428/ |archive-date=2023-03-20 |access-date= |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> ([[The Indian Express]])<br />
** ''Though Homosexuality Has Been Decriminalised, Two Incidents in Pune Show How Bias Still Prevails'' by [[R. Raj Rao|R Raj Rao]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rao |first=R. Raj |date=2022-07-28 |title=Though homosexuality has been decriminalised, two incidents in Pune show how bias still prevails |url=https://scroll.in/article/1029205/homosexuality-has-been-decriminalised-but-two-incidents-in-pune-show-how-bias-still-prevails |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728033121/https://scroll.in/article/1029205/homosexuality-has-been-decriminalised-but-two-incidents-in-pune-show-how-bias-still-prevails |archive-date=2022-07-28 |access-date= |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref> ([[Scroll.in|Scroll]])<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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{{Portal|India|LGBTQ<br />
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* [[List of LGBT-related awards]]<br />
* [[34th GLAAD Media Awards]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:2023 in LGBTQ history]]<br />
[[Category:2023 literary awards]]<br />
[[Category:2023 awards in India]]</div>Sameer