[3][4] It also organizes projects and events, runs a website, and describes itself as a "non-profit, non-political, volunteer-based platform for LGBT individuals and their allies.
It was no less than a heroic attempt to do so as it not only increases the visibility but also one's vulnerability, especially in a society where state's inability to control Islamist militant groups had already created a dangerous nexus for local human rights defenders.
"[2] According to The Dhaka Tribune, the magazine is named after "the Bengali folk character Roopbaan symbolising the power of love.
[1] According to Raad Rahman in The Guardian, co-founder and publisher Xulhaaz Mannan announced that "Roopbaan's printers had received warnings against printing the magazine but assured us that keeping a low profile would ensure the magazine’s survival…[but] the printers would cancel their contract with Roopbaan within a week, after receiving death threats if collaborations continued.
"[12] Rahman quotes an anonymous source who writes "Roopbaan was discussed in a government cabinet meeting and the magazine was placed in front of the prime minister…She was obviously not happy to see it.