1Department of Fine Arts, Art and Design, Chitkara Design School, Chitkara University, Punjab, India. ORCID: 0009-0008-7137-3871
2Department of Fine Arts, Art and Design, Chitkara Design School, Chitkara University, Punjab, India
Background: Concerns about queer acceptability and profiling in India have persisted, reflecting the necessity of scrutinizing changing paths of representation and social reactions from mythological and historical roots to their final foray into contemporary public discourse. Additionally, modern legal rights protection and rights advocacy movements have transformed public attitudes about their work while establishing new channels for advocacy and public discourse, expanding visibility, and creating new forums for discussion; however, their acceptance remains complex and uneven to date, hence demanding an examination of the profiling of queer communities in the presence of social stigma, inherited biases, and persistent hetero-normative structures.
Objective: Simultaneously, the fields of visual arts and graphic design are acting as powerful tools that are constructing and disseminating inclusive narratives, making the integration of visual analysis, campaign research, and design studies essential to understanding how visual contexts influence public attitudes toward queer communities. Consequently, the study investigates three connected dimensions because they provide valuable information for professionals who work in this field while showing that visual communication methods produce stronger immediate impacts than other interaction forms.
Keywords: Queer culture, queer profiling, historical prospective, visual communication and social acceptance.
How to cite this article: Sharma E, Singh SK. Mapping Queer Profiling and Acceptance in India: A Historical and Current Perspective. Int J Drug Deliv Technol. 2026;16(13s): 629-639. DOI: 10.25258/ijddt.16.13s.70
Source of support: Nil.
Conflict of interest: None