NFI Fellowships 2021
2021-Round 1 English
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Ashfaque E J
Kozhikode, Kerala
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Ashfaque E J is an independent journalist from Kuttiady in Kerala. In 2018, he co-directed an independent crowd-funded documentary film Lynch Nation. His news reports got published in various news organisations such as The Tribune, TwoCircles.net, Dalit Camera, Madhyamam, and The Caravan magazine. As part of the Fellowship, Ashfaque published an investigetive story about LGBTQI conversion therapy in Kerala.
PUBLISHED IN The News Minute ON 22 February 2021
‘They tied me up, sedated me’: A probe into LGBTQI conversion therapy in Kerala
‘They tied me up, sedated me’: A probe into LGBTQI conversion therapy in Kerala
While the intent of conversion therapy itself is violent, methods used by ‘retreat centres’ and quacks add to the violence faced by survivors.
