A lot has changed between December 2012 — when the Supreme Court overturned the Delhi High Court's decision which decriminalised homosexuality among consenting adults — and September 2018, when the country's top court upheld that sexual autonomy is a pillar of individual liberty. Such that when the landmark verdict was announced, many from the LGBTQIA+ community were sure that it would come through in their favour. And the credit for that goes to years of advocacy and sensitisation that the community has worked towards through various initiatives.

To celebrate the verdict and as a way to move forward, performing arts platform Kommune has tied up with Gaysi Family (GF), a forum for the LGBTQ community, for The Storytellers: Azaadi, an evening of stories that challenge the popular narrative around queer people and their lives.