Hyderabad is a conservative city when it comes to LGBT rights, compared to other Indian Metros. But since it slowly started becoming the second IT-capital after Bangalore, there has been a continuous influx of people of all cultures from across India. In past few years, there has been some increase in LGBT activism in Hyderabad, including pride marches of 2013 and 2014.
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Slowly, Top MNCs have been introducing LGBT friendly policies in their Hyderabad offices.
Organizations
There has been a few organizations/informal support groups setup in recent times, doing good work in LGBT rights in Hyderabad. Couple of them are listed below.
Homo/Trans phobia in Hyderabad
There have been numerous instances of incidents of homophobia and trans-phobia in Hyderabad.
Back in 2011, a local news channel TV9 (Telugu) carried out a sting operation on gay dating websites and gay clubs, presented a very demeaning and homophobic view of Gay culture of Hyderabad. Following this news report, there have been many protests in Hyderabad and across India. News Broadcasting Authority of India issued notices to TV9 channel, following which it aired an unconditional apology which can be said as the first win of city's LGBT community.
In early 2013, a kashmiri student in Hyderabad University, allegedly committed suicide because of homophobia of university authorities, students and faculty.
In September 2013, a couple of gay men were arrested for partying at a local club.