Maitri Dore, or the more pop-culture friendly Dore Mai, as she calls herself on her blog, does illustrations for both children's books and LGBT magazines like Gaylaxy. A Mumbai-based architect, Dore has poetically managed to step out of India's sanskaari box. With her strongly political art, that looks like a child's innocent work (with crayons/pencil colour) at first, she gives out messages that most adults don't think of. "I always had an interest in the LGBTQ community and the issues it faces", Dore told The The Newsminute. "It is because of that I started contributing to online sites including Gaysi and Gaylaxy."

The Frog Prince: An Indian Adaptation

"In the Indian version of this ‘fairytale’ there would be no ‘happily ever after’, for the princess reaching out to kiss the frog would only be slapped with Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. This illustration satirises the tragic reality of a love that is outside the law’s narrow definitions."

The Book Covers That Never Were (Part of a series)

"Men whose body types and sexual orientations do not conform to society’s notions of perfection, are no less super."