Menaka Guruswamy Could Become India’s First LGBTQ+ MP

The Trinamool Congress announced Menaka Guruswamy, Babul Supriyo, Rajeev Kumar, and Mallick as Rajya Sabha candidates. Guruswamy, an openly lesbian senior advocate who helped decriminalise homosexuality in India, could become the country’s first LGBTQ+ parliamentarian. West Bengal will elect five seats on March 16, with TMC likely winning 4 and BJP one.