Mind your own business: Small firms opt out as India Inc races to be LGBT-friendly

An LGBT activist. Photo: REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa

Annie Banerji and Hugo Greenhalgh

Following India's September move to scrap a colonial-era ban on gay sex, more and more corporations are opening their doors to LGBT+ people and ushering in policies to make them feel more welcome.

But smaller firms across industries - textile houses, printing presses, rubber manufacturers, real estate agencies and others - are not racing to diversify just yet.