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Editorial – Queering as a Way of Life
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Editorial – Queering as a Way of Life

Queering is not about being queer but about doing queer – about going beyond binaries of gender and sexuality, questioning accepted perspectives, and challenging and upending normative ways of being in the world.
By TARSHI
Editorial – Queering as a Way of Life
Editorial Queering as a Way of Life
Interview – Ankur Paliwal
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Interview – Ankur Paliwal

Ankur Paliwal is an independent journalist, and founder and managing editor of queerbeat.org – a collaborative journalism and research venture…
By Shikha Aleya
Interview – Ankur Paliwal
Interview Queering as a Way of Life
Queering and Transing (as) Failure
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Queering and Transing (as) Failure

I am out. A postcard from a stranger that I imagine to be queer or trans*[1] or both tells me…
By Cat D
Queering and Transing (as) Failure
Queering as a Way of Life Voices
The Unqueer Classroom
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The Unqueer Classroom

I remember realising that ‘gender’ was a construct when I was 9 or so, that it wasn’t real. I was…
By Aradhana Phadke Sardesai
The Unqueer Classroom
Queering as a Way of Life Voices
A Work in Progress
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A Work in Progress

When Prabha, a colleague from TARSHI, nudged me to write for this issue of In Plainspeak, my first reaction was…
By Shilpa Phadke
A Work in Progress
Queering as a Way of Life Voices
Queering Konkani, My Mother Tongue
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Queering Konkani, My Mother Tongue

When the hunk of a football player kicks the football, it swerves towards the right and bounces off the goalpost…
By Andy Stephen Silveira
Queering Konkani, My Mother Tongue
Queering as a Way of Life Voices
Embracing a Queer Second Adolescence
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Embracing a Queer Second Adolescence

To queer something is to disrupt normative frameworks, to imagine and create new modes of being (Pirani & Daskalopoulou, 2022)….
By Srividya Mehendale
Embracing a Queer Second Adolescence
Queering as a Way of Life Voices
Queering the Paradigm: Dismantling Politics, Power, and Privilege
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Queering the Paradigm: Dismantling Politics, Power, and Privilege

Queering, as a theoretical and practical approach, has emerged as a powerful means of challenging and dismantling established politics, power…
By Lipun Kumar Sanbad
Queering the Paradigm: Dismantling Politics, Power, and Privilege
Queering as a Way of Life Voices
Revisiting Ctrl Alt Swipe Right: Sex Sexuality and the Internet in India
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Revisiting Ctrl Alt Swipe Right: Sex Sexuality and the Internet in India

Looking back at this piece, written seven years ago, the core issues that I identified then remain significant and relevant….
By Siddharth Narrain
Revisiting Ctrl Alt Swipe Right: Sex Sexuality and the Internet in India
Queering as a Way of Life Then & Now Voices
Prying Eyes, Peeping Toms
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Prying Eyes, Peeping Toms

Wicked Little Letters (2023) is based on a true story of a scandal in the early 1920s in the seaside…
By ElsaMarie D'Silva
Prying Eyes, Peeping Toms
Queering as a Way of Life Review
राख से  सोना बनाना – कैसे मध्यम आयु वर्ग की महिलाएं यौनिकता और आध्यात्मिकता का जश्न मनाती हैं
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राख से  सोना बनाना – कैसे मध्यम आयु वर्ग की महिलाएं यौनिकता और आध्यात्मिकता का जश्न मनाती हैं

The most satisfying spiritual and sexual experiences I’ve had were not in my twenties, thirties or even forties. They have been in my 50’s. The most insightful spiritual insights, and the most orgasmic orgasms have both arrived in middle age.
By Nighat Gandhi
राख से  सोना बनाना – कैसे मध्यम आयु वर्ग की महिलाएं यौनिकता और आध्यात्मिकता का जश्न मनाती हैं
Queering as a Way of Life Voices हिन्दी
Video Corner: Queering as a Way of Life | An In Plainspeak Webinar
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Video Corner: Queering as a Way of Life | An In Plainspeak Webinar

At TARSHI, we see queering as more than just an adjective; it’s a verb, an action that involves questioning accepted…
By TARSHI
Video Corner: Queering as a Way of Life | An In Plainspeak Webinar
Queering as a Way of Life Videos Visual Corner
Questions I want to ask!
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Questions I want to ask!

If you’ve got a body, in which you’re going to negotiate this life, you have to know how it works.
By Suchitra Dalvie
Questions I want to ask!
Issue In Focus Queering as a Way of Life
A Queer Art of Longing
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A Queer Art of Longing

Like failure, longing is not interested in happy endings – whether of straight or non-heterosexual relations.
By Ketan Jain
A Queer Art of Longing
Queering as a Way of Life Voices
Queer and Quarantine
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Queer and Quarantine

How did isolation work for those of us who are already quarantined in perpetuity by the cis-heteronormative gaze?
By Raju Behara
Queer and Quarantine
Queering as a Way of Life Voices
A Journey of Unfolding
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A Journey of Unfolding

My identity unfolded slowly during my postgraduate media studies course, where I was exposed to peers from different socio-economic backgrounds.

By Apoorva Ravi
A Journey of Unfolding
Queering as a Way of Life Voices
Making Space for Queerness in the Lives of Children
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Making Space for Queerness in the Lives of Children

Queerness is a free-flowing identity that embraces anyone, including young children, who step off the assigned binary path.
By Riya Parikh
Making Space for Queerness in the Lives of Children
Queering as a Way of Life Voices
When I Grow Up I Want to be a List of Queer Possibilities
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When I Grow Up I Want to be a List of Queer Possibilities

To be a gentle / friendship breaker for S. To be // a candle-lit confetti apology for S.
By Aakanksha Ahuja
When I Grow Up I Want to be a List of Queer Possibilities
Fiction & Poetry Queering as a Way of Life
Anjum
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Anjum

You dreamt of your pink dupatta flying over the Lal Quila last night.
By Sara Haque
Anjum
Fiction & Poetry Queering as a Way of Life
एक ‘क्वीयर’ मातृभाषा का अभाव
एक ‘क्वीयर’ मातृभाषा का अभाव

पूरे देश में ऐसे कई क्वीयर लोग होंगे जो अपनी ‘मातृभाषा’ में अपनी क्वीयर पहचान को एक नाम देने में नाकामयाब रहे हैं।
By Anonymous
एक ‘क्वीयर’ मातृभाषा का अभाव
Queering as a Way of Life The I Column हिन्दी
‘याराना’ – क्वीयर साहित्य और होशैंग मर्चंट से दोस्ती
‘याराना’ – क्वीयर साहित्य और होशैंग मर्चंट से दोस्ती

हम धीरे-धीरे अपनी शर्म, असहजता, और ‘हेटेरोनॉर्मेटिव’ मानसिकता से ऊपर उठने लगे ऐसी कई सारी कृतियों का विश्लेषण करते हुए, जो न तो वात्स्यायन का ‘कामसूत्र’ थे और न ही यौनिकता पर फ़ूको की समीक्षा।
By Aditi Padiyar
‘याराना’ – क्वीयर साहित्य और होशैंग मर्चंट से दोस्ती
Queering as a Way of Life Voices हिन्दी
Quick Bytes with Tejaswi Subramanian
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Quick Bytes with Tejaswi Subramanian

Sexuality makes me think of an erotic adventure. Something that helps us be alive to the world around us, and to life around us.

By Tejaswi Subramanian
Quick Bytes with Tejaswi Subramanian
Queering as a Way of Life Quick Bytes

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