Gender
On Being Gay and Muslim
My entire life has been a struggle of confused identities. I stood at the intersection of gay, Muslim and economic privilege.
By Aersh
July 15, 2017
Of Mobility, Ability and Identity
People make assumptions about both mobility and sexuality and quite often reduce them to a few simple, unidimensional concepts. Sexuality is reduced to sex, marriage and the gender binary. Mobility is reduced to ableist concepts of body and capacity, and access to, or the possession of, a vehicle to get from point A to B.
By Shikha Aleya
August 1, 2019
Of Identity and Belongings: The Gatekeeping within Queer Spaces
I went to a girls’ high school and for somebody who had spent the last ten years in a co-ed…
By Shubhangi
September 1, 2022
Of Braille, Fighter Pilots and a Sexuality-Informed Approach to Science
I spent time reading up the basics of gender-neutral design to understand the connect between science, society and gender. Sometimes, some people try to prove that there are ‘scientific’ reasons for inequality and injustice, for depriving one set of people of the same choices and opportunities that another set of people enjoy. This is not true. Times are changing. ‘Biased technologies’ are being altered.
By Shikha Aleya
Nothing for us without us: Young People and Development
There are many mechanism, agendas and processes such as the post-2015 mechanism in development to ensure gender equality and ‘to…
By Sarah Soysa
September 1, 2015
Not Quite Anything
He didn’t wear his identity on his sleeve, and therefore he seemed more real than most people who did.
By Taarina Therese Chandiramani
May 19, 2025
Not Quite Anything
He didn’t wear his identity on his sleeve, and therefore he seemed more real than most people who did.
By Taarina Therese Chandiramani
January 16, 2026
No Birds No Bees
Aria walked into her school’s auditorium, giggling with the rest of the girls, because they were about to have their very first Sex Ed workshop.
By Aradhana Phadke Sardesai
December 18, 2024
Never Mind The Nipples: Sex, Gender and Social Media
Five snippets from three months. In August, Indian actress Poonam Pandey dons a bikini for the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge…
By Bishakha Datta
October 1, 2014
Nazrein Milana, Nazrein Churana OR Your Selfie’s Eye: An Anecdotal Reflection
In 2013, ‘selfie’ entered the Oxford English Dictionary. By 2015, with front-facing phone cameras available on the cheapest of smartphones,…
By Paromita Vohra
My Fashion and Gender Journey: How I discovered they are both fluid
How could I be trans if I didn’t tick off all the correct checkboxes demanded by politics, law, society and even the transgender community itself?
By Kirti
October 19, 2023
My CSE Sundays
CSE survives in information as well as in the values that carry it forward.
By Khushi Kaushal
December 16, 2025
Ms. Pleasant Gets Stubborn
… spaces led by the desire to not just protect but also educate all who connect with children…
By Reema Ahmad
December 16, 2025
Mobility And The “Missing Women” In The Labour Force
There is a direct correlation between mobility and sexuality. Women’s mobility does get hampered because of both social as well as economic reasons, leading to this contradictory fall in female LFPR despite a growing economy.
By Ritwika Patgiri
August 1, 2019
Meet me behind the bushes
With access to private spaces taken away on account of the pandemic, suddenly couples from liberal and affluent backgrounds found themselves in the same position as couples from less privileged backgrounds – desperately looking for pockets of privacy.
By Gitanjali
April 18, 2024