Anonymous

A Gay Man’s Daughter
a gay man's daughter: silhouette of a man holding up his daughter

Were there more people like my father? Was it legal? I read about sexual diversity and how people of all sexual orientations should have the same rights[1], the LGBT community, and so on, and what the law says about them. Though the picture is not a completely happy one, a lot of work is going on in this area and there is still hope for the future.

By Anonymous
December 2, 2019
A Gay Man’s Daughter
Acceptance, Agency, and a Women’s Hostel
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Home, to me, was never a static entity, but my time in a girl’s hostel feels like the embodiment of everything my ideal “home” is – empowering, liberating, and full of women who love each other unabashedly.

By Anonymous
January 2, 2020
Acceptance, Agency, and a Women’s Hostel
Acceptance, Agency, and A Womens’ Hostel
a room

In a way, Mrs Chatterjee’s worst fears had been confirmed. The hostel was indeed dangerous – not because of “raging hormones”, but because wewere constantly initiating discussions and circumstances which challenged the patriarchal status quo.

By Anonymous
March 5, 2018
Acceptance, Agency, and A Womens’ Hostel
Love, Sexuality and Pleasure
Picture of a rollercoaster

It was so wonderful when I got sexual pleasure from someone I loved, someone I had fun with, someone I trusted, and someone whom I liked as a person!

By Anonymous
February 3, 2020
Love, Sexuality and Pleasure
Nanette: Of Universality and Difference
Black and white picture of stand-up comic Hannah Gadsby. She has short hair and wears dark glasses.

In Nanette, Hannah Gadsby’s hour-long Netflix special that transcends the very notions of stand-up comedy, forces of reclamation, protest, and rage culminate to form a darkly hilarious but heartbreaking diatribe against patriarchy, heteronormativity, violence and marginalisation.

By Anonymous
September 4, 2018
Nanette: Of Universality and Difference
Navigating love, loneliness and singlehood
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The desire for intimacy might rob one of the intimacy that one shares with oneself and thus, being with the beloved can leave one feeling even lonelier because of the continuing struggle for validation and comfort.

By Anonymous
January 3, 2022
Navigating love, loneliness and singlehood
The Absence of a Queer ‘Mother Tongue’

Many queer Indians who converse largely in their respective regional languages find it difficult to put a name to their queer identity in their ‘mother tongue’.

By Anonymous
May 1, 2018
The Absence of a Queer ‘Mother Tongue’
 Navigating love, loneliness and singlehood
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I believe that queer friendships and intimacies are sheer resistance, which not only swallow the despair and pain that might be perpetrated on gender-nonconforming people by their families, but also recognise all the lies about love that have been sold to us.

By Anonymous
February 1, 2021
 Navigating love, loneliness and singlehood
अपनी पहचान उजागर करने की मेरी कहानी

सहयोगी ब्लॉग के सौजन्य से लेखक अपनी पहचान गुप्त रखना चाहते हैं संपादक की ओर से – यह लेख सबसे…

By Anonymous
November 15, 2017
अपनी पहचान उजागर करने की मेरी कहानी
अपनी पहचान उजागर करने की मेरी कहानी

सहयोगी ब्लॉग के सौजन्य से लेखक अपनी पहचान गुप्त रखना चाहते हैं संपादक की ओर से – यह लेख सबसे…

By Anonymous
January 2, 2018
अपनी पहचान उजागर करने की मेरी कहानी
एक आकांक्षा, कुछ कश्मकश और संतुष्टि का एक अजीब तरीका
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सच्चाई इस सब से परे थी; सच्चाई ये थी कि मैं एक किशोर लड़की थी जिसके मन में अनेको आकांक्षाएँ थी, वासना थी, लालसा थी और इन सब को पूरा करने के तरीके ढूँढने की ललक भी थी।

By Anonymous
August 14, 2018
एक आकांक्षा, कुछ कश्मकश और संतुष्टि का एक अजीब तरीका
एक गे पुरुष की बेटी
a gay man's daughter: silhouette of a man holding up his daughter

क्या यह मेरे पिता की गलती थी? शुरू में, मुझे लगा कि यह उन्हीं की गलती है, लेकिन फिर मुझे समझ में आने लगा कि वह स्वयं इस स्थिति में असहाय हैं।

By Anonymous
December 16, 2019
एक गे पुरुष की बेटी
स्वीकार्यता, स्वतन्त्रता और महिलाओं का हॉस्टल 
Image of a hostel room

आज मुझे लड़कियों के अपने हॉस्टल से निकले हुए तीन वर्ष हो चुके हैं, और मुझे लगता है कि हॉस्टल जीवन में मिली सभी सीखें आज भी मेरे यौनिक जीवन को सही दिशा देने में कारगर साबित हो रही हैं।

By Anonymous
April 1, 2020
स्वीकार्यता, स्वतन्त्रता और महिलाओं का हॉस्टल 
हमारे शहर, सेक्स और दोहरे मानदंड
A fogged glass window with the word 'Delhi' outlined in it

यहाँ लड़कियों के लिए सेक्स करना सामजिक रूप से बहिष्कृत हो जाने जैसा अनैतिक काम है या कहिये कि यह गैर-कानूनी ही है, हालांकि कानूनन इसे गैर-कानूनी घोषित नहीं किया गया है।

By Anonymous
December 3, 2018
हमारे शहर, सेक्स और दोहरे मानदंड