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On Trans-Masculine Lesbianism: The Values in the Unintelligible
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On Trans-Masculine Lesbianism: The Values in the Unintelligible

Unlike many trans-masculine people who identified as lesbians/tomboys/butch pre-transitioning, I refused to abandon my ‘lesbian’ identity post-transitioning. A negotiation that took time to flourish.
By Aranya Vadera
May 19, 2025
On Trans-Masculine Lesbianism: The Values in the Unintelligible
On the day my lover would die
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On the day my lover would die

I would once again be theirs, in memory, on the day my lover would die.
By Sara Haque
April 18, 2024
On the day my lover would die
On Realising a Young Feminist Dream
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On Realising a Young Feminist Dream

One gets introduced to feminism through various modes: through books, through university courses, through parents and sometimes one does not…
By Jasmine George
November 1, 2015
On Realising a Young Feminist Dream
On Loverships, F**kships and Friendships
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On Loverships, F**kships and Friendships

How am I bringing myself into the erotic moment I am sharing with a lover?
By Andy Stephen Silveira
October 15, 2025
On Loverships, F**kships and Friendships
On Learning and Becoming: “To Whom Do I Owe the Woman I Have Become?”
On Learning and Becoming: “To Whom Do I Owe the Woman I Have Become?”

We become women before we become a woman. Of course, we don’t need to try hard to do so…We learn the sides and folds of the gendered box we are in before we gain the perspective to decide we don’t fit in and build a customised box or choose to have no box at all.

By Anjali
January 16, 2026
On Learning and Becoming: “To Whom Do I Owe the Woman I Have Become?”
On Being Gay and Muslim
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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
On Being Gay and Muslim
Of Mobility, Ability and Identity
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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 Mobility, Ability and Identity
Of Identity and Belongings: The Gatekeeping within Queer Spaces
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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 Identity and Belongings: The Gatekeeping within Queer Spaces
Of Braille, Fighter Pilots and a Sexuality-Informed Approach to Science
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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
July 1, 2016
Of Braille, Fighter Pilots and a Sexuality-Informed Approach to Science
Nothing for us without us: Young People and Development
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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
Nothing for us without us: Young People and Development
Not Quite Anything
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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
Not Quite Anything
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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
Not Quite Anything
No Birds No Bees
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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
No Birds No Bees
Never Mind The Nipples: Sex, Gender and Social Media
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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
Never Mind The Nipples: Sex, Gender and Social Media
Nazrein Milana, Nazrein Churana OR Your Selfie’s Eye: An Anecdotal Reflection
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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
November 17, 2015
Nazrein Milana, Nazrein Churana OR Your Selfie’s Eye: An Anecdotal Reflection
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