We read a survey that only six per cent of those in the LGBTQ+ community (in India) have come out of the closet - on social media and personally to their peers.
What was the idea behind creating the app?Īfter Section 377 was struck down, we realised how there weren’t platforms for people to meet. While Chandigarh-based Aggarwal co-founded Mobikwik in 2009, Gupta, based in Mumbai, worked with her husband to build a startup in food imports. For close to two decades, the duo has closely worked with various startups. It aims to offer a “no-pressure zone” and a safe space for people to keep their identity confidential and make connections at the same time. To fill that gap, two women - Sunali Aggarwal and Aditi Gupta - have built As You Are (AYA), a homegrown social networking and dating app specifically for Indian LGBTQ+ community.
