Support Systems and Sexuality

सावित्रीबाई फुले: ज़माने को बदला अपने विचारों से

This post was originally published here. हम अंदाज़ा लगा ही सकते हैं कि जब दलितों का आज भी इतना शोषण…

By Curated Content
November 16, 2020
सावित्रीबाई फुले: ज़माने को बदला अपने विचारों से
यौन संबंध और समाज – अभिव्यक्ति की कल्पना 

मानव जीवन का एक अभिन्न अंग है, यौनिकता। यौनिकता केवल शारीरिक या भौतिक स्तर पर ही सीमित न होकर हमारी सोच,…

By Ashmeet K. Bilkhu
November 16, 2020
यौन संबंध और समाज – अभिव्यक्ति की कल्पना 
दो पैसे की धूप, चार आने की बारिश – आदर्शवादी संबंधों की दास्तान 

दीप्ति नवल द्वारा निर्देशित फिल्म, दो पैसे की धूप, चार आने की बारिश, (वर्ष 2009, नेटफ्लिक्स पर 2019 में रीलीज़)…

By Dr Swarupa N Kshirsagar
November 1, 2020
दो पैसे की धूप, चार आने की बारिश – आदर्शवादी संबंधों की दास्तान 
Why Queer Friendships Are Important To Queer People

This post was originally published here. Posted by Sohini Chatterjee Growing up in a queerphobic/queer invisibilising culture makes us search…

By Curated Content
November 16, 2020
Why Queer Friendships Are Important To Queer People
Video: It’s OK Pammi!
A screenshot of the video. On the left side is an image of the mother, and on the right, the words- It’s Okay in white font colour are visible

The film begins with the mother’s dilemma around her daughter’s refusal to be ‘normal’ and marry a ‘decent boy’. As the story unfolds, we see the mother invite a ‘suitable boy’ for dinner on the same evening as the daughter’s partner is coming home to meet the family.

By Curated Content
November 2, 2020
Video: It’s OK Pammi!
TOGETHER, ALONE
A drawing of a face with closed eyes. The face has been coloured with pink, blue, black, mustard, yellow and red crayons.

It wasn’t that she had never heard of homosexuality; but, in her imagination, gay men and women were an exotic species, not real people who could, perchance, be fellow passengers on a bus, fellow shoppers at a mall, or a fellow beginner in a meditation class.

By Kaustav Bakshi
November 2, 2020
TOGETHER, ALONE
The importance of family
A black and white photograph of an infant’s hand resting on an older individual’s outstretched palm.

Family, immediate and extended, is usually who you turn to. They are the ones who provide stress relief and reduce anxiety by boosting self-confidence and self-esteem and providing a protective shield. There is a sense of belongingness in good times and in bad.

By ElsaMarie D'Silva
November 2, 2020
The importance of family
Notes on seeing each other through
A photograph of the eye of a needle and many differently coloured threads passing through it, on a black background.

…even if people have little in common, once they enter these spaces of solidarity, they are connected to a larger community. These spaces become wellsprings of an unspoken sense of safety and mutual support between individuals of communities that share a sense of having been othered.

By Soumya Jayanti
November 16, 2020
Notes on seeing each other through
Musings of a Sexuality Educator
Many question-mark shaped lights thrown together to give an effect of darkness, and two of them glowing. One is blue and the other is yellow.

To be a support system is to be a safe space for them where they can reflect upon, experiment with and understand themselves. A space where people not only come to terms with their individual selves, sexual or otherwise, but also where they become increasingly aware of their own rights.

By Anannya Chatterjee
November 2, 2020
Musings of a Sexuality Educator
Interview – Anahita Sarabhai
A photograph of co-founder of QueerAbad, Anahita Sarabhai

As a queer person, it’s hard not to think right away of chosen family. A term that has become relatively well-known by now, but not always understood I find. One of the primary support systems I personally, like many queer folx, depend on, are ones that we develop and nurture over time.

By Shikha Aleya
November 2, 2020
Interview – Anahita Sarabhai
I Needed A ‘Safe Space’ To Be Believed And Heard. So, This Is What I Did

This post was originally posted here. 30th September, 2020 Shorya Mittal TW: Mentions of sexual harassment. It was the last…

By Curated Content
November 16, 2020
I Needed A ‘Safe Space’ To Be Believed And Heard. So, This Is What I Did
How much support is enough?
A photograph of two individual’s hands, from their forearms. One of the individuals is clasping the others’ hand in theirs.

In the middle of this pandemic, can one seek sexual support in the form of a hook up with one’s best friend, ‘just because’? Is it redefining boundaries, is it sympathy sex, is it simple indulgence, or is it something that one or both might later resent?

By Asmi
November 2, 2020
How much support is enough?
Editorial: Support Systems and Sexuality
On a jute-textured background, hand-prints in different colours form the leaves of a tree, the trunk and branches of which are a hand-print.

Connection is essential for our survival – physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. We connect with people, form networks of care and support, and in a sense weave webs of safety and comfort that we can turn to when stressed or simply want to infuse a dose of joy into our day.

By TARSHI
November 16, 2020
Editorial: Support Systems and Sexuality
Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish: A platonic togetherness
A poster of the film ‘Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Barish’. In the poster, an image of a woman glancing sideways is shown and on the right is an image of a young boy in a wheelchair and a man behind him enjoying rain.

The movie was criticised for its stereotypical portrayal of Debu as a gay man. But, the beauty is that it also highlights the reversal of gender roles. The smiles, and the laughter sounding throughout the house, create a cheery note in the movie.

By Dr Swarupa N Kshirsagar
November 2, 2020
Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish: A platonic togetherness
Developing an Ethics of Care
A design of two arms outstretched, one holding out the Earth in its palm and the other reaching towards it.

Ethics of Care offers a normative paradigm that goes beyond the neat distinctions of morally guided ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ actions to incorporate social responsibility, wherein we learn how to shape our responses on the basis of the needs of a community’s members.

By Swarna Jain
November 16, 2020
Developing an Ethics of Care
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