Across India, medical practitioners, health care professionals, spiritual godmen and gurus offer forms of “conversion therapy,” an umbrella term used for harmful and scientifically discredited treatments for changing an individual’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. In June 2020, Meenakshi Sajeesh was forced to visit a dubious clinic that claimed to cure homosexuality after she told her parents she was a lesbian. As Sajeesh stepped into the doctor’s office, she texted friends to let them know her whereabouts and pressed the “record” button on her phone—knowing she might one day need proof of what was about to transpire. The experience left her feeling traumatized. Sajeesh’s experience, along with the recording she captured, is now part of the evidence for a writ of petition filed in October 2020 at the High Court of Kerala. If successful, the petition would require the high court to pass orders to criminalize those who advocate for conversion therapy. In the current landscape in India, Sajeesh and her partner Sandhya Rajakumar, who continue to fight for their right to be together, feel that LGBTQ rights have only gained “small, marginal wins.” They say it will take a long time before they can live more freely. For now, they are trying not to plan too far ahead. Read more about Sajeesh's fight to ban conversion therapy at the link in our bio. Photographs by Sameer Raichur (@sameer.raichur) for TIME; Rebecca Conway—The New York Times/Redux; Sameer Raichur (@sameer.raichur) for TIME